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发帖数: 901 | 1 WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday reassured U.S.
warfighters in Iraq that allowing gays to serve openly in the military will
have little impact on the armed forces, an argument largely echoed by the
top leaders of the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy.
Visiting troops at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Gates was asked when repeal of
the 17-year-old policy commonly known as "don't ask, don't tell" would occur
and what its effect would be.
"My guess is you won't see much change at a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 2 "Little by little, in the name of fighting terrorism, our Bill of Rights is
being repealed.... The Patriot Act, as bad as its violation of the 4th
Amendment, was just one step down the slippery slope. The recently passed [
NDAA] continues that slip toward tyranny and in fact accelerates it
significantly.... The Bill of Rights has no exemption for 'really bad people
' or terrorists or even non-citizens. It is a key check on government power
against any person. This is not a weakness in our legal ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10345 | 3 repeal不是appeal。 应该叫castle doctrine或者stand your ground law。现在二十
几个州都有这种法，想一个一个repeal不太容易。你那个州的？你们州有没有？
现世报这个东西俺不太信。波尔布特都善终。还是安了吧，气多了伤肝。
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发帖数: 38600 | 4 “Under the civil rights acts of the 1960s, businesses were told that in
hiring, promotion, pay, and benefits, black and white, men and women must be
treated alike. Equality of opportunity.
But, soon, that was no longer enough. We needed equality of result.”
http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/repeal-the-civil-rights-laws/
Repeal the civil rights laws
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发帖数: 11530 | 6 California secession movement starts gathering petition signatures
Jeff Daniels | @jeffdanielsca
19 Hours Ago
CNBC.com
Backers seeking to break California away from the U.S. started collecting
signatures Friday to get a proposed independence measure on the 2018
statewide ballot.
This isn't the first effort aimed at California secession but leaders say
the previous tries were mostly about building awareness of the issue and
increasing public support. They say recent polls show more Californian... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7469 | 7 白宫里那个傻逼为了上电视天天要签字。他的有些狗屁根本不是Eo, 什么repeal Dodd
frank,那是两院通过的法律，要改也要两元通过。他有个屁权利repeal，就是为了上电
视摆样子。一看就是街头痞子没见过市面的天天要那么显摆。 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 8 The only way to protect that right is through a single-payer national heath
system. The for-profit private market will trample this basic right every
time. The GOP repeal of the ACA (itself a flawed, market-based creation)
puts profit over person, the bottom line over good health. The ACA should
not be repealed until it can be replaced with guaranteed health care for all
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发帖数: 6550 | 9 所以关键就是trump和GOP首先说的是repeal obamacare，而不是改进，这样民主党那
边肯定就不会谈了。民主党自己也说了，把repeal拿掉，我们可以好好谈怎么改进
obamacare。但是川普和GOP这边死要面子非要对着干，本来方案就很烂，现在这样是活该 |
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发帖数: 6889 | 11 老酱的狗屎英语水平还来显摆。。。
18 U.S.C. § 2385 根本没repeal(废止)
1952年12月4日repeal(废止)的是8 U.S. Code § 451
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/451..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Act#cite_note-1
"The Alien Registration Act of 1940 (Smith Act), 76th United States Congress
, 3d session, ch. 439, 54 Stat. 670, 18 U.S.C. § 2385 is a United States
federal statute enacted June 29, 1940, that set criminal penalties for
advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government and required all non-citizen
adult resident... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 13 repeal个鸡吧 汽油税都repeal不了
我们加州觉悟就是这么高 |
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发帖数: 3249 | 14 作为敌国的一部分，美国公民可以由美国武装力量直接处死。推测处死张是美国军方，
NSA，CIA 多方的联合行动。
这样的处死不需要任何审判，不需要对媒体公布细节，不需要承认或否认。
目前还不清楚处死的细节，有未经证实的消息说，张跳楼后，看到有两个戴着黑色墨镜
的亚裔从楼后门匆匆离去。
Lawyers for the Obama administration, arguing for their ability to kill an
American citizen without trial in Yemen, contended that the protection of US
citizenship was effectively removed by a key congressional act that blessed
a global war against al-Qaida.
