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• Should a Liberal Society Tolerate Illiberal Cultural Practices Within That Society?

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 480
  By a “liberal society” I mean, of course, a society respecting the equal human rights of all its citizens . By “illiberal cultural practices” I mean practices that have a cultural origin and that violate the rights of some of the members of that particular culture. An example would be certain instances of ...
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• Action Item: Justice For Eutisha Rennix and Her Unborn Child

  
  Happy Nappy Head — Authority: 123
  This beautiful young lady above suffered a seizure at Au Bon Pain in NYC on December 9th.  There were two trained EMTs, Melisa Jackson and Sean Green, there (and some accounts add 10 FDNY firefighters outside) who were asked to help. They refused. They lied. She died... And so did her unborn ...
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• Preggo Soldiers Prohibited in Iraq

  
  MomLogic — Authority: 540
  A new U.S. Army policy prohibits pregnancy or impregnating a servicemember among U.S. personnel in Iraq. Does this smack of big-brother womb patrol or protection of moms and their unborn?
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• Mexico City Legalizes Gay Marriage [Rites/rights]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 802
  It turns out Mexico City is more progressive than most U.S. states: Yesterday marriage was redefined in the citys civil code as "the free uniting of two people," making it the first Latin American city to legalize gay marriage . [ Telegraph ]
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• DC Mayor signs same-sex marriage bill

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 150
  December 18, 2009States allowing civil unions/same-sex-marriage/domestic partnershipsMayor Adrian Fenty signed the “Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009″ allowing same-sex couples to marry. Signing took place at the All Souls Unitarian Church. Council passed it last week (11-2).Still ...
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• South Korea: Sex Tricks Now Legal

  
  Weird Asia News — Authority: 530
  South Korea has thrown out a law dating back to 1953, banning men from falsely promising marriage in return for sex. The penalty for breaking this law consisted of two years in prison and a fine of more than £2,000 (about $4,000 US dollars).According to the court, the law didn’t truly reflect modern trends and ...
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• Hey, Newsbusters — Christians DO commit honor murder

  
  Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian — Authority: 530
  We have a DVR and I record NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles because the former is one of my favorite shows and the latter has Linda Hunt, which makes it just interesting enough to tolerate. I also squirrel away various movies for my father, so on Tuesday I recorded “Gone with the Wind,” and something [...]
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• Nothing Equal or Right About It

  
  Yo Mama For Obama — Authority: 123
  How many times has Barack Obama stated that health care is a basic human right?  How often has he adamantly spoken that all Americans deserve equal human rights?  Too many to count.What we now have on the table, disguised by political spin, is hardly reform giving all of our citizens equal access and care.  With ...
  1 week ago

• Celebrity Shout Out : No H8

  
  coupledumb.com — Authority: 428
              Happy Celebrity Shout Out Day! Yes, we have changed our wicked ways in time to celebrate this blessed holiday season. We smile and decorate while others walk around panicked, spouting bah and humbug while frantically finishing their shopping. Not us! We were done long ago and now we spend our ...
  1 week ago

• Why I think the approval of gay marriage in Washington, D.C., will stick

  
  Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian — Authority: 530
  Allahpundit over at Hot Air is pondering why the vote to approve gay marriage by the City Council in Washington, D.C., today was so lop-sided in favor, 11-2, with ex-crackhead-and-adulterer Marion Barry casting one of the opposing votes, when D.C. is a majority black city and blacks have reneged on their support for ...
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• DC Council passes same-sex marriage bill

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 150
  December 15, 2009States allowing civil unions/same-sex-marriage/domestic partnershipsDC Council, by a vote of 11-2, passed the “Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009″ allowing same-sex couples to marry. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign into law.However, the fight is not over. ...
  1 week ago

• I want to live in a country where…

  
  break the illusion — Authority: 130
  From Keri Smith’s blog:I want to live in a country where pop media is a form of self-expression and not of mind control.I want to live in a country where farmers are valued more than... Click the title to read the full post.
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• Does Sexual Equality Require Preferential Treatment?

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 798
  Will the movement for gay rights follow the same trajectory as racial equality — from non-discrimination to preferential treatment based on sexual persuasion?
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• Michigan Child Support System Needs Investigation

  
  A Child's Right — Authority: 111
  http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=4442 Much of Michigan Child Support Debt is not for Child Support but a StateSurcharge December11th, 2009 by Robert Franklin, Esq. According to this article, a good (albeit unstated) portion of Michigans childsupport arrearages arent child support arrearages at all, but interest ...
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• NJ: Senate delays vote on same-sex marriage

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 150
  December 11, 2009States allowing civil unions/same-sex-marriage/domestic partnerAfter 7 hours of emotional debate Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced same-sex marriage legislation by a vote of 7-6 (video). It was then passed to the floor of the senate for a vote. Today, the senate vote was postponed, ...
  1 week ago

• Not Under The Bus

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 161
    The Senate voted down the Stupak-like Nelson amendment, which would have severely restricted a woman’s right to an abortion and other related reproductive health procedures, during its healthcare debates this week. But women’s rights activists don’t think we are out of the woods yet. Both the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Teamwork, paid staff and focus on capacity building = Transformation

  
  JVA's Nonprofit Street — Authority: 116
  by Ashley Kasprzak, JVA Consulting Lambda Community Center (Lambda) has the mission to be a resource center for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Two-Spirit, Same-Gender-Loving, Questioning, and Ally (GLBTIQQA) community in northern Colorado through support, education, outreach, advocacy and ...
  2 weeks ago

• NJ: Senate Judiciary Committee advances bill in support of same-sex marriage

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 150
  December 9, 2009States allowing civil unions/same-sex-marriage/domestic partnerNew Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-6 (video) in support of a same-sex marriage bill: Marriage Equality Act (S1967/A2978), after a heated 7 hour debate Monday night (7th). Sen Baroni added an amendment stipulating that clergy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Protected: Is blogging the new voyeurism?

  
  Burning or building bridges in the community? — Authority: 123
  There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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• Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (34): Rosa Parks

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 480
  Rosa Parks’ refusal to obey bus driver James Blake’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger, and her subsequent arrest, is one of the most famous events in the history of the American civil rights movement . Read the whole story here .  Rosa Parks bus diagram ( source ) ...
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