People for the American Way

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• Despite Anti-Choice Health Care Attacks, RNC Covered Abortion Services Since 1991

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Despite 176 House Republicans voting for the Stupak amendment that makes it nearly impossible for private insurance companies participating in the new healthcare system to cover abortion services, as of yesterday, the Republican National Committee provided employees with an insurance plan that covered ...
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• Right Wing Law Prof Challenged on Deceptive Anti-Marriage Testimony

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 690
  Among those who testified against marriage equality legislation before the Council of the District of Columbia was Washington & Lee University Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson.  Wilson is also a member of the Virginia Marriage Commission, which is affiliated with the Family Foundation of Virginia, a Religious ...
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• Worst. Book Burning. Ever. (VIDEO)

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 690
  The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina grabbed headlines in mid-October when it announced a "Halloween Book Burning." It was going to be anything but your typical book burning, assuming there is such a thing. To be sure, they planned to burn heavy metal music and smutty ...
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• Health Care and the Politics of Anti-Choice Activists

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Anti-choice politics have become dangerously entangled with health care reform as evidenced by the troubling vote in the House of Representatives over the weekend for the Stupak-Pitts amendment. The legislation makes it virtually impossible for private insurance companies participating in the proposed new health care ...
  4 days ago

• Progressives Make Significant Gains at the Local Level

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Among the mixed results from high profile races last week , progressives had many reasons to celebrate last Tuesday with the election of young progressives at the local and state level. Several members of our Young Elected Officials Network ( YEO Network ), the first national program singularly-focused on providing ...
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• Creationists boost Islamic Fundamentalists in Turkey

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 690
  Fundamentalist Christians are not generally big boosters of Islamic fundamentalism. But it appears that American creationists hate Darwin and the science of evolution even more, and are aggressively helping Islamic fundamentalists undermine both science and the secular governmental traditions in Turkey. ...
  6 days ago

• Extremism and Hypocrisy: A Capitol Tea Party

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Yesterdays protest in front of the U.S. Capitol, organized by Rep. Michele Bachmann, had the usual cast of tea-party extremists. But this time, they were openly assembled by GOP leaders as an official House Republican event. Republican members of Congress stoked the crowds extremism and gave them their seal of ...
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• What a Shooting Doesn’t Mean

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  The attack that took place yesterday at Fort Hood was utterly horrifying, and Americans of all stripes are holding the victims of the violence in their thoughts and prayers. That the perpetrator of the attack was deeply disturbed is obvious, but it’s also been widely reported that he is a practicing Muslim. If he ...
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• President of liberal advocacy group "People for the American Way" uses vulgar sexual term to slur GOP voters

  
  McClatchy Watch — Authority: 515
  Michael Keegan, president of the People for the American Way -- a name the organization doesnt seem to live up to -- used a vulgar sexual term to slur GOP voters in a fund-raising email the organization sent this week to liberal activists and donors. In the email, Keegan referred to conservative congressional ...
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• What Do the Results of this Year’s Gubernatorial Races Tell Us About 2010?

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  With right wing candidates winning both Virginia and New Jerseys gubernatorial elections, the Far Right is gleefully portraying these victories as a national repudiation of President Obama - and a foreshadowing of crushing defeats for progressives in 2010. But it doesnt take a rocket scientist to see thats ...
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• The “Radical Right” is the New McCarthyism?

  
  LUKE IS BACK — Authority: 141
  Memo: Have they no decency?Help PFAW (People for the American Way, a group started by Norman Lear)  turn back the rising tide of McCarthyism.From: Michael B. Keegan, President, People For the American Way
To: Interested Parties
Date: October 27, 2009
Re: McCarthyism on the riseMcCarthyism is back. Let’s call ...
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• A Not-So-Great End to a Very Good Week

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  In many ways it was a very good week for anyone interested in LGBT equality. Marriage equality legislation took a big step forward in the District of Columbia, federal hate crimes legislation was signed into law after a decade long fight, and today the President reauthorized the Ryan White Act and announced that he ...
  2 weeks ago

• Gearing Up for Enforcement of Hate Crimes Prevention Act

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  It was a thrill to be at the White House celebrating the historic enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. And now hot off the presses is this memo from Tom Perez, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division, demonstrating how seriously the ...
  2 weeks ago

• People For The American Way sends letter to Maine Ethics Commission re: NOM

  
  NGblog — Authority: 512
  Michael Keegan of People for the American Way sent the following letter to the Maine Ethics Commission.  Theyre accusing the National Organization for Marriage of misleading the Commission concerning the disclosure of its tax records. Letter to Maine Ethics Commission on the National Organization of Marriage ...
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• The Pressure’s on Reid to Call Vote on Dawn Johnsen

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  The Hill reports today that liberal groups are stepping up their pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to call a vote on Dawn Johnsen, President Obama’s pick to head the Office of Legal Counsel. As I reported earlier this week , Republicans have stalled Johnsen’s nomination with their ...
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• Ellison Joins the Stand for Muslim Interns

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Last week we mentioned the anti-Muslim witch hunt that some members of Congress wanted to start against, of all people, Congressional interns. And yesterday People For President Michael B. Keegan wrote about the chilling resurgance of McCarthy-like tactics coming from the Right Wing. But wed be remiss in failing ...
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• Obama Honors Shepard and Byrd by Signing Hate Crimes Law

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Today marks an historic step forward in the fight for equality. With the signing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, President Obama sent loud and clear the message that freedom from violence is a right all Americans should enjoy. As I watched the President put pen to paper, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Marriage Equality Marathon

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Almost 100 people testified on Monday, October 26 in a 7 ½ hour hearing on marriage equality legislation moving in the District of Columbia council. Another 169 people who signed up will testify on Monday, November 2. After that, marriage equality will move from committee to the full council and should be ...
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• Changing Hearts and Minds

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Changing Hearts and Minds. That was the focus this past weekend at two panel discussions I moderated at the California NAACP State Conference on the topic of Homophobia in the Black Church . From my vantage point it’s clear that these real in-person talks truly help people understand the dangers of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Balls and Strikes for Drunk Drivers

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 491
  Question: Can a police officer pull a driver over on suspicion of drunk driving based only on an anonymous tip? Based on the quotations below, can you guess what governmental body was asked this week to answer that question? Every year, close to 13,000 people die in alcohol-related car crashes - roughly one death ...
  3 weeks ago

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