Known as the Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF), the broad and
controversial 2001 law playe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 16 Adviser: Obama to Call for DADT Repeal
By Advocate.com Editors
BARACK OBAMA CLOSE UP 20100120 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
White House senior adviser David Axelrod says President Obama will call on
Congress to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in
tonight’s State of the Union address, CNN is reporting.
Yesterday, Advocate.com reported that White House press secretary had
confirmed “don’t ask, don’t tell” was likely to be included in the
address. The president has come under fir |
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发帖数: 19713 | 17 O总统刚在政府工作报告中讲完要repeal DADT，HRC今晚就宣布了要开始repeal DADT之
战了。
HRC Plans Campaign Against Military Ban
By Advocate.com Editors
HRC HEADQUARTERS X390 (FLICKR) | ADVOCATE.COM
In response to President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address to
end “don’t ask, don’t tell, the Human Rights Campaign on Wednesday night
announced a campaign targeting the antigay policy. The Voices of Honor
campaign “will organize veterans across the country, generate media
coverage, and build focused campaigns in key st |
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发帖数: 19713 | 18 Chairman Mullen Tweets for DADT Repeal
By Advocate.com Editors
Mullen Tweet x390 (Screen Grab) I Advocate.com
Shortly after his groundbreaking testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed
Services Committee, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, reiterated his support for a repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”
via his Twitter account, @thejointstaff.
“Stand by what I said: Allowing homosexuals to serve openly is the right
thing to do. Comes down to integrity,” Mullen tweeted.
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发帖数: 19713 | 19 周三，这位曾在当年参与制订DADT的退伍四星上将说：自DADT被立法以来的这17年里，
形势和情况都发生了变化，我完全支持国防部秘书Gates 和Admiral Mullen将问题呈递
参议院军事委员会。
Powell Backs Gates, Mullen on DADT Repeal
By Kerry Eleveld
COLIN POWELL X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Gen. Colin L. Powell changed course Wednesday and threw his support behind
the strategy of the military's top leadership to repeal the military’s “
don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
“In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation
was passed, attitudes and circumstances have cha |
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发帖数: 19713 | 20 有趣的是，Outrage那部电影揭露该州长一边旗帜鲜明地反对同性权益，一边偷偷搞同
性恋。Outrage是一部纪录片，记录的都是那些反对同性权益的右派政客搞同性恋的事。
Crist Opposed to DADT Repeal
By Julie Bolcer
Florida governor Charlie Crist said Thursday that he is opposed to repealing
the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
The governor, who is locked in a tight Republican U.S. Senate primary race
with the more conservative Marco Rubio, announced his stance through a
spokeswoman, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
"We are a nation at war. The governor believes t |
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发帖数: 19713 | 21 NYT/CBS民调显示：59%的民众支持“homosexuals”在军队中公开服役，但是，如果把
“homosexuals”这个词改成“gay men and lesbians”，支持率一下子跳到了70%。
NYT/CBS Poll: Support for DADT Repeal Depends on Question
By Advocate.com Editors
MILITARYX390.jpg
A new New York Times/CBS poll finds that Americans’ support for a repeal of
“don’t ask, don’t tell” differs dramatically depending on how the
question is phrased.
In the poll, 59% say they favor “homosexuals” serving openly in the U.S.
military. That number jumps to 70% when the word “homosexuals |
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发帖数: 19713 | 22 Dick Cheney for DADT Repeal
By Julie Bolcer
Dick Cheneyx390 (Screen grab) | Advocate.com
Citing changes in society and recent signals from military leadership,
former vice president Dick Cheney told ABC News This Week that he believes
the time is right to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell”
policy.
"Twenty years ago the military were the strong advocates of "don't ask, don'
t tell" when I was secretary of defense," said Cheney. "I think things have
changed significantly since then. I s |
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发帖数: 19713 | 23 Lieberman to Introduce DADT Repeal Bill
By Julie Bolcer
JOE LIEBERMAN X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut and key
member of the senate armed services committee, will introduce a bill to
repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy next week.
Lieberman confirmed his plan to become the chief sponsor for the bill in an
interview with James Kirchick for the New York Daily News published on
Monday.
