Politics

Moving Marriage Equality Forward in Minnesota – Advice from Mandy Carter Saurday, October 10th – 3:00-5:00pm Minneapolis Urban League – 2220 16th Ave N, Minneapolis This should be a really interesting event. I know marriage equality is not the be all and end all of civil rights issues for anyone, but I think this will be...
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The Black Snob: Are Conservative Yakkers Stoking White Racial Resentment? Short answer: Yes. Full transcript at Crooks & Liars. Share this Post:
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OpEdNews.com: The Racial Context for Joe Wilson’s Outburst South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson shouted “you lie” at the president during his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. Few would doubt this was a sign of disrespect that most Americans would find objectionable. But beyond Wilson’s callous disdain for the office...
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Advocate.com: DOMA Repeal Bill Coming Next Week …Democratic representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Jared Polis of Colorado will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. Nadler told the Bay Area Reporter in July that the bill would amount to a full repeal of DOMA, including...
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White House Green Jobs Advisor Van Jones Resigns What happened: Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs” with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans. His reason: “What Van Jones decided was that the agenda of...
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How To Get 63% of Americans to Support Gay Marriage. (Maybe.) When gay marriage is polled, it is almost always framed as a positive right, as in: “should the government permit Adam and Steve to get married?”. I wouldn’t necessarily say I find this framing biased — since gay marriage is only permitted in six...
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From MnIndy: Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken signed on to sponsor the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday. ENDA would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment. In 29 states, it is still legal to fire someone due to sexual orientation and in 38...
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This article originally appeared in the Twin Cities Daily Planet on May 6, 2009. by Rich Broderick | 5/6/09 • Let me start by saying I have no objections whatsoever to the idea of allowing gay and lesbian people to enter into legally recognized marriages. I can think of no reason why two people should...
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Andy Birkey reports on HF 999, a bill introduced in the Minnesota House last week that would change the word “marriage” in state statute to “civil union contract” effectively taking the state out of the religious aspects of marriage. The bill would also change the definition of civil union to mean “two parties, recognized by...
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Thanks to Basmah Ali for passing this information along. University of Minnesota students are hosting a rally on Monday January 5th (1pm-5pm) as a reactionary measure to the violence in Gaza in front the state capitol in St.Paul. They will have a speaker from CAIR-MN, Council on American Islamic Relations-MN, and one from the twin...
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