The Geek Who Understands You
To paraphrase Leslea Newman, there’s nothing in my closets but my clothes. There hasn’t been for many years. I’m queer, polyamorous, pagan—there are lots of labels I’ll accept. I haven’t ever quite understood being “proud” of those things—they just ARE,…
Dear friend, In the last presidential election, millions of votes were never counted. Voters in minority communities were disproportionately disenfranchised through illegal disqualification, intimidation, and faulty voting machines. The Election Protection partnership needs you to stand up and defend voting…
We’ve had a severe violation of the separation of church and state in the handling of what to do about this emerging technology. There are religious groups—the Jehovah’s Witnesses, I believe—who think it’s a sin to have a blood transfusion.…
Voting Our Conscience, Not Our Religion Second, politics is the art of the possible. During the eight years of the Reagan presidency, the number of legal abortions increased by more than 5 percent; during the eight years of the Clinton…
Are you registered to vote? View Answers Yes 52(94.5%) No 2(3.6%) I’m not sure 1(1.8%) The voter registration deadlines for every U.S. state are published by the Federal Election Commission. Please register in time to vote in November!
Florida officials: Some voting records wiped out I wish I could say I was surprised.
House strips federal courts of jurisdiction over same-sex marriage A parade of Republican speakers lamented the unbridled power of federal judges to thwart majority will, although no federal court has yet ruled on the 1996 law. Well, yes, that’s one…
The lock-up diet Although obesity has not yet been criminalised in the USA, it is possible to have your three-year-old child taken from you for the offence of ‘allowing’ her to become fat. That is the stark lesson of the…
Okay, that was weird. I made a post, then realized I wanted to add something to it. It’s just gone. SEMagic thinks that my post from 7:10 this morning was the last one, and the one I made a few…
Lovers Without Borders What happens when lovers from two different countries can’t wed? I hadn’t thought of the issues brought up in this article. Edit: This is the journal that LJ and SEMagic said DIDN’T post last night. I’m leaving…
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