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Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional by judge - latimes.com
Seeded on Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:23 AM EST (The L.A. Times)
A judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to ignore the statute and provide health benefits to the wife of a lesbian federal court employee.
All-Women Panel Determines that Men Should "Shove an Aspirin Up Their Shaft to Solve Erectile Dysfunction"
Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:28 AM EST (Raw Story)
Inspired by the Republican led House’s hearing on birth control featuring an all-male panel, comedian Andy Cobb decided to flip the script with an all-female panel discussing men’s health. The women recommend that men roll up their private parts “in a tiny od …
In birth control fight, Catholic bishops take hard stance on Viagra
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:13 PM EST (Daily Kos)
According to the Catholic Church, birth control is "intrinsically evil" and requiring insurance companies to cover it is a "grave moral concern." But a man's right to take magical hard-on pills, like Viagra, and to have them covered by his insurance? Why, that's sacred:The answ …
Female Republican Senators go rogue, back Obama on contraceptives
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:07 AM EST (Raw Story)
Two female Republican members of the U.S. Senate, Sens.
When Clint Eastwood Mocks You, You're Officially Screwed
Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:14 AM EST (t r u t h o u t)
You know the wheels have come off the GOP wagon when the Republicans feel compelled to accuse Clint Eastwood of being a shill for the president, but that is precisely what has transpired.
Why I Defend Atheists...
Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:30 PM EST
An entire list of reasons would make for a book, but I will attempt to outline some of the reasons why I defend atheists without a lot of meaningless rhetoric and will attempt to use real data, quotes and other ways of demonstrating my point. Blasphemy Laws Speaking out against r …
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New Hampshire Republicans Propose Bill To Eliminate Workers' Lunch Breaks | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:55 PM EST (Think Progress)
New Hampshire’s GOP legislature has come up with all manner of absurd bills recently, including a proposal making public school curriculum optional, another to prevent police from protecting domestic abuse victims, and even a measure mandating that new laws be&nbs …
How do atheists find meaning in life?
Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:43 PM EST (The Washington Post)
The correspondent was blunt: “Why don’t you atheists just go out and kill yourselves right now?” True, most Christians phrase it rather more delicately, but atheists are regularly informed by a certain kind of believer that our lives can have no value if we do …
Elizabeth Warren Is No Longer Just A Candidate, She's A Cause And She'll Be Almost Impossible To Beat - Business Insider
Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:05 AM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)
Elizabeth Warren raised $5.7 million over the last three months of 2011 for her challenge to Republican Senator Scott Brown who currently sits in the seat once occupied by Ted Kennedy.
5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today
Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:45 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered wigs and stockings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unlike many of today’s candidates, th …
Congress Really Is As Bad As You Think, Scholars Say
Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 7:43 AM EST (NPR)
Congressional approval ratings are on the rocks, hovering in or near single digits for the first time since pollsters started measuring them.
Bizarre Anti-Abortion Campaign Says Don't Abort Because It Makes Toys Sad
Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:22 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
Ad Week has caught what could only be described as one of the weirdest anti-abortion campaigns ever -- a billboard declaring that Christmas toys are sad because there aren't enough children to play with them this year.
Indefinite Military Detention Measure Passes On Bill Of Rights Day
Seeded on Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:16 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
The bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, passed 86 to 13 and is expected to be signed quickly by President Obama, who withdrew a veto threat against the bill Wednesday.
Anonymous donors pay strangers' layaway accounts
Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:09 PM EST
The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.
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NASA says we might all be aliens | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:49 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
Whether or not you believe in life outside of our solar system, the fact that we are all here means that the stuff we're made of must have come from somewhere.
