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    • 6 Ratings
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    When it rains, it pours: NAACP now OK with same-sex marriage

    MAY 20, 2012 4:53PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, family, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, william saletan, same-sex marriage, proposition 8, prop 8, president barack obama, politics, ohio, obama, national association for the advancement of colored people, naacp, marriage, lgbt, lesbians, jesse jackson, human rights, hope, homophobia, hiv, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay community, fourteenth amendment, equality, equal rights, equal protection clause, civil rights, change, california, black homophobia, black homophobes, black community, bigots, bigotry, benjamin todd jealous, barack obama, al sharpton, aids

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 364 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Did Texas execute yet another innocent man?

    MAY 20, 2012 11:18AM

    By Mary Shaw


    Topics: death penalty, justice, human rights, texas

    • 0 Ratings
    • 35 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    What sort of duck?

    MAY 15, 2012 9:45PM

    By Art Lynch


    Topics: open+call, ducks, duck, why a duck, marx brothers, viaduct, ethics, morality, christian, religion, religious beliefs, human rights, rights, gay mariage, marriage, gay

    • 1 Ratings
    • 231 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Jesse Jackson, et. al., seem to have evolved

    MAY 13, 2012 7:41PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, states' rights, sexual orientation, same-sex marriage, religion, racism, race, prejudice, newsweek, marriage rights, lesbians, jesse jackson, ignorance, human rights, homophobia, hatred, gender, gay rights, gay men, equal rights, discrimination, cory booker, civil rights, blacks, black leaders, black homophobes, black community, black churches, black americans, bigotry, barack obama, al sharpton, african americans

    • 5 Ratings
    • 172 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    America's gay problem

    MAY 13, 2012 9:42AM

    By AOG


    Topics: gay/lesbian, belief/religion, family, politics, human rights, usa, america, spain

    • 12 Ratings
    • 464 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    In Small Places, Close To Home

    MAY 11, 2012 5:41PM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: feminism, family, mother's day, mothers, human rights, eleanor roosevelt, universal declaration of human rights

    • 5 Ratings
    • 289 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama’s cold calculation on same-sex marriage

    MAY 9, 2012 11:14PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: barack obama, bigotry, bigots, catholic church, catholic cult, civil rights, discrimination, equal rights, gay men, gay rights, haters, hatred, homophobes, homophobia, human rights, joe biden, lesbians, marriage, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormon cult, mormonism, north carolina, politics, prick santorum, rick santorum, romney, salt lake city, same-sex marriage, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 107 Views
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    Biden’s endorsement is not nearly enough

    MAY 6, 2012 3:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, vice president joe biden, states' rights, separate but unequal, separate but equal, scott walker, same-sex marriage, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, middle class, marriage, labor unions, labor rights, labor movement, labor, joseph biden, joe biden, human rights, gulf of mexico, gov. scott walker, equality, equal rights, discrimination, cowardice, civil rights, british petroleum, bp oil spill, bp, bigotry, big oil, biden, barack obama, abraham lincoln, politics, gay rights, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1962 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    A Beastie Boy's Surprising Legacy

    MAY 6, 2012 1:50AM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: adam yauch, beastie boys, mca, tibet, human rights, music, feminism

    • 2 Ratings
    • 297 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    I am Barack Obama’s ex, too!

    MAY 5, 2012 7:09PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 1980s, barack obama, bigotry, bigots, california, change, civil rights, civil unions, cowardice, domestic partnerships, equal rights, equality, family, gay men, gay rights, genevieve cook, glbt, heterosexism, heterosexists, homophobes, homophobia, hope, human rights, jill stein, lesbians, marriage, obama, pat benatar, proposition 8, same-sex marriage, separate but equal, separate but unequal, politics, gay/lesbian

    • 0 Ratings
    • 72 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    In abolishing death penalty, CT joins civilized world

    APRIL 29, 2012 9:17AM

    By Mary Shaw


    Topics: human rights, justice, death penalty

    • 13 Ratings
    • 544 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Airport Striptease

    APRIL 18, 2012 2:13PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: tsa, u.s. airports, portland, oklahoma, denver, utah, john brennan, smokers, tammy banovac, playboy, wheelchair, speedos, human rights, violation of privacy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 74 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Ethical Planetarian

    APRIL 11, 2012 11:55AM

    By Amaterasu Solar


    Topics: open call, occupy, nwo, action, philosophy, overunity, power, solution, planet, weird, big brother, zeitgeist, world news, world, war, tyranny, technology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability, space, society, slavery, ron paul, random, protest, privacy rights, political, pollution, politica, physics, peace, organic farming, oil, not news, news and politics, news, national news, national security, meltdown, markets, legal, justice, jobs, infrastructure, information, internet, hypocrisy, humanitarian, humanity, human rights, homeless, history, health care reform, happiness, globalization, global, global warming, freedom of speech, future, food sovereignty, financial crisis, financial, finance, federal reserve, farming, government, entropy, awareness, ecology, freedom, energy, governance, homeland security, activism, business, food, law, science, economy, health, earth and science, tech, petition

    • 4 Ratings
    • 276 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Rachel Maddow Defends the US Drone Program on Howard Stern

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:02PM

    By Sean Fenley


    Topics: afghanistan, afpak, civilian casualities, drone attacks, gwot, human rights, international law, pakistan, rachel maddow

    • 0 Ratings
    • 153 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The End of Entropy:

    APRIL 4, 2012 10:01PM

    By Amaterasu Solar


    Topics: occupy, nwo, action, philosophy, overunity, power, solution, planet, weird, big brother, zeitgeist, world news, world, war, tyranny, technology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability, space, society, slavery, ron paul, random, protest, privacy rights, political, pollution, politica, physics, peace, organic farming, oil, not news, news and politics, news, national news, national security, meltdown, markets, legal, justice, jobs, infrastructure, information, internet, hypocrisy, humanitarian, humanity, human rights, homeless, history, health care reform, happiness, globalization, global, global warming, freedom of speech, future, food sovereignty, financial crisis, financial, finance, federal reserve, farming, government, entropy, awareness, ecology, freedom, energy, governance, homeland security, activism, business, food, law, science, economy, health, earth and science, tech, petition

    • 0 Ratings
    • 88 Views
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    Money is Not Needed in Energy Abundance

    APRIL 4, 2012 8:37PM

    By Amaterasu Solar


    Topics: entropy, government, farming, federal reserve, finance, financial, financial crisis, food sovereignty, future, freedom of speech, global warming, global, globalization, happiness, health care reform, history, homeless, human rights, humanity, humanitarian, hypocrisy, internet, information, infrastructure, jobs, justice, legal, markets, meltdown, national security, national news, news, news and politics, not news, oil, organic farming, peace, physics, politica, pollution, political, privacy rights, protest, random, ron paul, slavery, society, space, sustainability, sustainable agriculture, technology, tyranny, war, world, world news, zeitgeist, big brother, weird, planet, solution, power, overunity, philosophy, action, nwo, occupy, petition, tech, earth and science, health, economy, science, law, food, business, activism, homeland security, governance, energy, freedom, ecology, awareness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1667 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied for Cambodians

    MARCH 27, 2012 12:54PM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: cambodia, genocide, extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia, justice, human rights, khmer rouge

    • 3 Ratings
    • 199 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Is US Sanctimony on the Wane?

    MARCH 23, 2012 10:16AM

    By Sean Fenley


    Topics: american spring, barack obama, civil liberties, corporatocracy, democracy, foreign policy, hr 347, human rights, imperialism, ndaa, ows, peace movement, susan rice

    • 0 Ratings
    • 200 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Men Really Are Out to Get Women

    MARCH 22, 2012 9:24PM

    By Jacqueline S. Homan


    Topics: tea party, scott peterson, rush limbaugh, rick santorum, misogyny, laci peterson, human rights, feminism, extremists, domestic violence, birth control, abortion, feminazi, feminism, rick santorum, tom corbett, darrel issa, rush limbaugh, ontraception, open call, birth control, abortion, war on women

    • 1 Ratings
    • 68 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Election 2012: Pick Your Poison

    MARCH 21, 2012 4:14PM

    By War of the Words


    Topics: bush, war, human rights, secrecy, administration, politics, 2012, election, obama, liberal, socialism, left

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