Gay Marriage Debate - I've got the solution!

So... I was thinking.

The main argument against allowing gay marriage is that it changes the definition of marriage from the religiously established "one man and one woman" to the secularly established "two people." Why not, then, in honor of separation of church and state, have the government cease to recognize all marriages, be they gay or straight, and only officiate on matters of "civil unions." In other words, tax forms, licenses, and other official documents will categorize a registered couple as "civil partners" or something like that (making all the same rights and privileges that come with marriage apply to civil unions instead) and the definition of "marriage" can be left up to each individual church. Then, those who wish to get a "traditional marriage" can do so in the privacy of their own church before God, and homosexuals can enjoy the same rights as heterosexuals. What do you say, give to Cesar what is Cesar's?

Hip to Raccont

Loose Kingdom will be performing this Sunday at the Raccont in Toyama. This is the biggest venue we've played so far and hopefully marks a trend for us in exponential growth of venue size. The restaurant has two floors, a large stage, and plenty of room to move around. However, despite the wishes of the raccont staff, we (somewhat) accidentally sold ten more tickets than we were supposed to, and we are expecting around 50 people to come see us. Ichiro was a bit nervous about this but Adam summed it up best: "next time they'll JUST book Loose Kingdom." We're not sure about next show, but we wanted to play one more before Christmas, then start looking at venues outside the prefecture starting in January/February.

Wish us luck!