Huh? Now Obamas Are Condemned For Celebrating Christmas Too Enthusiastically
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:07 PM EST (Little Green Footballs)
Man, this whole War on Christmas is getting confusing. Right on cue, the right-wing media this month has been waging its annual battle to convince faithful followers that religious-hating liberals are at war with Christmas, and that once again Obama is leading the charge …
Mitt Romney Approaches Married Gay Couple To Tell Them Their Marriage Is Wrong (VIDEO)
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:57 AM EST ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)
Mitt Romney’s campaign just can’t get it together. Actually, I don’t blame his campaign. The problems are purely Mittens’. I am beginning to believe that Romney lives in such an ivory tower, that he truly has no idea that not everyone is exactly like him.
Bernie Sanders Proposes A Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 3:26 PM EST ()
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a constitutional amendment today that would overturn Citizens United and make it clear that corporations are not people. Sen. Sanders’ proposed Saving American Democracy amendment states, SECTION 1.
Under Pressure From Anti-Choice Groups, Gingrich Flips To Anti-Birth Control Position | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:16 PM EST (Think Progress)
Although GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich previously took the view that “personhood begins at conception,” on Friday, Gingrich told ABC’s Jake Tapper that life begins at the “successful implantation” of a fertilized egg in a woman’s …
Sen. McCain: Instead Of A Tax Break For Middle-Class, 'Why Don't We Do' A Tax Break For Multinational Corporations
Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 3:08 PM EST (Think Progress)
Republican lawmakers are struggling to shake off the view that they’re only out to help “the haves” over “the have-nots.” Today on Fox and Friends, Sen.
Santorum: People Die In America Because They 'Make Poor Decisions'
Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 11:49 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Rick Santorum got in a lengthy argument with a young voter in Iowa on some pretty heavy topics: Life, death, health care, and gay sex. Jason Kornelis, a 23-year-old recent college graduate, challenged Santorum on gay marriage, according to ABC News.
Republicans face potential hard sell to women | Reuters
Seeded on Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:45 AM EST (Reuters)
[Romney's] "net favorable rating" among women Republicans was 38 percent, slightly above his 35 percent rating among Republican men, according to a mid-November Gallup poll. Cain had the biggest gender gap in the survey, taken amid the harassment allegations, with a 32 percent …
Should Organized Religion Have More Rights Than Women?
Seeded on Thu Dec 1, 2011 2:11 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Right now, Catholic bishops, charities, schools and universities are demanding exemptions from new rules requiring that insurance plans cover contraception for women, free of charge. And President Obama is listening, even as Congressional Democrats object. The demand for exem …
Christians for a Moral America Pray for George Michael's Death
Seeded on Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:15 AM EST (The Huffington Post)
Word came out last week that George Michael, 48, was admitted to a Viennese hospital for severe pneumonia. (Though he has cancelled the remainder of the tour he was on, Mr.
ACRJ Blog: Expand access, not exemptions
Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:05 PM EST (Reproductive Justice Blog)
As the Obama Administration debates whether to expand an exemption to a new health insurance requirement to cover all FDA-approved methods of contraception, there are some important facts to keep in mind: The average woman spends five years pregnant, postpartum, or trying to g …
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This Tribal Nation - (The More Educated the Republican, The More Likely to Believe Nonsense)Digby sends us to Chris Mooney on how conservatives become less willing to look at the facts, more committed to the views of their tribe, as they become better-educated: For Republicans, having a college degree didn’t appear to make one any more open to what scientists h …
- Rick Santorum: JFK's 1960 Speech "Made Me Want to Throw Up"
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said today that watching John F.
- Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional by judge - latimes.com
A judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to ignore the statute and provide health benefits to the wife of a lesbian federal court employee.
- All-Women Panel Determines that Men Should "Shove an Aspirin Up Their Shaft to Solve Erectile Dysfunction"
Inspired by the Republican led House’s hearing on birth control featuring an all-male panel, comedian Andy Cobb decided to flip the script with an all-female panel discussing men’s health. The women recommend that men roll up their private parts “in a tiny od …
The 'Two-Spirit' People of Indigenous North Americans - A Lesson for Today's Society and Religious Extremists
The is an article written by Walter L. Williams and explains the cultural differences between Native Americans and Anglo-Americans when it comes to the understanding of male and female.
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Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional by judge - latimes.com
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