Political articles/news from local authors
Tomorrow, Friday, June 22nd, is the expected day that the Pentagon, specifically Leon Panetta, will announce and certify that gays may serve openly in the armed services. The decision is not unexpected. The Pentagon has conducted months of internal studies and training to gauge how troops would react to the change triggered by a law […]
Can we just elect Al Franken as President? Actually he’s probably doing better work in the Senate…
Courtesy The Huffington Post… President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind a bill that would repeal the federal government’s ban on same-sex marriage. The president has “long called for a legislative appeal for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act which continues to have a real impact on families,” White House spokesman Jay Carney announced
Good news from South America. Columbia might be the next country to legalize same sex marriage. The country is already steos ahead of neighboring countries in terms of same sex couples rights. Since 2007, the country has provided more than 30 rights to same sex couples including social security pension benefits. The high court has
Gay Central Valley’s own Kaylia Metcalfe participated in local news coverage of the newly signed Fair Education Act… CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO
I called it the Fair and Equal act… Oops, It was, and still is, the FAIR Education act. And it was signed by Governor Jerry Brown, today. Many of us applaud this as a big step towards equality, towards an end of bullying, towards a future where inclusion and not exclusion is the norm. But
Breaking news! Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation today that makes California the first state in the nation to require the inclusion of the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans in school history lessons and textbooks. Yay! Read the whole story here.
