The courts ruling on proposition 8

Seeded on Wed Aug 4, 2010 5:59 PM EDT (The New York Times)

This is a link to the actual court decision.

gay-marriage, same-sex-marriage, state-rights, equal-protection

D.C. archbishop defends Catholic Charities' stand on health benefits

Seeded on Wed Mar 3, 2010 6:37 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said Tuesday that the decision by Catholic Charities to change its health coverage to avoid offering benefits to same-sex spouses of its workers is justifiable under Catholic teaching as long as the employees are paid a just wage. ......

politics, washington-dc, district-of-columbia, same-sex-marriage, cathlic

Applying for same-sex marriage license? Pack your patience

Seeded on Tue Mar 2, 2010 11:28 AM EST ()

WASHINGTON - D.C. Superior Court, where couples go to get marriage licenses, is preparing for big crowds as soon as same-sex marriage becomes legal Wednesday

politics, district-of-columbia, same-sex-marriage

Pope condemns gay equality laws ahead of first UK visit

Seeded on Mon Feb 1, 2010 12:11 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

"Pope Benedict XVI has condemned British equality legislation for running contrary to "natural law" as he confirmed his first visit to the UK later this year.

politics, pope, gay-rights

Courtroom Confession Rules Out Lesser Charge in Abortion Doc Death _Upadated found guilty

Seeded on Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:58 AM EST (ABC News)

Roeder's frankness did not win him the possibility of lighter sentence as he had hoped. Instead, it prompted a swift reaction from the trial judge who told the jury they would not be allowed to consider a lesser charge of manslaughter.

abortion, tiller, crime-punishment

Republicans Scoff at Nobel Prize Announcement

Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:34 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Response from Democrats to the torrent of GOP criticism was also swift.

politics, obama, nobel-peace-prize, republican, democrates

Scorned Wife Exacts Revenge on Hubby, Entertains Us

Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:32 AM EDT (nbc 4)

Man this wife is creative with her punishment.

funny

Source for forged Kenyan birth certificate found?

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 12:59 PM EDT (Salon.com)

It took just 48 hours to definitively expose Taitz's find as a forgery, and for the document that it was apparently based off of to surface. It's a certified copy of a birth certificate for one David Jeffrey Bomford, born in South Australia in April 1959.

politics, birth-certificate, birthers, obame

FOX host: Obama a 'racist'

Seeded on Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:13 PM EDT (Politico)

FOX News host Glenn Beck dialed up his rhetoric against President Obama Tuesday, branding the president a "racist" in an appearance on the morning show "Fox and Friends."

politics, obama, fox-news, beck

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Soldier's suit against Obama presidency dismissed

Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:59 PM EDT (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A federal judge this morning dismissed a suit filed by a U.S. Army reservist who objected to deployment in Afghanistan because he said he believes Barack Obama was never legally eligible to be the president

politics, obama

Resume killers

Seeded on Mon Jul 6, 2009 5:30 PM EDT (Yahoo!)

Here are the worst 10 boilerplate phrases -- the ones to seek out and destroy in your resume as soon as possible:

business, jobs, resumes

City asks applicants for Internet passwords

Seeded on Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:50 PM EDT (Yahoo! Tech - Daily Features)

The city is asking job seekers for the user names and passwords to Internet social networking or Web groups to which they belong. The decision is sparking an outcry from those who say the policy goes way too far

business, job-hunt, social-newtwork

Good news wednesday: First lady invited kids to a healthy harvest

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:19 AM EDT (The Baltimore Sun)

Obama invited the fifth-graders from Washington's Bancroft Elementary School back to the White House - where they had planted a vegetable garden in April - to harvest the produce and to help White House chefs prepare a healthy meal with some of the results

politics, obama, washington-dc