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Courting Change
Written by Linda Hirshman Tuesday, 13 April 2010 06:37
Justice John Paul Stevens is stepping down, and President Barack Obama has a second Supreme Court nominee just as his second year in office begins. The conventional wisdom is that Obama should try to select someone his Republican adversaries in the Senate will not dare to filibuster--a moderate, middle-aged white man like Judge Merrick Garland of the DC Circuit, or a thoroughly vetted appeals judge with lots of conservative friends from the University of Chicago like Judge Diane Wood.
A Former GOP Mastermind Is Now Fighting to Save Gay Marriage and Unmask the Mormon Church
Written by Stephanie Mencimer Thursday, 08 April 2010 05:57
In the summer of 2008, Fred Karger was keeping a close eye on the California ballot initiative known as Proposition 8, the measure that would eventually outlaw gay marriage in the state. He didn't have much background in the marriage-equality movement—hell, he'd only really been out for a few years.
Defending the Freedom to Hate: Supreme Court to Take Up Anti-Gay-Protest Case
Written by Leonard Pitts Jr. Monday, 05 April 2010 07:13
You will be furious when you finish this column. Fair warning.
In March 2006, a 20-year-old Marine, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, was killed in a motor-vehicle accident in Iraq. His family probably thought that the most painful blow imaginable. Truth is, their pain was only beginning.
Army Secretary Says Gates Has Placed A De Facto Moratorium On DADT Discharges
Written by Nick McClellan Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:34
In recent congressional hearings, some top U.S. military brass debated the effectiveness of a moratorium on military discharges related to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy. “I would recommend against it, it would complicate the whole process … implementing while we were studying it,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey said. However, Army Secretary John McHugh said today that the Department of Defense has basically implemented a de facto moratorium on discharges as the Army working group considers its review of the DADT.
Bad for Morale
Written by Angry Mouse Monday, 29 March 2010 07:30
Gays in the military? Bad for morale and unit cohesion. Sexual assaults against women? Oh well. It's a problem, but hey, it's not that bad a problem.
The Department of Defense released an annual report on Tuesday showing an 11 percent increase in reports of sexual assault in the military over the past year, including a 16 percent increase in reported assaults occurring in combat areas, principally Iraq and Afghanistan.
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