In a paper entitled “Right-wing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” the Department of Homeland Security deliniates the threat of right wing hate groups to the stability of the nation. But we knew that!
“Paralleling the current national climate, rightwing extremists during the 1990s exploited a variety of social issues [...]
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The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2009 will amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave benefits to workers who need to care for an ill domestic partner or child of a domestic partner, in addition to family members hitherto recognized under FMLA.
Under the new law, once [...]
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The nominally Christian right has an uncanny ability to confuse their self-righteousness with righteousness, especially it seems, when it comes to gay folk. This is clear in the current controversy concerning the right wing challenge to California’s Political Reform Act of 1974. For over thirty years this law has required disclosure of financial donations over [...]
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Posted in entertainment, food and wine, glbt, lgbt, religion, social justice, society and culture, tagged glbt, lgbt, social justice, society and culture on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A bill aimed at banning gay marriage in Wyoming has been defeated in the House last week after a mere hour of debate. Despite strong opposition and activism from the usual suspects wiser minds prevailed. Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign said, “We are grateful that the Wyoming House of Representatives stood up for [...]
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Defrocked Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson, infamous for denying the Holocaust on Swedish television, has been welcomed back to the fold of the Catholic Church. Church officials and their minions are quick to point out that he was excommunicated for being consecrated as Bishop in a manner that lacked approval of the Church, not for his [...]
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As you might guess most of the blogs that I read on a regular basis are about the GLBT community. There has been an undercurrent of bitterness towards the christian community in many of them for some time. The recent passage of the H8 amendment in California and Mr. Obama’s unfortunate choice of Rick Warren [...]
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A lot of us are concerned that the new president might not live up to his campaign rhetoric. I don’t think we should just sit back and wait and see. We need to continue to take direct action just as we did when the neocon’s were in power. We’ll have to fight for our rights [...]
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That little widget on the sidebar is the Alternative Press Search engine. I’d like to share it with you. I do hope you’ll use it and if possible help me to improve it.
You can help in two ways. The first is by sending me links to sites you think should be included. Just send them [...]
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Posted in activism, entertainment, glbt, lgbt, social justice, tagged activism, glbt, lgbt, politics, social justice, society and culture on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few words of wisdom from the world’s most entertaining lesbian:
I was watching Anne Coulter on C-SPAN today and her advice to young women was not to attend law school, but to become involved in the mainstream media. I’m glad that Lizzie followed that path!
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Today a Florida circuit court ruled unconstitutional a law that banned gay and lesbian folk from adopting children. The court’s decision based on equal protection and rights granted the children under the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 shows that the welfare of children is in the State’s best interest.
Prepare to be deeply touched:
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