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• Senate confirms 1st openly gay U.S. marshal

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis assistant police Chief Sharon Lubinski has become the first openly gay U.S. marshal. The U.S. Senate confirmed the Green Bay, Wis. native to be the U.S. marshal for the Minnesota district. Last weeks confirmation also makes her the first female marshal in the state. ...
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• Boiler death puts OHS spotlight on New Zealand Education Department

  
  Safety At Work Blog — Authority: 133
  Reports are coming out of New Zealand that representatives of the Education Department are uncomfortable with being charged under the country’s OHS legislation following a fatal boiler explosion at Orewa College.On 24 June 2009, a boiler exploded at Orewa College in Northland, New Zealand. Initial media reports ...
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• Frustration Boils Over at LLC Tax Hearing

  
  NPR Topics: Opinion — Authority: 792
  The frustration and resentment with state government was palpable at a hearing on a new business tax in Concord today.
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• Gay-rights groups applaud vote by Washington, D.C., City Council allowing gay marriage

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  The Washington, D.C. City Council has just voted to allow gay couples to marry. Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign bill. News release from National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: “As a D.C. resident, I am personally proud of the council for standing so strongly for fairness and affirming the common ...
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• OHS debate is over, says Deputy PM

  
  Safety At Work Blog — Authority: 133
  Deputy Prime minister and Workplace Relations Minister, Julia Gillard, has told the Australian Financial Review (only available online to subscribers) that the OHS law changes were finalised at the recent Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council.Gillard again rejected the trade union movement’s concerns about ...
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• Furniture manufacturer Mitchell Gold visits Miami store, signs new book, ‘The Comfortable Home’

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  Mitchell Gold, co-founder of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, recently published a coffee-table book, The Comfortable Home , written with business partner Bob Williams and Mindy Drucker. Below are photos I took during Gold’s book signing (and company holiday party) Thursday night at his Miami showroom in the Design ...
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• Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker, a lesbian, subject of anti-gay campaign

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  Jorge Mursuli, former executive director of SAVE Dade, has sent us a campaign mailer being used against the candidacy of  Houston City Comptroller Annise Parker , a lesbian running for mayor. Heres the postcard sent to voters:
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• Court to decide if Christian college group must allow gays

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide whether a California law school violated the constitutional rights of a Christian group by denying it recognition as an official campus organization because it excludes gays and lesbians. The justices agreed to ...
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• Barack Obama Has Named Fewer Women to Senior Administration Positions Than Did Bill Clinton

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  Capped off by his disastrous decision to expand the “war” in Afghanistan, Barack Obama has fallen alarmingly short of the expectations I and other liberals had for (or at least hoped for) him.  And then I just read that the number of women appointed to senior administration positions has not been anything to ...
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• ‘We do not hire faggots’: McDonald’s in Orlando accused of not hiring transgender 17-year-old

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  News release from Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund : Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Files Employment Discrimination Complaint with Florida Commission on Human Relations Against McDonalds for Refusing to Hire Transgender Woman McDonald’s tells 17-year-old Zikerria Bellamy: "We do ...
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• Unusual joint statement by top U.S. gay activists: End Congressional delay, pass ENDA now

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  The nation’s leading gay activists have issued a joint statement following a delay in passing ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act: In light of continuing delays in the House of Representatives, we must state clearly and unequivocally: Passing basic job protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...
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• Should obit writers cover apparent suicide of sportswriter Mike Penner or Christine Daniels?

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  From washingtoncitypaper.com Should We Remember Mike Penner or Christine Daniels? By AMANDA HESS On Saturday, Nov. 28, Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner was found dead in his Los Angeles home, the victim of an apparent suicide. Penner had been covering the sports beat for the LA ...
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• Female Israeli soldier writes about ‘The ‘crime’ of praying with a tallit, and a plea for tolerance’

  
  Steve Rothaus Gay South Florida — Authority: 144
  From The Jewish Daily Forward: The Crime of Wearing a Tallit By Nofrat Frenkel Nofrat Frenkel was recently arrested for wearing a tallit at the Kotel. Authorities said she was “performing a religious act that offends the feelings of others.” In this essay, Frenkel writes about her arrest. ...
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