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Category Archives: Homosexual Rights
ON THIS DAY: June 30, 2016
June 30th is: Meteor Watch Day Social Media Day National Hand Shake Day National Organization for Women Day Leap Second Time Adjustment Day National Holidays Around the World Congo Democratic Republic – Independence Day Central African Republic – National Payer … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Homosexual Rights, On This Day, Science, Women's Rights
Tagged Hernán Cortés, Lena Horne, Meteor Watch, Oxford Evolution Debate
3 Comments
FLASHPOINT: The Stonewall Rebellion
On June 24, 2016, President Obama announced that the Stonewall Inn and the surrounding area is now the Stonewall National Monument, the first U.S. national monument honoring the gay-rights movement. It’s hard to believe in 2016 the conditions in 1969 that … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Homosexual Rights, SCOTUS
Tagged Bowers v Hardwick, Christopher Street Day, Gay Pride Parades, Lawrence v Texas, Obergefell v Hodges, Orlando, Stonewall Inn
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Hate gets a pass…racial profiling as political correctness
By ann summers Because of a “mouth-feel” like styrofoam peanuts, I hate baked Cheetos or their generic imitators even as I definitely like fried Cheetos. So much for common sense about what is healthy snack food— fortunately it probably isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, Government, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Gun Violence, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, profiling, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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Public Safety in the post-Pulse era
By ann summers Orlando’s horrific domestic extremist attack demonstrates that with the constant, cyclical negation of private and public rights there cannot be win-win solutions in a modern democracy that has foundationally resisted the notion of a theocratic state. An … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Afghanistan, Civil Liberties, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Homeland Security, Homosexual Rights, Immigrants, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, News, Police, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, police, Terrorism
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Orlando Massacre: Pulse One = Stonewall too
By ann summers The framing of that meme of “the worst act of mass shooting in US history” comes not only as an “act of terror and an act of hate” but also raises some other peripheral issues in the early … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Afghanistan, Breaking News, California, Conspiracy, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Holidays, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Law Enforcement, police, Terrorism
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Trump Nationalism on the Links where pivots are divots
By ann summers Gonna be winning for The Donald, regardless of the 8 November outcome. The Trump brand will benefit, and his global legacy has already been assured, even in its vulgarity. All Trump golf courses are branded … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, Conservatives, Democracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, History, Homosexual Rights, Immigrants, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Progressives, Racism, Reproductive Rights, RNC, Society, States, Tea Party, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Republicans
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Morning Open Thread – Drones, the new UFOs
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. It would be hard to guess if one tries to follow TV news, but other things actually occur in the world besides election primaries. British … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking News, Christianity, England, Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Mental Health, State Government, Tennessee, Weird News
Tagged Drones, LGBT, UFO
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