“In an exclusive interview with the Dail |
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发帖数: 19713 | 24 HRC Virtual Lobby Day for DADT Repeal
By Julie Bolcer
HRC Virtual Lobby Dayx390 (Screengrab) | Advocate.com
The Human Rights Campaign is encouraging people to use online activism
Thursday to participate in a Virtual Lobby Day to repeal the military’s “
don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The action coincides with in-person
volunteer visits to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Virtual participants are encouraged to use e-mails, phone calls, and social
networking tools like Facebook and Twitter to spread the |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 Posted on Advocate.com September 19, 2010
Gaga's Maine Event
By Kerry Eleveld
lady gaga rally x390
Lady Gaga announced via Twitter Sunday evening that she would be attending a
last-minute rally in Portland, Maine, on Monday targeted at convincing GOP
senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe to vote with Democrats to help
break a filibuster that, if successful, could effectively kill the “don’t
ask, don’t tell” repeal effort for the year.
“Meet me in Portland, Maine 2moro, 9/20 to help repeal #D |
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发帖数: 19713 | 26 DADT Repeal Fails in Senate
By Kerry Eleveld
Harry Reid X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
The tone was set for a devastating rejection of an effort to end the 17-year
-old policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military
as soon as GOP senator Olympia Snowe sent out an ominous statement Monday
afternoon.
By Tuesday afternoon, repeal advocates lost Senator Susan Collins, who said
she would join a GOP filibuster unless Senate Majority Leader Harr |
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发帖数: 19713 | 27 Schwarzenegger Repeals Antigay Law
By Michelle Garcia
BONNIE LOWENTHAL (.GOV) ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (GETTY) X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Wednesday to repeal
a 60-year-old antigay law requiring state officials to seek a cure for
homosexuality.
Though the law was barely enforced, "It was misguided and foolish at the
time. It's completely unacceptable now," Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal said
, according to the Contra Costa Times.
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发帖数: 61 | 28 It's a tradition that the administration almost always defend laws passed by
congress, even the ones they oppose. It's extremely rare that the DOJ doesn
't defend a federal law. It'd serve as a bad precedent, in which president
can choose to only defend laws he want to.
The administration just asked a emergency stay on the injunction. The
temporary stay was granted not on the merit of the the DADT trial itself. It
's likely that the Ninth circuit, (one of the most liberal in the nation)
would up... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 29 The march to equality has steps forward and steps backward. Yesterday we saw
some of each. Our fight for equality at the federal level was dealt a
serious setback – but there are paths forward for pro-equality bills and
amendments, and there are new opportunities for progress in states across
the country. If you know anything about HRC, it's that we're fighters. And
fighting tirelessly is exactly what we'll need to do over the next few years.
Since 2006, the U.S. House has been led by committed ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 30 Posted on Advocate.com November 12, 2010
Cindy McCain: DADT Enables Bullies
By Julie Bolcer
CindyMcCainDADTNO8x390 (Screengrab) | Advocate.com
While Sen. John McCain insists that he will filibuster any attempt to repeal
the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, his wife Cindy denounces the ban in
a new ad for the NOH8 campaign, where she connects antigay laws to the
culture of bullying that drives vulnerable LGBT youths to suicide.
Cindy and Meghan have expressed their strong support for gay rights i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 31 Posted on Advocate.com November 12, 2010
Supreme Court Denies Log Cabin Request
By Kerry Eleveld
The U.S. Supreme Court voted on Friday to keep to the "don't ask, don't tell
" policy intact, rejecting a request by the Log Cabin Republicans that the
court reinstate an injunction of the policy pending appeal. The court order
was short and to the point, noting that Justice Anthony Kennedy referred the
appeal to the full Supreme Court and further advising that Justice Elena
Kagan had not taken part ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 703 | 32 ollowing through on a promise to shepherd the repeal of "don't ask, don't
tell," Senate majority leader Harry Reid returned a ring belonging to Lt.
Dan Choi, which the discharged officer gave to Reid five months ago with the
request to have it back when the law was repealed.
Reid posted a photo of the two with Choi's West Point class ring and said he
was "so happy" to return the ring to Choi.
Choi responded on Twitter, "The next time I get a ring from a man, I expect
it to be for full, equal, Am... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 33 Posted on Advocate.com January 25, 2011
Obama: Mum on Marriage
By Andrew Harmon
Despite increased pressure from gay and lesbian advocates to “evolve” his
position on marriage equality a little sooner, President Barack Obama did
not delve into the issue for his Tuesday evening State of the Union address,
one that focused heavily on strengthening the economy and fostering
innovation in the face of a fiercely competitive global market.
