Category: Civil Rights
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Abortion is a Trans Right
Fetal Heartbeats & Gender Stereotypes: How Georgia’s Abortion Bill Harms Transgender People- Guest Post by Harris R. Mason Esq. Mr. Mason is currently the Superior Court Clerk for the Alapaha Judicial Circuit and a Board Member of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia “Women are to be good wives and mothers.” This is one of…
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Historic Day in Georgia for Equal Marriage-in a Good Way!
Ten years ago Georgia voters shamefully passed a Constitutional Amendment banning same sex marriage – Thanks Ken Mehlman. At that time Republicans needed a scary issue to mobilize the religious right in the 2004 elections. It worked, kind of. Today however, the Marriage part of that Amendment has been challenged with a Class-Action lawsuit helped by attorneys…
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The Good, The Bad & the Ugly: Part 2
The Good A packed ballroom in Columbus for the Young Democrats of Georgia’s annual Convention this past Saturday. So much positive energy in the room with smart interesting people speaking and watching many of my friends getting well deserved awards. VERY GOOD. Tonight is the first night of Passover and an excellent time to discuss…
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Special Delivery of Eye Roll
Congressman Paul Broun is back in the news, again, and not for anything MENSA related. Speaking of MENSA candidates, you can’t mail meth to the pokey. Throw me a bone people, your 2002 retro newsletter is bad. Happy New Year, it’s 2014 and this is useful. See the difference. Lighten up Prince. Seriously, you can’t control everything or every dime, you’re not…
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Equal Rights and Workers Rights: One City’s Struggle
Everybody has a hometown. Mine is Chattanooga, Tennessee. This week, Chattanooga has been in the news for two issues that you wouldn’t normally see the city associated with… and no, I’m not talking about the fact that the Chattanooga Mocs football team is 8-2, Southern Conference Champions for the first time since 1984 and looking…
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TGIF or something
Sweet baby Jesus on a breadstick what a week. Everyone knows that if you leave the teabag in the water too long it gets bitter. The bitter kittens have spoken. The Holy Spirit had something to say, but I think only one person heard it. Sen. Ted Cruz has a undisclosed Caribbean land deal? Say it’s…