Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Supreme Court is considering both the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act and the 2008 Proposition 8 case.
The U.S. Supreme Court is in the midst of a landmark time in Washington, D.C.: On Tuesday, the nation's highest court heard testimony on Proposition 8, the California law that stripped legal equality from gay couples in that state. On Wednesday, the justices are hearing testimony on former President Bill Clinton's 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a bill LGBT people and allies call discriminatory—and a law Clinton now says he regrets signing and promoting. Just last week, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio hit the Sunday talk-show circuit to talk of the need for an end to the national stigmatization against gays and lesbians and their families. Meanwhile, anti-gay churches and groups such as …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
High school senior named 'class actor' admits he's been acting for a long time.
As the equality march moves forward across the United States, a person deciding to come out as gay or lesbian is not news the way it was 10 or 20 years ago. It is, however, eye-opening when such a revelation is made by a high school student in front of her or his classmates. That's exactly what happened at Parsippany High School this week, according to NJ.com. With the support of his family, a teacher and a few close friends, Jacob Rudolph, an 18-year-old senior, put aside his fears of discrimination and harassment and made a speech in front of 300 of his fellow students after he was proclaimed "class actor." And his father, Jonathan, was so proud of his son's courage that he put a video of the speech on YouTube. An excerpt from the speech…
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Parity between the genders in warfare is coming to the U.S. military.
According to senior U.S. Department of Defense officials in Washington D.C., Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is lifting the 1994 ban on allowing women to serve in combat. The move, announced Wednesday, covers allowing female soldiers to serve in ground combat units and even in elite commando squads. This is great news for those advocating equality in the nation's armed forces, but not so much for those who believe in traditional gender roles. Which got Patch thinking: Parsippany is a mix of old-school beliefs and modern memes. Women serve in important roles in area businesses and at Town Hall. Yet the township still holds the distinction of having the only New Jersey Sons of Italy chapter that bars women from membership. So what do you think, …
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9:22 am on Sunday, March 31, 2013
I see that the atheist are still trying to defend the indefensible. When atheists hear that a fellow atheist now believes or acknowledges the existence of God they become frenetic. We have Michael and Kermit who are so discombobulated by the truth they attempt to obliterate all historical facts. Michael and Kermit try to defend their argument by using nugatory lies fabricated by atheists How do I… more ›