The prepared remarks of Obama’s 6,757-word speech made mention ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 34 When it comes to winning, Republicans are like Charlie Sheen. That is, they
think they are WINNING, but they're obviously not. But don't take my word
for it, look at recent polling.
Budget battles. The latest WSJ/MSNBC poll shows the most popular ways to
balance the budget are the ones Republicans are least inclined to do. Most
popular: tax increases for millionaires, cutting defense spending, and
ending tax breaks for oil and gas companies. Least popular: cutting health
care for the poor, cutti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 35 Posted on Advocate.com March 08, 2011
DOMA's Continued Consequences
By Andrew Harmon
Rodrigo Martinez (left) with husband Edwin Echegoyen
Stop the Deportations - The DOMA Project In a deportation case that tests
the uncertain legal terrain following the Obama administration’s
announcement that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, a
gay man who recently married his partner in Washington, D.C. will likely
surrender on Wednesday morning to immigration officials.
Rodrigo Martinez, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 36 看来这个政策主要是针对那几对面临着被递解出境的非法移民的
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Breakthrough on Immigration Rights?
Andrew Harmon
IMMIGRATION GENERIC X390 (FAIR USE) | ADVOCATE.COM
Described by one attorney as a “game changer” that could bring parity to
LGBT individuals in the U.S. immigration system, two district immigration
offices have recently decided to put on hold marriage-based green card
applications in cases involving binational gay couples.
Newsweek/The Daily Beast reported Fri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 37 NOM'S TOUR MASTERMIND,FACEBOOK FOUNDER,AND ONLINE STRATEGIST,LOUIS MARINELLI
, NOW SUPPORTS OUR CIVIL MARRIAGE EQUALITY! THE MUCH-BALLYHOOED SUMMER
MARRIAGE TOUR 2010 OPENED HIS EYES!
(*Interview conducted via email)
(1) G-A-Y's JEREMY HOOPER: On record, I'd ask you to go through the list of
comments you have written/ Tweeted/ blogged/ Facebooked and repudiate any/
all that you now see were objectionable.
LOUIS MARINELLI: I quoted from the research of Paul Cameron when I said that
homosexuals ha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 Obama on Gay Pride Month
By Advocate.com Editors
BARACK OBAMA 20110531 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The White House issued a statement in advance of Gay Pride Month, declaring
LGBT rights to be human rights and recapping President Obama's efforts at
advancing equality here and abroad.
"The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
community is the story of our fathers and sons, our mothers and daughters,
and our friends and neighbors who continue the task of making our cou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 39 Posted on Advocate.com July 11, 2011 04:05:00 PM ET
Court Asks What Obama's Next Move Is on DADT
By Andrew Harmon
Although the Defense Department has confirmed that “don’t ask, don’t tell
” is going unenforced as a result of a court ruling last week, a key
question about the policy’s constitutionality remains alive.
And so a ninth circuit court clerk today ordered the Justice Department —
which has not appealed the ruling — to instruct the court on whether it
intends to defend the policy’s const... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 40 Posted on Advocate.com July 22, 2011 02:40:00 PM ET
Ex-NOM Official Launches Gay Rights Org
By Neal Broverman
Louis Marinelli NOME LOGO X390 (FAIR AND PROVIDED) | ADVOCATE.COM
Louis Marinelli, the former tour organizer and social-media expert for the
antigay National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has gone one step further
than denouncing his former employer and calling for same-sex marriage — he
created a gay rights group.
Marinelli has launched the National Organization for Marriage Equality... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 41 NEW YORK — Same-sex marriage might seem like a straightforward issue: You'
re for it or against it. Yet for the field of Republican presidential
hopefuls, it's proving to be an awkward topic as public attitudes change and
more states legalize gay unions, the latest being New York.
Numerous recent polls suggest a slim majority of Americans now back gay
marriage. Support is highest among Democrats, but is growing across the
political spectrum even while religious conservatives – a key part of the
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发帖数: 4174 | 42 LAS VEGAS -- The gay advocacy group that successfully lobbied to repeal the
military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy plans to file a lawsuit in federal
court by the end of October that would challenge the constitutionality of
federal laws that make married same-sex couples ineligible for the same
benefits as their straight counterparts.
