Political articles/news from local authors
Courtesy Metro Weekly… The White House today announced that President Obama is endorsing the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) and Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), two bills pending in Congress to address bullying and discrimination faced by students across the nation. The SSIA would amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to include bullying- […]
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Courtesy Huffington Post … The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has gone public with a series of confidential documents which outline the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) multi-year plan to thwart the national campaign for marriage equality. The documents reportedly emerged as part of an ongoing investigation by the state of Maine into NOM’s illegal campaign
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Rick Santorum, Republican Presidential hopeful, was recently asked what he would do if he ran into Dan Savage, who’s turned Santorum’s last name into a rather dirty joke on the internet… RCR: If you happen to run into Dan Savage, what would you say to him? RS: I would tell him that I’m praying for
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The Advocate reached out to all Presidential candidates, as well as the President, for a statement on LGBT accomplishments. President Obama was the only one who responded. His statement is below… Statement to The Advocate from President Barack Obama Our country grows stronger when all Americans have access to opportunity and are able to participate
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It’s official, Maryland now has legal same sex marriage. It is the eighth U.S. State to pass marriage equality. Courtesy Wikipedia … Same-sex marriage in the United States is not recognized by the federal government, but such marriages are recognized by some individual states. The lack of federal recognition was codified in 1996 by the
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On the heals of the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling in favor of same sex marriage, a new poll shows gay marriage has arrived in California – in public opinion if not in state lawbooks. Golden State registered voters now favor same-sex unions by 59 percent to 34 percent, a 25-point gap that is the largest margin of
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The Maryland Senate has approved the marriage bill which has already passed successfully through the House. Just before the vote… On the eve of a historic vote in the Maryland Senate on a marriage equality bill, Governor Martin O’Malley appeared confident that the bill, which passed the House of Delegates last week, would pass the
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The next step in the Prop 8 case has reared its ugly head, with the proponents of Prop 8 filing paperwork to have the Ninth Circuit reconsider the ruling by the three judge panel. The panel majority erred in breaking with the uniform and binding precedent upholding the constitutionality of laws adopting the traditional definition
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The wave continues…The Maryland House has just passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage. Next is the Senate, which appears to be a slam dunk and then the Governor, who has vocally supported the legislation. The Maryland House of Delegates needed 71 votes to pass the bill. Whether the chamber had the requisite votes was
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