4/7/09
Vermont Overrides Same-Sex Marriage Bill Veto
Breaking News: Vermont Overrides Same-Sex Marriage Bill Veto
April 7, 2009 - Vermont's legislature has voted to override Gov. Douglas' veto of the state's marriage equality bill. Vermont will become the fourth state to legalize marriage for same-sex couples.
AP Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override
Burlington Free Press Vermont legalizes gay marriage
Chicago Tribune Vermont becomes 4th state to legalize gay marriage after lawmakers override governor's veto
4/6/09
ACLU of TEXAS : stop voter suppression
Source ACLU TEXAS
You can act this week to stop voter suppression - a move by the Texas Legislature to turn away voters from the polls with a bill they call Voter ID.To hear our legislators talk, truckloads of people are showing up at the voting booths impersonating real voters.
Oh how I wish it were true that the urge to vote had really swept over our state with such enthusiasm.The House will take up this ridiculous legislation Tuesday. House backers are trying to portray their bill as kinder and gentler than the one the Senate passed in March but however you look at it, Voter ID is a stunt to intimidate would-be, legitimate voters. Voter ID would require photo identification when casting a ballot. Under current law, your voter registration card is enough.The Texas House Elections Committee will meet Tuesday - the second of two days of hearings - to hear public testimony on this divisive Voter ID bill.
I am asking you to be at that hearing to express your opposition with your presence. If you have a story to tell about voter ID, please email me.Supporters of Voter ID say the bill would prevent voter fraud. But as I have often said, show me proof that voter fraud is a problem in Texas. The Texas Attorney General's own lengthy, and costly investigation in recent years has yielded only about a dozen possible instances of voter fraud - all associated with absentee ballots - and no convictions.For these reasons, I ask you to stand with us on Tuesday and oppose the bill that seeks to silence the loudest voice we have, our vote.
Stand with uson Voter ID
What: House Elections Committee public hearing
When: Tuesday, April 7 at 1 p.m.
Where: John H. Reagan Building, Room 120105 W. 15th Street in Austin
Terri Burke
Executive Director
EQMD : Last Chance to Speak for Transgender Protections
Urge Your Senator to Support Transgender Anti-Discrimination Legislation
URGENT ACTION *MARYLAND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS* URGENT ACTION
Legislators on the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee continue to stall a vote on SB 566. Twice legislators have found excuses to hold the bill over. Tuesday the bill will come up again in committee. Tell your state Senator to do everything in his or her power to support a full Senate floor vote on this basic human rights legislation. Click here to take action.
4/5/09
Queers United: Governor Culver: Don't Amend the Iowa Constitution!
4/4/09
Demand HATE CRIMES Legislation NOW!
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The Catholic Church reacts with outrage!
Unheard of? Unhearlded? Yes and Yes.
This is the first time that the Catholic Church has objected to the President of the United States being on one of it's Campuses.
This is the first time the presidents skin is black. This is the first time that a president's agenda was contray to the offical Vatican's theocracy.
This is the first time that the Vatican in modren times has so ademently and unialaterly opposed human rights, human life, and human diginity in order to justify its unbending theology. My oppinon and not those of any group I attend or represent, as a writer I have the freedom to express them.
I am publishing views that are diametrly opposed to mine for fairness and freedom of thought.
The thoughts of Michael J. Bayly author of 'Wild Reed' http://thewildreed.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-notre-dame-controversy-is-really.html