Here's the thing: Gay couples don't have equal rights. Gay people do

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Published Aug. 5, 2010 at 6:57 p.m.
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happyfaceofhate-cc-by-burns.jpg ... Let's repeat that: ... Gay couples don't have equal rights. Gay people do ... As far as I know, couples are not mentioned in the US Constitution. However, people are. We the people (etc etc etc). So when the mainstream media, stuck in their tired old frames, too stuck in their ways and prideful of their privilege, go on and on about a "victory for gay couples," you need to step back and think about what's really happening ... The court ruled that gay

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Don't be fooled: The Tea Party is about authority, not liberty

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Published July 11, 2010 at 1:01 p.m.

They claim to be about "getting the government off of our backs." The problem here is that the Tea Party seems to be salivating at the opportunity to enact on the state level laws that prohibit equal rights for gays, women and even racial minorities. Listen past the opening salvos about big government and you realize that what the tea baggers really want is to replace federal government authority with state government authority. Their central assumption is that states have inherent rights but

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Chickens have come home to roost (or something): Democrats and Republicans paying the price

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Published March 22, 2010 at 1:29 p.m.

The healthcare debate happening now, let's face it, is the result of the decisions the Democratic and Republican parties have "evolved" (and I use that word advisedly) over the years ... RINO Whinos ... The bad behavior of the GOP is just the tip of the iceberg of the Republican sell-out back in the 1960s. That's when the religious conservatives, empowered by Barry Goldwater's loss in the presidential campaign of 1964, surged into power and moved the GOP from being about fiscal conservatism and

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How Grassroots Moms Rising is Making a Difference for Self-Insured Women

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Published Nov. 22, 2009 at 5:49 a.m.
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Women entrepreneurs are making a difference.  Our numbers our growing, and so are our collective voices.  A grassroots organization, MomsRising.org, epitomizes the power that women can have in effecting positive change in their lives and in the work place ... Founded in May of 2006, Moms Rising is working to build a family-friendly America to increase the economic security of all women and families. Moms Rising promotes awareness on many issues affecting women - from health care to wage

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