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network will argue that the federal Defense
of Marriage Act violates the Fifth Amendment right to due process, in what
the grou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 43 The top USA LGBT stories of 2011
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/26/the-top-usa-lgbt-stories-o
10 – High profile figures come out as gay
In October, the Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto came out as gay. On his blog,
Quinto wrote that the recent suicide of gay 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer had
spurred him to be open.
Don Lemon, the CNN anchorman who appears in 100 million US homes also came
out at the age of 45, and spoke to PinkNews.co.uk’s Laurence Watts about
the experience. Lemon’s biography wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 44 State-by-State Laws on Gay Marriage Produce Patchwork Quilt
同志婚姻权本质是基本人权和公民权,超出了州政府的拥有的民事权管辖范围.联邦政府
必须枪毙DOMA,把同婚权和反性倾向歧视纳入宪法中!
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The patchwork quilt of U.S. state laws on same-sex
marriage, which Washington is now poised to legalize, leaves gay and lesbian
Americans with different rights depending on geography. To opponents, that
’s just the way things work in a union of self-governing states.
If Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signs the bill passed by lawmakers
yester... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 45 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/02/video-call-to-boycott-st-p
St Petersburg’s governor has signed into law a bill making it an offence to
‘promote’ gay or transgender personal identities with commentators
fearing how badly it will ‘encourage hate’ towards the city’s gay, bi and
trans people.
The city now punished the promotion of such identities with a fine of 5,000
roubles, £107 or up to 50,000 roubles, £1,070 for holders of
public posts. The fines are increased tenfold again for le... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 46 Posted at 12:33 PM ET, 03/23/2012 TheWashingtonPost
Obama advisers debating gay marriage
By Greg Sargent
Obama’s top political advisers have held serious discussions with leading
Democrats about the upsides and downsides of coming out for gay marriage
before the fall election, a Democratic strategist who has discussed these
matters directly with Obama's campaign inner circle tells me.
This does not mean that it will happen, and there are plenty of reasons to
assume it won’t. Indeed, it would be ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 47 Posted on Advocate.com April 16, 2012 03:15:18 PM ET
NOM Prints Enemies List in New Hampshire
While the advertisement is intended to list those who "betrayed" the "cause
of marriage." For some, it's probably more like a helpful list of friends
than enemies.
By Lucas Grindley
The National Organization for Marriage is so angry with Republican lawmakers
who voted against repealing marriage equality in New Hampshire that they've
taken out a full-page newspaper ad listing all of their names.
NOM says... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 48 发信人: liangzhi01 (良知01), 信区: SanDiego
标 题: 救救孩子，推翻sb48: 签名截止July 11, 2012 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 10 20:55:53 2012, 美东)
【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: liangzhi01 (良知01), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 救救孩子，推翻sb48: 签名截止July 11, 2012
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jun 10 20:55:28 2012, 美东)
如果你不希望学校变成传授同性淫乱的地方,请到下面网站签名．
（２０１１年的签名，不能用于今年.）
http://stopsb48.com/
The CLASS Act and Stop SB 48 are two different campaigns.
The Stop SB 48 campaign of 2011 failed to gather enough signatures to
qualify for the ball... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 49 罗姆尼无非就是向GOP的保守盘表个姿态，好争取这些家伙们选举时候全都倾巢出动。
考虑到罗姆尼主政麻省时候通过了那里的全民医保，鬼才相信他即使万一当选总统，会
真把repeal "Obamacare"当作第一优先，还不要说repeal所需要跨越的重重难关。最高
法院一锤定音了。GOP们最好还是把时间花在更有价值的策略上吧，而不是没完没了地
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发帖数: 19713 | 50 1. The Clucking Mess of Chick-fil-A
Georgia-based fried chicken chain Chick-fil-A became a national flash point
when it was revealed that the company had donated more than $5 million to
antigay groups, including a hate group as designated by the Southern Poverty
Law Center. Company president Dan Cathy added to the firestorm when he said
he opposes marriage equality and operates his fast-food chain according to
“biblical principles.” The resulting boycotts led conservative former
Arkansas governo... 阅读全帖 |
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