Yesterday, Nigeria became the first nation to spitefully increase persecution of LGBT citizens in response to the announcement that the United States will now consider a country’s Gay Rights record when doling out foreign aid.
Posts Tagged ‘Justice’
Gay Rights now a factor in US Foreign Aid decisions; backlash from the right.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in a speech to the UN that the United States will now consider a nation’s LGBT Rights record when determining whether or not to dispense foreign aid.
The Militarization of Police Forces.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently bragged that New York City has the “7th largest army in the world”; his attitude reflects a disturbing trend toward militarization in police forces across the country.
It is done.
Well, it’s been a long time coming, but Osama Bin Ladin has finally met his end via an American soldier’s bullet. An all-American special forces op was carried out deep in Pakistan. It sounds like they might have wanted to take him alive, but he was killed in the firefight. Honestly, I think that’s for [...]
DADT Repeal Measure Passes Cloture!!
Cloture has been invoked on the Stand-Alone DADT Repeal bill! DADT will end!
Dear Mr. President.
My letter to the President RE: his “fierce advocacy”. I ask him to support an immediate repeal of ENDA and DADT.
A Letter to Ted.
My letter to Ted Olson.
Is this America?
Is this America?
Think of the Children!
Joe Jervis over at J.M.G. linked an excellent video into his blog today. Created by Rob Tisinai, it is a response to both the claims of Hak-Shing William Tam at the Prop 8 trial and the hateful ignorance spewed by Heteroseparatist.com.
Schneier on Terrorism & Aviation Security
Bruce Schneier, one of the foremost experts on Network & Information Security, dares to point out the glaringly obvious truths about our government’s current anti-terror strategy.