Ditched Hatch to get Hitched
Man, the ProJo's headline writers hit a homerun on that one, so I stole it for this post's title.
Since I'm on the subject of local Survivor star Richard Hatch, and everyone and their moms are talking about same-sex marriage lately, let's tie them together, shall we?
Over in New Paltz, NY (near Poughkeepsie) Mayor Jason West has started issuing marriage certificates to gay couples. Rich Hatch and his partner are planning on making the trip get married there soon. Interestingly, the ProJo article I read this in used the term "live-in lover," which I found kind of bizarre. Make what you will of that.
More intereting is how Jason West came to become the mayor of New Paltz (via bopnews.com via Calpundit). "Here" in Providence we have a Green Party City Councilman, David Segal, who was elected with the help of Brown students and apathetic residents (who got awfully indignant when he won! That's what you get for not voting, jerks!).
Massachusetts, San Francisco, parts of New Mexico, now New Paltz, NY… you'd think the largest American city with a gay mayor would be in on this, but nooo… what gives?