Rachel Maddow connects cocktails and gay rights to highlight the continuing fight for gay rights that played out last week before the Supreme Court last week. Speaking of the fact that many of the stars we see at night are merely light from stars long since extinquished, Maddow makes the following observation: “There are all […]
Edith Windsor, the respondent in United States v. Windsor, spoke with reporters after oral arguments were presented to the Supreme Court ealier today. Windsor, is challenged the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) after being ordered to pay more than $300,000 in inheritance taxes after the death of her partner of over 40 years due to […]
Bernie Sanders spoke today about the fact that private citizens are subject to prosecution and imprisonment for committing crimes but that bankers and Wall Street executives are not only “too big to fail” – it seems they are also “too big to jail.” Watch the clip from his YouTube page below:
Lesbian pundit and Democratic stategist Hilary Rosen and Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed had a heated exchange earlier today on Meet the Press after Reed argued that the primary purpose of marriage is procreation. Reed started the exchange noting: “The issue before the country is, do we have a compelling interest in strengthening and supporting […]
T.J. Lane the Chardon High School gunman appeared in court this Tuesday for sentencing wearing a t-shirt with the word “KILLER” written in marker across it. You might recall Lane is the gunman who killed two teenagers and wounded three others at Chardon High School, just east of Cleveland, back on February 27, 2012. As […]