Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment. Please sign a petition from MoveOn.org that is being sent to Congress. Moveon.org can also give you the appropriate phone numbers so that you can contact your senators.

While it’s unlikely that the amendment will pass the Senate (it doesn’t seem to have the support of the necessary 67 senators), it will be wonderful if the amendment doesn’t even muster 50 votes. Check the current tally (at least I think it’s still current) to see where your senators stand, and then please sign the petition either way.

Here’s a two-parter. The board of the Washington, D.C. Metro has apparently made a big blunder — it’s shrunk the trains on weeknights after 10 p.m., forcing people to crowd into cars and even miss trains due to lack of space (and then wait 15-20 minutes for the next train). Not a good idea for a region that’s trying to promote itself as a thriving center of metropolitan nightlife. But fortunately, after lots of complaints, the board is rethinking its decision. As of last week, Metro workers were going to monitor trains to see if people were being left behind on platforms. “If it requires us to keep all or part of the system at four-car trains instead of breaking them down [into two-car trains], that’s what we’ll have to do,” according to Metro Chief Executive Richard A. White.

I don’t live in D.C., of course, but I’m curious as to how this turns out.

Is President Bush a Homo?