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Cows are eating chicken what?
America Blog Nov 06 09The new FDA is getting back in the business of protecting consumers after an eight year drought. This sounds like a reasonable request.
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Obama Signs Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Hate Crimes Bill into Law
Bilerico Oct 28 09
President Obama has just signed the first ever piece of pro-LGBT federal legislation into law.
The Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act was attached to the Defense Authorization Bill and added gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability to existing hate crimes laws.
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The Hate Crimes Signing
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Oct 28 09The spin is that this is the first ever federal legislation that actually recognizes rather than attacks gay people.
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The Gay Hate Crimes Crisis Isn't Over Yet
Bilerico Oct 25 09
Thursday's historic passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is cause for celebration.
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Takes On Hate Crimes Legislation Passing The House & Senate
Pams House blend Oct 24 09
"I am pleased that today we were able to move the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 a step closer to passage this afternoon.
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The Kalamazoo Referendum: Lots Going On; You Need To Care About This
Pams House blend Oct 19 09With the marriage equality battles going on in Maine and Washington State, and the federal legislation involving hate crimes and employment non-discrimination (ENDA), as well as repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) and the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA), it's hard to ask lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, along with their friends, family, and allies, to care about a local ordinance regarding LGBT people in city of roughly a hundred-thousand people.
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WaPo: Obama's HRC speech will focus on 'incremental advancements as evidence of progress'
Pams House blend Oct 09 09
Oh man, if this is the stale message that the President is going to serve up to the dressed-to-the-nines crowd at the HRC annual dinner, how will they react? And how will that reaction compare to that of the marchers on Sunday? Via the WaPo:
[W]ithin the gay leadership in Washington, established politicians and a freshman class of bolder legislators disagree as to whether the Maine campaign should be central to a larger federal push for equality.
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On Oct 11th: Take Action in DC or Take Action Locally
Bilerico Sep 24 09
On Oct 11th: Take action in DC or take action locally.
We stand at the brink, at a moment of unprecedented possibility in the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality across America.
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White House Nominates LGBT Advocate for EEOC
Gay Agenda Sep 15 09The White House has nominated Chai Feldblum, a long-time LGBT rights advocate, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission!
According to Metro Weekly:
Chai Feldblum is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center where she has taught since 1991.
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Repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Goes Grassroots
Bilerico Jul 26 09
Over the past few months, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network has been making a bold move to gain support for the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (HR 1283) that would repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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Freedom
Bilerico Jul 03 09
Being the Fourth of July weekend, I thought it important to remind us of part of the Declaration of Independence.
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BREAKING NEWS
Wicked Gay Blog Jul 02 09Man Convicted in Anti-Gay Killing Released from Prison One Year After Sentencing; Victims Mother Notified by Automated Message!!!
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today condemned the early release of Stephen Andrew Moller, who was convicted in June of 2008 in the death of 20-year-old Sean Kennedy.
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Indiana Equality opposes ENDA: Calls it "segregation"
Bilerico Jun 17 09
In a stunning and controversial move, Indiana's statewide LGBT organization, Indiana Equality, has publicly called the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) "a new form of segregation," and will not support the proposed federal legislation.
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