Moving across country and buying a new home are stressful events. Those stresses were partially eased for my wife and me because we were moving back to Massachusetts, a state that recognizes our same-sex marriage and protects residents … [Read more...]
LGBT Families Discriminated Against in Stimulus Bill
You know, when you're married, it really sucks to STILL be considered "legal strangers" by the government. The latest example of why comes in the form of the Stimulus Bill. From Citizen Crain:[I]magine my elation when I heard … [Read more...]
Shutting down the school to prison pipeline – what can we do?
Here is the bibliography:http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/28/problem_students_in_pipeline_to_prison/ School to prison pipeline: http://www.naacpldf.org/conten... NAACP Legal Defense … [Read more...]
Republicans Say Women Are Worth Less
Senate Republicans blocked fair pay for women today. John McCain thinks Republicans were right to block the fair pay law because he thinks if the company can secretly pay women less for more than 180 days, they should get away with it … [Read more...]
Hate Crime Victim Identifies as Transgender
When I heard about the beating of "a gay man" in Lowell, I knew that I had to do something. I drove down to Lowell to find the victim, "James" Nickola.After a bit of detective work, someone led me to her house. I met "James" and talked with … [Read more...]
Healey’s Tough, Smart Solution # 2 is Struck down by Circuit Court
Healey's 'Solution' Number Two:Require voters to present a valid ID at eh polls to prove citizenship-"...This will prevent non-citizens form voting..."__________________________Well Ms. Healey-This just in from the Associated Press:Voter ID … [Read more...]