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Racism still ‘alive and well’ in the Tennessee Legislature
While we’re on the subject of sad commentaries… It would appear that racism is quite unfortunately still alive and well in the Tennessee Legislature.
The Tennessean:
Sherri Goforth, a legislative aide for Senate Republican Caucus Chairwoman Diane Black, sent the e-mail last month to other staff for Republican senators. It shows a portrait or photo of each [...]
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Tennessee House votes to override guns-in-bars veto
The Tennessee House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to override the governor’s veto of the so-called “guns in bars” bill. The Senate is expected to vote on the override this morning.
As I’ve said before, I’m a huge supporter of the 2nd Amendment (indeed, the whole of the U.S. Constitution, for that matter), but at some [...]
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Bush-Gore lawyers work together to overturn California’s Prop 8
CBS News:
Opposing attorneys in the 2000 election fight for Florida – David Boies, who represented Al Gore, and Ted Olson, George Bush’s lawyer and later the U.S. Solicitor General – are teaming up to ask a federal court to throw out California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
The two filed a lawsuit Friday on behalf of two [...]
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Tennessean: Veto the gun bill, Governor
The Tennessean:
The bill proponents will tell you, Governor, that more guns make bars and restaurants safer, but they have no data to back up these claims.
The data is solid when it comes to police reports, which can tell you what happens when people enter drinking establishments with a gun.
Governor, Tennesseans are outraged that this bill [...]
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Maine joins ranks of States recognizing equality in marriage
I’ve been out of town and/or out of the loop for the better part of the last two weeks, so it’s no surprise that I missed this: Maine has become the 5th state to allow same sex marriage.
Governor John Baldacci:
“In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions,” Baldacci said [...]
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Adventures in Math & Marriage
Excellent article in the Skeptics Society’s eSkeptic for Wednesday, May 13th, 2009, Adventures in Math & Marriage or, Why Gay Marriage Does Not Decrease Straight Marriage.
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The Official White House Photostream now on Flickr
This is so cool: The Official White House Photostream on Flickr. The photos are all by official White House photographers–predominately chief White House photographer Pete Souza–and, as The White House Blog indicates, give a different perspective from the images we all see on television every day.
The photostream already contains a number of iconic presidential photographs, [...]
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Plan B to be available to 17 year olds
Good first step an undoing Reverend Bush’s restrictions limiting the sale of the (non-abortive, sorry, but those are the facts) contraceptive to those over the age of 18.
Associated Press:
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan B” [...]
Connecticut legislature codifies legality of same-sex marriage
Associated Press:
A decade-long battle for marriage equality in Connecticut ended late Wednesday when the General Assembly voted to update the state’s marriage laws to conform with a landmark court ruling allowing gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot.
Wow. Reason. Cool.
In an effort to appease some gay marriage foes, lawmakers amended the bill [...]
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Wilson County Christian group not content with Constitutional equality
You may recall the Wilson County “pole strokers”–a parent-led prayer group who seemingly can only talk to their god from the general area of the flagpole in front of a public school in Wilson County, Tennessee. You may also recall that the Wilson County School System not long ago cost the taxpayers of Wilson County [...]
ACLU obtains Bush administration memos regarding torture
The American Civil Liberties Union has secured the release of four Bush administration memos:
NEW YORK – In response to litigation filed by the American Civil Liberties Union under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Justice Department today released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture. The memos, produced by the [...]
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Tennessee’s restaurant and club owners rejecting new gun-carry law
Tennessee’s restaurant and club owners are rejecting the state’s new “booze it and shoot it” law in droves by establishing policies for their business(es) that prohibit the carrying of firearms on the premises. Many are concerned with the obvious (well, obvious to everyone but the NRA’s lobbyists and the lawmakers who take their money, er [...]