Sweden's Lutheran Church Allows Gay Marriage!

This is so huge. November 1st will be an important day in history. It's the day where the first church will perform gay marriage for the first time. Lutherans, of course. (For those who don't know me I figh for gay right, so this is big, and I really admire Martin Luther.) I am so happy right now I think I could explode. Way to go!

The news is available at BBC.com.

More details. 70% of the church board voted for the move. If an individual preast doesn't wish to perform the ceremony, he won't be forced to, but the church will have to found a substitute.

"[We] congratulate the Church of Sweden for its decision. [The church's] homosexual and

bisexual members will finally be able to feel a little more welcome within society," said Sweden's largest gay rights group, the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL).

Kisses and three cheers for freedom!

Poem in your pocket - take it anywhere

Today I was walking around the city and I went to this library in a place where they used to print up books a while ago. It's pretty cool, it has tons of books and a few paintings.

I bought this book, which is called "Poem In Your Pocket". It has 200 hundred poems selected by Elaine Bleackney. The idea is that you pick a poem you like, tear it out of the book and carry it around to share and feel inspired by. Isn't it lovely?

"A poem in your pocket is different. The whole way it works is different. In a way, you can't spend a poem even if you want to. As opposed to money - which seems intent upon getting out of your pocketas though it were a feral animal - a poem settles in. When I say 'pocket' hereh I mean 'mind'. A poem settles into your mind." [Introduction by Kay Ryan]

The girl who silenced the world for five minutes