The Buck and Mike Blog

Sister-in-law Marsha shared with me a new and amazingly ambitious photographic animation piece by Blu. The video, “MUTO,” is an animation by BLU, painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden. Produced by Mercurio Film with music by Andrea Martignoni.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo

animation, BLU, Mercurio Film, Andrea Martignoni

In a decision released today the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage, concluding that the Domestic Partnership currently offered to same-sex couples in the state is not a legitimate substitute for marriage equality. The court made clear that all couples, regardless of sexual orientation, have the right under the state’s constitution to join in family unions. Having a separate designation for gay people called “domestic partnership” makes gay people, in effect, second-class citizens, a violation of the equal protection clause of the state constitution. » Read the rest of this entry »

California Supreme Court, Domestic Partnership