Orlando Cleared to Offer Same-Sex Partner Benefits

Finally, some decent news from America's wang:

Orlando’s Mayor Buddy Dyer announced Thursday the city plans to extend domestic-partner benefits to gay city employees when the City Council approves changes to its employee health-care policy this coming Monday.

Orlando is the first local government in central Florida to offer same-sex partner benefits to it’s employees, but joins about two dozen other Florida cities which provide such benefits.

Dyer commented; “We’ve been looking at doing it for quite a while. I think it’s the right thing to do.” Same-sex partners will have to sign an affidavit declaring they are in a committed relationship.

But the domestic-partner benefits will apply only to same-sex couples, as unmarried straight couples “have the option of marriage,” Dyer said.

Via::Gay Agenda

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Die, Mouse, Die!

Hat tip to PZ.

Apparently mice are bad. I mean, really bad. Not just, "they're bad but we can ignore them" kind of bad, but "EXTERMINATE!" bad. So bad that even cartoon representations of them must die.

According to Sheikh Muhammad Munajid,

The mouse is one of Satan's soldiers and is steered by him.

and

According to Islamic law, the mouse is a repulsive, corrupting creature.

Even better:

Mickey Mouse has become an awesome character, even though according to Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed in all cases.

Nooooo!!!! Not the Mouse!

Seriously, I live in Florida. You kill Mickey Mouse and what have we got left? Lightning, sharks, hurricanes and religious whackaloons. Don't do that to me!