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Tag Archives: Human Rights
Physicians Group says Bush-Era Doctors Helped Perfect Torture Methods
Monday, June 7, 2010 This report is enough to make Dr. Joseph Mengele proud! Physicians for Human Rights, a prominent physicians group is alleging medical personnel were used to refine the effectiveness of waterboarding and other harsh torture techniques used … Continue reading
Posted in Abu Ghraib, George Bush, Human Rights, International News, News, Torture
Tagged Abu Ghraib, George W. Bush, Human Rights, International News, News, Torture
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Taliban Texas Still Executing Mentally Retarded Prisoners
Friday, January 15, 2010 Why won’t Texas just get on with it and secede from the Union? Despite the fact it is unconstitutional to execute mentally retarded prisoners in the United States, Texas has found a loophole to the law, … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, News, Southern Loon Watch, Texas
Tagged Human Rights, News, Southern Loon Watch, Texas
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The Catholics Really Hate the Gays
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 As the battle over a Maine ballot initiative that seeks to reverse the recent legalization of gay marriage equality in the state drags on, a homophobic Roman Catholic group called CatholicVoteAction.org is demanding the removal of … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, LGBT, News, Politics, Religious Nutcases
Tagged Catholics, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, LGBT, LGBT Rights, News, Political Oppression, Politics, Religious Nutcases
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The Washington Post Defends Torture
Sunday, August 30, 2009 Katherine Graham must be turning over in her grave. In a piece appearing on Saturday, August 29, 2009, Washington Post writers Peter Finn, Joby Warrick and Julie Tate penned a chirpy missive enthusiastically defending torture as … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Media, News, Propaganda, Torture, Washington Post
Tagged Human Rights, Media, News, Propaganda, Torture, Washington Post
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Life for Gays Better Under Saddam?
Sunday, July 12, 2009 It may come as a surprise to people but not everyone in Iraq is better off today not living under the dictatorship Saddam Hussein. This is especially true if you’re gay, lesbian or transgendered. Stories of … Continue reading
Posted in Gay Iraqis, Human Rights, International News, Iraq war, News, Religious Extremists
Tagged Gay Iraqis, Human Rights, International News, Iraq, Iraq war, LGBT, News, Religious Extremists
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40 Years After Stonewall, Fort Worth, TX Cops Raid Gay Bar Gestapo-Style
Monday, June 29, 2009 The Fort Worth, TX police had a special gift for the queer community on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. They raided the newly-opened Rainbow Lounge, arresting and beating numerous patrons, gestapo-style, for no apparent reason other … Continue reading
Posted in Hate Crimes, Homophobes, Human Rights, LGBT, Texas
Tagged Homophobes, Human Rights, LGBT, LGBT Rights, News, Political Oppression, Texas
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No Het Weddings Until Gay Marriage Ban Lifted, Pastor Says
Sunday, May 31, 2009 Rev. Art Cribbs, of the 60-member San Marino Congregational United Church of Christ announced Friday that he would no longer perform straight wedding ceremonies in California until the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is “repealed, overturned … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
Tuesday, May 27, 2009 “At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won’t be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from … Continue reading
California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 8
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8 which banned same-sex marriage but also ruled the 18,000 gay couples who wed before the election will continue to be married under state law. The court’s split 6-1 … Continue reading
Posted in California, Gay and Lesbian, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, News, Politics
Tagged California, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, International News, LGBT, News, Politics, Proposition 8
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California Supreme Court to Announce Proposition 8 Decision Today
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The California Supreme Court will announce its decision today on whether to uphold or strike down Proposition 8, a Mormon-funded Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The justices will also decide whether the state will continue to … Continue reading
Posted in California, LGBT, News, Politics
Tagged California, Gay Marriage, Human Rights, LGBT Rights, News, Political Oppression, Politics
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Drip, Drip, Drip
Friday, May 15, 2009 People have longed to find the proverbial smoking gun linking former Vice President Dick Cheney and torture. It appears we have found it. CNN reports: The main purpose of the torture program the Bush administration authorized … Continue reading
Posted in Cheney, Human Rights, International News, News, Republican Lunatics, Torture
Tagged Dick Cheney, Human Rights, International News, Neocons, News, Radical Right, Republican Lunatics, Torture
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Cheney Says Bush Authorized Torture
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 While yesterday’s mainstream media news cycle focused on such salient issues as Miss California and her crown, the Pope’s visit to Israel, and GM’s possible move out of Detroit, one historically important story went ignored. Former … Continue reading
Posted in Bush, Cheney, Human Rights, International News, Media, News, Republican Lunatics, Torture
Tagged Bush, Cheney, Human Rights, International News, Media, News, Republican Lunatics, Torture
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As the Noose Tightens, Pelosi Heads to Iraq
Sunday, May 10, 2009 They say in Washington DC, when a political storm threatens, just leave the country for a few days until the storm passes. But for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the storm surrounding her contradictory statements about when she … Continue reading
Posted in CIA, DINO Democrats, Human Rights, Nancy Pelosi, News
Tagged CIA, DINO Democrats, Human Rights, Nancy Pelosi, News, Politics, Torture
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Lunatic Lieberman: “We ought to be able to waterboard”
Thursday, April 23, 2009 There’s so much to dislike about Sen. Joe Lieberman. Personally, I say his embrace of torture is the most offensive. Senate Democrats must stop kissing his ass all for the occasional support he lends to Democratic … Continue reading
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