Tag: Gay Rights

Quote of the Day II

Filed in National by on April 3, 2009 8 Comments

Backstory: Iowa goes gay. We have a constitutional duty to ensure equal protection of the law. If gay and lesbian people must submit to different treatment without an exceedingly persuasive justification, they are deprived of the benefits of the principle of equal protection upon which the rule of law is founded. – Supreme Court of […]

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Elections Matter Number #237

Filed in National by on March 18, 2009 2 Comments

US endorses UN gay rights text The Obama administration on Wednesday formally endorsed a U.N. statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality, a measure that former President George W. Bush had refused to sign.

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Kill Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Now

Filed in National by on February 15, 2009 8 Comments

President Obama, tear down this policy. Amy Brian was in the Kansas National Guard, had served in Iraq and survived an IED blast there. Back in Kansas, she was hard at work trying to bring some order to the local government purchase program, trying to save the government money. Although the fact that she was […]

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