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MONDAY, JUNE 22 This week of affordable health care, marriage equality, and an American president at the top of his game kicked off in California, where today a superior court judge struck down the Sodomite Suppression Act, a proposed ballot initiative that sought to make homosexuality punishable by “death by bullets to the head or by any other convenient method.” Filed by some Bible-thumping loon for $200, the would-be initiative was rejected as “unconstitutional on its face” by superior court judge Raymond M. Cadei, who brought a generous solemnity to what had to be one of the stupider tasks of his judicial career. “This proposed act is the product of bigotry, seeks to promote violence, is patently unconstitutional, and has no place in a civil society,” said Harris in a statement to BuzzFeed News. “My office will continue to fight for the rights of all Californians to live free from hatred and intolerance.” (Spoiler alert: foreshadowing.)

TUESDAY, JUNE 23 In better news, the week continued with puppies! In worse news, today concerns puppies stuffed with drugs

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...