égalité. igualidad. Gleichheit. uguaglianza. equality.

[marmar]

Congratulations to the newly married couples in Washington DC. :toast:


Video highlights of marriage equality in Washington: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBeC6zUimVo

[The Genealogist]

1. Here here!

:toast:

:bounce:

:beer:

:grouphug:

:fistbump:

:yourock:

:applause:

:party:

[tabatha]

2. Hear, hear! At long last.

Hear, hear is an expression used as a short repeated form of hear him, hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker.

It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been used, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as "the regular form of cheering in the House of Commons", with many purposes depending on the intonation of its user.<1> Its use in Parliament is linked to the fact that applause is normally (though not always) forbidden in the chambers of the House of Commons and House of Lords.<2>

It is often incorrectly spelled "here here", especially on websites<3> and IM.<4>

The phrase hear him, hear him! was used in Parliament since the late 1600s, and had been reduced to hear! or hear, hear! by the late 1700s. The verb hear had earlier been used in the King James Bible as a command for others to listen.<1>

Other phrases have been derived from hear, hear, such as a hear, hear (a cheer), to hear-hear (to shout the expression), and hear-hearer (a person who does the same).<1>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[pscot]

3. There's a lizard in there somewhere

I know it.

[leftstreet]

4. K&R

[EFerrari]

5. Marriage equality in our capital has the potential to be huge for the rest

of the country. Make it so! :toast:

[cecilfirefox]

6. Thank the Gods for equal rights!!

:kick: :dem: :grouphug: :woohoo: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: