If you’re not living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about efforts (and progress!) made to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy for gay servicemen and women. The compromise plan, which would allow the Pentagon to do away with the policy, is included in an 852 page Pentagon policy bill. The House passed [...]
Looks like the controversial plan to ban the burqa in France has created a ripple effect of cultural imperialism. By a unanimous vote on Thursday, Belgium’s lower house of parliament, the House of Representatives, passed a law banning “burqa-type Islamic dress” in public. Although similar bans exist throughout the country, this new piece of legislation [...]
Some like to call it an amendment goof. I prefer to call it irony at its best. Thanks to the investigative work of Democratic attorney general candidate Barbara Ann Radnofsky, we can all see exactly how a constitutional disenfranchisement of gay and lesbian couples can backfire. The irony is just far too delicious to resist. [...]
Put this one down in the “oh, jeebus” category. Morehouse College, an all-male university in Atlanta, has passed a new policy that prohibits students from wearing “women’s” clothing. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution: The policy details 11 expectations of students, including: no caps, do-rags and/or hoods in classrooms, the cafeteria, or other indoor venues [...]
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Republican lawmakers and conservative activists are at it again in New Jersey. Although the momentum has slowly been growing among democrats to push forward equal marriage legislation, social conservatives have made their way out of the woodworks, pushing for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the state of New Jersey. Senator Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) [...]
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