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On Crystal Dixon & the Problem of ENDA
http://www.gaypatriot.net/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ on-crystal-dixon-the-problem-of-enda/Reading the thread to my second post on Crystal Dixon, the University of Toledo administrator fired for saying some un-PC things about gay rights on her own time as well as e-mails from readers who had followed the story solidified my opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), indeed to most legislation which would prevent employers from setting their own employment policies.
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Nicholson to push for removal of section 2 “FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS” from the Charter.
http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/ ?p=3975Why do I mention all of this? Because Blazing Catfur actually did some digging into Tsesis’ scholarly reputation in America, and found it to be, uh, mixed.The man the Conservative government loves so much that they gave him an honourary doctorate is considered to be a buffoon in his home country.
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It condemns Canada to restraints on liberty incompatible with a free society.
http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/ ?p=3977The Attorney-General’s memorandum is a grim read, wallowing in Orwellian bilge such as this: History teems with examples of times when lies, distortions and propaganda empowered groups like the Nazis to repress speech. In other words, we need to “repress speech” because otherwise someone worse will come along and “repress speech”.
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Senator Romeo Dallaire, supports dismemberment of infidels [Graphic Warning].
http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/ ?p=3971If Canada doesn’t act to protect human rights in the case of Omar Khadr, the country is no better than terrorists, Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire told a parliamentary subcommittee Tuesday. (#) http://dustmybroom.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3802&Itemid=1 Why should Khadir get rights if Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant do not?
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Christian rights going, going, gone,
http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/ ?p=3965Christian Ministry to Disabled Drops its Code of Conduct Under Human Rights Tribunal Pressure By Mark Westen KITCHENER, Ontario, May 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Christian Horizons, the non-profit, Christian charitable organization has dropped its requirement that employees sign their basic morality statement, in compliance with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling against them.
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Telcos Sympathize with MPAA, RIAA Anti-Piracy Efforts
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ #002989(Washington, DC) The U.S. phone industry is sympathetic to the pursuit of anti-piracy policies by Hollywood and the record industry, the head of the industry's main trade association said today. Speaking at a Media Institute lunch, US Telecom CEO Walter McCormick was asked about the record industry's
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Obama as Curious George: Chickens Coming Home To Roost
http://mu-warrior.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ obama-as-curious-george-chickens-comin…It’s absurdly offensive, of course: the t-shirt with a picture of Barak Obama in the guise of “Curious George,” the little monkey in a classic series of children’s books. Patrick McIlheran, however, points out why people on the left have no moral standing to criticize it.
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Is Pharmaceutical Promotion Protected by Free Speech?
http://carlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ is-pharmaceutical-promotion-prot…Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published this interesting Sounding Board article by Aaron S. Kesselheim and Jerry Avorn, both of whom are physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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Islam says no to free speech and issues another Fatwah.
http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/ ?p=3970And speaking of Muslims stifling speech, Howard Rotberg has a fatwa on his latest book, because Islamists don’t like it. Probably because it has all kinds of words in it. Well, what I see is that, in a country like Canada, without a strong national ethos, “multiculturalism and “tolerance” seem to
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CockyBoys Fights Media Monopoly (And Anyone Who Tries To Make Jesse Santana Look Dumb) [This Week In Press Releases]
http://fleshbot.com/ 390569/ cockyboys-fights-media-monopoly-and-anyone-who-trie…It takes a special kind of adult entertainment company to keep winning the prize for our occasional Press Release of the Week feature—but there's no doubt that CockyBoys.com is exactly that kind of company.
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