People For the American Way

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• A Big Week for the CHRIST-mas Tree

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 620
  Last week we introduced the world to the wonder that is the CHRIST-mas Tree. Since that time the lowly tree has become a national icon of the bogus "War on Christmas." The CHRIST-mas Tree is intended to make it impossible to take the "Christ" out of "Christmas" and sports a giant wooden cross for a trunk: The ...
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• DC Victory for Marriage Equality

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Yesterday, PFAW staff joined hundreds of DC residents at the Rally for Marriage Equality at the Kennedy Recreation Center in Washington, DC to support the DC Council’s vote on marriage equality. Several lead sponsors of the bill including Jim Ward, David A Catania, and Harry Thomas Jr. addressed the boisterous ...
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• Senator Leahy Decries Republican Obstruction on Nominees

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy lashed out today at the unprecedented obstruction of judicial and executive branch nominees by the Republican majority. There are currently 12 judicial and 15 executive branch nominees on the Senate Calendar that the Republicans are stalling. Some, like Dawn Johnsen, as Senator ...
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• Joe Lieberman Speaks Out Against Joe Lieberman

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  You might have read the recent news about Joe Lieberman’s efforts to block meaningful health care reform . It’s no longer surprising that Senator Lieberman is doing everything he can to slow down or stop reform, but it might be surprising to know that his efforts have been opposed by . . . Joe Lieberman. Yes, ...
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• Annise Parker Elected Mayor of Houston

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  On Saturday, Annise Parker was elected mayor of Houston. This makes Houston, the fourth largest city in the country, the largest municipality in America to have elected an openly gay mayor. Of course, the right wing has never met an openly gay person they didn’t want to dehumanize, so Rick Scarborough, along with ...
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• ‘Independent’ ACORN Apologist Applauds ‘Independent’ Investigation Conclusion

  
  Big Government — Authority: 820
  Professor Peter Dreier, an ACORN apologist who portrays himself as an independent analyst, is really anything but. As Andrew Breitbart articulated on BigGovernment November 25th, regarding a “study” Dreier produced critical of media coverage of ACORN: At the end of the piece Professor Dreier offers the ...
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• Obama Death Threats, Available in a Variety of Shapes, Sizes, and Colors on Zazzle.com

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 620
  Let’s say that you’re a run-of-the-mill teabagger looking to set yourself apart from the mob. Nazi/Hitler signs tend to go over well, but that’s so not original. You could strap an assault rifle to your back – like this guy did outside an Obama speech – but that’s so not subtle. Do not fret. Thanks ...
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• Sotomayor takes progressive step forward, refers to “undocumented immigrant”

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Senator Durbin once referred to America’s immigration crisis as a “crisis of humanity.” Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed when she referred to immigrants not as “illegal” or “alien” but as “undocumented.” Use of this humanizing term marks both the first ruling of Justice ...
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• The Pew and the Bench: A Faith Summit on the Federal Judiciary

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Today, there was a panel at the Religious Action Center discussing the role of religious communities in debates over judicial nominees. Joi Orr, program assistant with People for the American Way’s African American Religious Affairs department spoke about the role of the religious vote and what People for the ...
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• Supreme Court Takes Church-State Case

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Christian Legal Society v. Martinez , a case with important consequences for church-state separation . The group, the Christian Legal Society, says it welcomes all students to participate in its activities. But it does not allow students to become voting members or to ...
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• Born Again American

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 136
  Has someone sent you that lovely song from BornAgainAmerican.org? It sounds good and enticing but what do they believe? Are they for our Constitution and Bill Of Rights as our founding Fathers wrote them? Not exactly! Do you remember the Rubber Constitution crowd? Well, this is one of their efforts. That’s right. ...
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• New GAO Report Exposes More About Politicization of Department of Justice Under Bush

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  With a new Government Accountability Office report on the activities of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice between 2001-2007, we are learning even more about a department that had been politicized to a dangerous degree under the Bush Administration. Instead of representing the best interests of ...
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• Stop the Stupak Attack

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Today, several hundred pro-choice activists from across the country descended on Capitol Hill to tell members of Congress, “Stop Stupak,” and oppose language in the health care reform bill which would cause millions of women to lose reproductive health care insurance they already have. The Stupak amendment goes ...
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• Happy Birthday, Origin of Species!

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  In case you had somehow overlooked it, today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” the scientific landmark that reshaped the way we see the natural world—and which religious extremists rail about to this day. People For the American Way Foundation has a ...
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• Efforts to End DADT Stalled in Key Senate Committee

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  The Senate Armed Services Committee has confirmed that a scheduled November hearing on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) has been indefinitely postponed. The delay has been attributed to the pressures of Committee work on other issues, including the recent shootings at Ft. Hood, Texas and the ...
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• Not the End of DOMA (Reprise)

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  This week, there was a new development in a California case where a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in February ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The Los Angeles Times reports the new development: In a legal end-run around the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a ...
  4 weeks ago

• New York Court Rules Same-Sex Couples Entitled to Benefits

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Yesterday, the New York State Court of Appeals rejected the right-wing Alliance Defense Fund’s challenge to two local and state policy determinations that had the effect of extending benefits to the same-sex spouses of government employees who were married outside of New York. The 4-3 decision did not address ...
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• Reid Announces Senate Health Care Bill Without Stupak Amendment

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Surely we have a lot of fighting left to do, but it’s encouraging that the Senate has introduced a health care bill without the Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment, which passed in the House. There’s no doubt that the right-wing will attack this bill, and work fervently to get the anti-choice language into this ...
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• DC Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  Over the past few weeks, the DC Council has been considering a bill to allow gays and lesbians to marry in Washington, DC. In light of some misleading charges by Catholic Charities that the existing bill would impair its religious liberty – and its threat to withdraw charitable services from the homeless, the ...
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• Washington Post Publishes One-Sided Feature Story on Bishop Harry Jackson

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 416
  The Washington Post published a one-sided piece on Bishop Harry Jackson that neglected to mention his ties to right-wing political figures such as James Dobson, Lou Sheldon, Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council. Bishop Harry Jackson has enthusiastically opposed equality and basic civil rights for gays and ...
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