2005 was a year of good cheer for the nation's gays

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Writing a headline to sum up what 2005 meant for the gay rights movement would be easy: "Global Warming."

Canada, one of the United States' closest trading partners, and Catholic Spain welcomed gay couples into marriage. South Africa, once one of the world's most racially repressive countries, has reacted positively to its top court's declaration that gay couples must be allowed to wed next year to "affirm the character of our society as one based on tolerance and mutual respect." Before 2005, only the Netherlands and Belgium had same-sex marriage nationwide.

While stopping short of full marriage, America's closest military ally, Great Britain, began offering civil unions to its gay couples. Among the first celebrants was Elton John, a singer known for extravagance who simply said his ceremony marked "the happiest day of my life."

Prime Minister Tony Blair praised the law as "another step towards the fairer, more tolerant country which this Labor government pledged to build."

Sadly, our own country, where the world's modern-day gay movement began in 1969, continues to give those of us who're gay the cold shoulder. U.S. gay couples, gay workers, gay soldiers and gay parents and their kids continue to suffer because basic protections available in pace-setting countries are missing or, at best, patchy here

that some sour closeted loon is suing a university for providing same sex partner benefits because it "approximates marriage".

See, now it's gone beyond the pathetic excuse of "morality" and "tradition" and just into overt meanness. The two women who are countersuing have an adopted child with medical needs, so this asshole who probably would shoot an abortion doctor through his kitchen window doesn't mind that without health insurance this kid might die.

Yes Virginia, evil is real, and it likes to pretend that it's moral and good.