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Group: Lawsuit Could Help Thousands of Veterans with PTSD, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in State of the Union?, Defense Calls First Witness at Gay Marriage Trial, and more….

Tags: 2010 Election, Afganistan War, Annies Parker, Barack Obama, Budget, CBS, Colorado, DADT, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Federal Lawsuit, Glasgow, Houston, Iraq War, Justices, Legalization of Marijuana, Marijuana, medical marijuana, Obama Administration, Planned Parenthood, Prop 8, Religious Right, Right Wing, Soldiers, State of the Union, Super Bowl Ads, Texas, United Kingdom, US Supreme Court, Veterans, Wall Street | by Victoria Lavin | January 26th, 2010, 7:30 am

A Federal lawsuit brought by 4,300 veterans who were denied benefits because of PTSD get their day in court. Read more 

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In his State of the Union address will he touch on LGBT issues, especially “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Read more 

Prop 8 Trial: The defense brought it’s first witness Monday, say that the LGBT community had no real political power. Read more 

Prop 8 Trial: Gay marriage opponents claim there was no discrimination in Prop 8 battle. Read more

Prop 8 Trial: Plaintiffs rest case in fight the gay marriage ban. Read more 

New York Times does a piece on Justice Stevens and his near retirement he is getting louder on how the Supreme Court has lost its sense of fair play. Read more 

Pentagon wants to stall repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Read more 

Prop 8 Trial: Frances Tobin writes about the Prop 8 case and its compelling characters. Read more 

Prop 8 Trial: Has the Prop 8 Trial come to a crossroads? Read more 

Right Wingers spend 2.8 million for homophobic ad on CBS during the Super Bowl. Read more 

The head of Glasgow’s museums and art has described receiving harassment and hate mail after an exhibition on homosexuality and the Bible. Consider this might be a translation that uses the correct translation of Hebrew and Greek. Read more 

Colorado University debating gay marriage tonight. Read more 

TX: An Amarillo, Texas pastor has created a Web site dedicated to calling for a boycott of Houston, because of Planned Parenthood and a gay mayor. Read more 

Democrats outlook in the 2010 election are looking rough with another person annoucing retirement. Read more 

Many wonder if Obama can make good on promises made during his campaign fro President. Not only are Republicans and Independents who voted for him wondering but his base, blacks and progressives are wondering too. Read more 

In a securities case the judge blasts Wall Street culture. Read more 

The Recorder reports that the defense in the Prop 8 Trial are going to prove that gays have political power. Read more 

Obama plans to freeze part of the budget. Read more 

A friend sent me this political cartoon. It pretty much sums up the US Supreme Court decision on campaign finance. View cartoon here 

Soldiers are being slapped with criminal charges instead of honorable discharges if they can’t deploy because of having kids. Whatever happened to the protections put in place during the Gulf War for parents who couldn’t deploy? Read more 

Can marijuana cure cancer. Read more 

Justice Scalia’s viewpoint on the LGBT community is a negative one. Read more 

Prop 8 Trial: Professor testifies LGBT’s don’t have clout. Read more

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