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Researcher explains why federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act is needed
New research from Rice University shows that non-discrimination laws protect LGBT individuals from being unfairly denied jobs. Though currently no federal law prohibits job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would change that. The proposed law has been introduced in nearly every…
‘Guru of ganja’ tells Michigan crowd: Legalization ‘cured’ need for medical marijuana
Speaking to a crowd gathered Saturday for Michigan’s annual “Hash Bash” and marijuana legalization protest in Ann Arbor, former “High Times” columnist and self-proclaimed “Guru of ganja” Ed Rosenthal declared that the successful legalization initiatives in Colorado and Washington last November have “cured” him of his need for medical marijuana.…
Activists claim Arkansas oil spill diverted into wetland
Activists with the group Tar Sands Blockade published new videos on Sunday showing oil from the Arkansas pipeline rupture purportedly diverted from a residential neighborhood into a wetland area to keep it out sight and, most importantly, out of the media. While it’s not clear if the oil was intentionally…
Fox News host grills NRA on magazine ban: ‘How many more lives would have been saved?’
National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre on Thursday found himself struggling to explain to Fox News host Megyn Kelly why a ban on high-capacity magazines could not have saved some of the 20 children who were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut last December. After playing some video of parents of…
Bryan Fischer champions ‘Bible thumpers’: O’Reilly is a ‘pompous, arrogant windbag’
Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the fundamentalist American Family Association (AFA), on Wednesday blasted Fox News host Bill O’Reilly for accusing conservative Christians of not being able to do anything but “thump the Bible” during arguments against same sex marriage. Last week, O’Reilly had angered many social…
Rep. Keith Ellison calls for federal housing director’s firing while protesting homeowner’s eviction
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) slammed the acting Federal Housing Finance Agency director Ed DeMarco during a rally on Tuesday supporting a Minneapolis homeowner in her fight against the foreclosure of her home. “We need to be finding ways to keep people in their homes, not kicking them out,” Ellison said,…
North Carolina bill allows ‘establishment of religion’ by state government
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have proposed a bill that they say would allow to the state to establish an official religion and defy the Constitution of the United States. Nine state House members joined with Republican state Reps. Harry Warren and Carl Ford of Rowan County to sponsor House…
California police use rubber bullets and cherry-picker to remove tree sitters
Police officers used rubber bullets and a cherry-picker to remove protesters from tall pine trees in northern California on Tuesday. Dozens California Highway Patrol officers clad in visored helmets and armed with batons removed the activists from their protest spot near Highway 101. The protesters, part of a group calling…
NRA recommends ‘everything from sidearm to shotgun to AR-15′ in schools
The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) National School Shield program on Tuesday announced recommendations that they said were designed to decrease violence in schools by allowing trained personnel to carry firearms like shotguns and AR-15 assault rifles on campuses. Task force chair Asa Hutchinson, who headed the Drug Enforcement Agency under…
Child protester yells for homosexuals to die outside of pro-LGBT church on Easter
A child in North Carolina spent part of his Easter Sunday morning protesting outside a Winston-Salem church that has vowed not to host any wedding ceremonies until same sex marriage is legalized. Kelly Carpenter, the pastor of Green Street United Methodist Church, said last month that no weddings were being…
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