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How to Get Our Democracy Back, TX: AT&T Worker Relieved to get Leave, Air Force Officer Stripped of Rank for Gay Bashing, and more…
Tags: 2010 Election, Anti-Gay Bill, Bullying, Congress, DADT, Democracy, Don't Ask Don't Tell, hate crimes, Iowa, Matthew Shepherd Act, Mel White, Religious Right, Republicans, Right Wing, Uganda | by Victoria Lavin | February 6th, 2010, 4:19 pm
Juan Gonzales interviews Lawrence Lessig who wrote for The Nation on losing our Democracy here is what he is saying. “At the center of our government lies a bankrupt institution: Congress. Not financially bankrupt, at least not yet, but politically bankrupt.” He goes on to argue that, “Congress is the core of the problem with American democracy today. In a single line: There will be no change until we change Congress.” Read the Interview
A gay AT&T worker got family leave just in time for him to come home. Read more
An Air Force officer stripped of his rank because of gay bashing he was involved in. Read more
Sec. of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen
Jonathan Webb writes for The Journal about repealing DADT. Saying that DADT shouldn’t be repealed because it would cause harm to gay and lesbian personnel. Read more
Mel White writes and open letter to clergy on the Uganda anti-gay bill. Read more
Video: Jeff Sessions is skeptical of repealing DADT. View Video
Openly gay Congressmembers have mixed feelings on the repeal of DADT. Read more
Both SLDN and HRC call for the repeal of DADT this year. Read more
Signorile’s interview with Barney Frank. Listen here
Sen. Gillbrand to introduce a bill that would hinder funding of DADT. Read more
Peter Smith of Life Site News writes that veterans and former legal chief defend ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’. Read more
Michigan Christian sue government over Matthew Shepherd Act. Read more
Iowa House Republicans are trying to remove sexual orientation and gender identity from the recently passed Bullying Bill. Read more
Lez Get Real reports that an LGBT group, One Iowa, expects a push for an anti-gay marriage bill this coming week. Read more
4 Responses to “How to Get Our Democracy Back, TX: AT&T Worker Relieved to get Leave, Air Force Officer Stripped of Rank for Gay Bashing, and more…”
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I found this article useful in a paper I am writing at university. Hopefully, I get an A+ now!
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Bernice Franklin
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The GOP which pretends to be a “big tent” party despite apparently contradictory evidence is seeking to co-opt the tea party for its own political reward. You notice Michael Steele’s commentary that (paraphrase) “we have got to work together to vote down Obama’s agenda.” Where are the proactive statements? How do you reduce the deficit by trimming taxes? How do you fix the health care issue? While I am very irate at dems in congress and, to a certain extent Obama and his advisors, for not being more aggressive in getting the facts out, I also think that while the repubs have won momentum by general opposition the tide is about to turn. You have to promote ideas backed by empiric data that are good for the nation
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