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Democratic convention chair: ‘As a nation, we are better off’ than four years ago
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s appearance on CBS This Morning was part of a media blitz by Democratic Party officials to re-frame their response to the question of whether Americans are better off now than they were four years ago. “When you’re unemployed, you’re struggling,” said Villaraigosa, who will chair…
Undocumented Latinos end protest tour of south at Democratic convention
For the past 15 years Miguel Guerra has been living in the shadows as an undocumented Latino immigrant in the US. He kept out of view, avoided public places and never spoke his mind to anyone outside his immediate family. Not any more. Under a blazing North Carolina sun, Guerra…
Security rules for Democratic National Convention cause concern
A new ordinance for “extraordinary events” put in place by the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is hosting the Democratic National Convention this week, have left attendees as well as protesters uncertain of what seemingly innocent possessions might be considered a cause for arrest. Handguns and rifles, of course,…
Cardinal Dolan to give closing prayer at Democratic National Convention
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), will deliver the closing benediction at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte next week. Dolan is also delivering the closing benediction at the Republican National Convention on Thursday. Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese…
Atheist group targets Democratic convention with ‘Sadistic God’ billboard
A set of billboards released Monday by an atheist organization slams the faiths of both major-party presidential candidates as part of a campaign aimed at the upcoming Democratic National Convention. According to CNN, The ads by American Atheists went up around the convention’s host city, Charlotte, North Carolina, and will…
Pat Robertson: Democrats have ‘death wish’ for backing marriage equality
Televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday warned that same sex marriage would eventually destroy the Democratic Party. On Monday, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) confirmed that a fifteen-member panel had unanimously voted to add marriage equality to the Democratic Party platform ahead of the Democratic National Convention in September. “About 2 percent…
Democratic Party’s 2012 national platform to include same sex marriage
The Democratic Party platform drafting committee has unanimously approved language endorsing marriage equality as part of the party’s official 2012 platform. According to LGBT newspaper The Washington Blade, two sources close to the drafting process have come forward and stated that same sex marriage will be a plank in the…
Former DNC chair Tim Kaine evasive on same sex marriage
Tim Kaine, Virginia Senate candidate and former chair of the Democratic National Convention, danced around the issue of same sex marriage on Tuesday. Kaine was questioned by reporters at a breakfast sponsored by Third Way about the issue, according to the National Journal. He said that he supported the “legal…
Anti-abortion activist could receive Oklahoma Democratic delegates
Anti-abortion activist and presidential candidate Randall Terry could end up with a delegate at the Democratic National Convention after winning 18 percent of the vote against President Barack Obama in the Oklahoma primary Tuesday. Terry, the founder of anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, finished ahead of the other two candidates on…
Pelosi backs marriage equality for official DNC platform
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has thrown her support to adding a call for marriage equality to the official platform of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), according to a Washington, D.C. LGBT publication. Pelosi, whose constituency includes San Francisco, reportedly broke the news exclusively to Metro Weekly shortly after…
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