Still Protesting: The Case for Gay Marriage

Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:24 PM EDT

By Danny McGee (Clipped by Kathy's Kid)

As of the time of this writing, forty states have banned gay marriage through legislation or constitutional amendment1.

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gay-marriage, marriage, gay, politics, civil-rights, government, gay-rights

The Grammy powerhouse you've never heard of

Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 12:58 PM EST (CNN)

With 17 Grammys, five gold records and -- by his count -- almost 130 albums, polka superstar Jimmy Sturr might just be the most successful musician you've never heard of.

entertainment, grammys, polka, sturr, jimmy-sturr, yes-i-am-a-polock

No defending the Defense of Marriage Act - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:12 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Even more so now than in 1996, I believe we need to reduce federal power over the lives of the citizenry and over the prerogatives of the states. It truly is time to get the federal government out of the marriage business.

gay-marriage, us-news, civil-unions, bob-barr, federalism, states-rights, doma

"Santa Claus Will Take You to Hell" Display

Seeded on Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:26 PM EST (The Seattle Times)

"You'd better watch out, get ready to cry, You'd better go hide, I'm telling you why 'cuz Santa Claus will take you to hell. He is your favorite idol, you worship at his feet, but when you stand before your God He won't help you take the heat.

us-news, fred-phelps, westboro-baptist-church, lunatic, god-hates-gays

2012! The Republican runners and riders

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:57 PM EST (timesonline.typepad.com)

Only 48 months to go people! Caught up in the jittery throes of the post-election withdrawal syndrome currently afflicting much of the world's political media, we at Times Online have turned our attention to the Next Big One - 2012! We already know Sarah Palin's seeking the nomin …

election, politics, 2012, mitt-romney, republican, pawlenty, huckabee, sarah-palin, jindal, charlie-christ

Joke bag of parsley still gets Port St. Lucie boy arrested

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:10 AM EST (TCPalm.com)

The 15-year-old boy was arrested on a charge of possession of a counterfeit controlled substance with the intent to deliver.

florida, marijuana, us-news, parsley

The latest research on the correlation between religion and niceness.

Seeded on Fri Nov 7, 2008 1:03 PM EST (Slate)

Arguments about the merits of religions are often battled out with reference to history, by comparing the sins of theists and atheists.

sweden, norway, denmark, religion, generosity, atheism, christianity, niceness

Florida High School Keeps Klan Leader's Name

Seeded on Tue Nov 4, 2008 10:21 AM EST (msnbc.com)

A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school's namesake was a "terrorist and racist."

race, florida, racism, us-news, idiots

Sprint to the Oval : About That Prank Call...

Seeded on Mon Nov 3, 2008 11:51 AM EST (Newsweek)

According to a senior McCain aide, the caller made initial contact with Palin's advisers by first calling the governor's office in Alaska.

election, politics, president, mccain, sarkozy, palin, prank-call

An 'Idiot Wind'

Seeded on Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:30 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

For the record, Mr. Khalidi is an American born in New York who graduated from Yale a couple of years after George W. Bush. For much of his long academic career, he taught at the University of Chicago, where he and his wife became friends with Barack and Michelle Obama.

election, politics, obama, palestine, smear, vile, negative-campaigning, barack-hussein-obama

The GOP ticket's appalling contempt for science and learning. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:11 PM EDT (Slate)

In an election that has been fought on an astoundingly low cultural and intellectual level, with both candidates pretending that tax cuts can go like peaches and cream with the staggering new levels of federal deficit, and paltry charges being traded in petty ways, and with Joe t …

politics, mccain, idiocy, palin, idiocracy, beltway-barbie

Doubling of Vitamin D for Children Is Urged

Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:49 PM EDT (The New York Times)

To meet the new recommendation of 400 units daily, millions of children will need to take vitamin D supplements each day, the American Academy of Pediatrics said.

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What Being Neat or Messy Says about Political Leanings:

Seeded on Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:24 AM EDT (Sciam)

According to a controversial new study, set to be published in The Journal of Political Psychology, the bedrooms and offices of liberals, who are generally thought of as open, tend to be colorful and awash in books about travel, ethnicity, feminism and music, along with music CDs …

politics, liberal, genetics, psychology, conservative, messy, neatness

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