Think one of the reasons I suck at this whole weblog thing is, I figure the bias/framing in this here story is so fucking obvious:
News > Cherokee Nation seeking to ban same-sex marriageThe Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma is moving to ban same-sex marriages after a marriage application was issued to a lesbian couple.
"We believe the definition of marriage is only between a man and woman," Chief Chad Smith told The Daily Oklahoman. "Any other marriage application would not be valid."
A tribal court deputy clerk approved the application last week. Officials found out and began searching for ways to make that won't happen again.
That there's no point saying anything. Which approach only works if you're preaching to the choir, I guess. Maybe. Or something.
Want to know more? The Indianz.com article links to Cherokees working to ban gay vow at The Daily Oklahoman. I only looked this up after seeing the story mentioned in comments over at Eschaton.
Which entry mentions events in Massachusetts which I'm confident everyone is aware of.
See also: Cambridge Plays Host to a Giant Celebration at Common Dreams.
Update: From that second comments link:
Smith confirmed that in the Cherokee language the words for husband and wife are genderless. The word for husband means "my companion and the one I live with." The word for wife means "my cooker."
I'm tempted to put up the LanguageHat symbol on that one. . .
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