Respect for Marriage Act to Repeal DOMA Introduced in U.S. House and Senate WASHINGTON – March 16 – The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force applauds the introduction of the Respect for Marriage Act, landmark legislation to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin…
Category Archives: Nonviolence
School of Glock
Op-Ed Columnist By GAIL COLLINS Published: March 9, 2011 It’s been nearly nine weeks since that tragic shooting in Tucson, and you may be wondering whether there’s been any gun legislation proposed in the aftermath. Earl Wilson/The New York Times Gail Collins Go to Columnist Page » The Conversation David Brooks and Gail Collins talk…
April 4-11, 2011 – Converge on Washington, DC! SOA Watch Days of Action
From: Gabriella Uassouf <gabi@soaw.org> To: epfnational@ameritech.net April 4-11, 2011 – Converge on Washington, DC! SOA Watch Days of Action Bringing the Resistance to the Heart of the Empire Dear Jacqueline, April is coming, and with it a new opportunity to come together united against militarism and for a culture of peace with justice. Our April…
Sitting Sumud by Donna Hicks
4 February 2011 Sitting sumud Wednesday night I turned on CNN to take a break from watching Al Jazeera English on the internet. CNN reporters Anderson Cooper, Hala Gorani and Ben Wedemann were broadcasting from a building near Tahrir Square in Cairo. As they talked about the events in Tahrir Square, I couldn’t stop crying….
Service recalls Louisville’s 62 homicide victims from 2010
By Peter Smith of the Courier-Journal.com Lighting candles, singing plaintive hymns and offering prayers for peace and choked-up remembrances of the slain, scores of people gathered Sunday afternoon in Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in Louisville to recall the city’s 62 victims of homicide in 2010. Highlight: The service was inspired in part by similar services…
Episcopalians condemn murder of Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato
Presiding bishop: Kato’s murder deprives his people of a significant and effective voice By Matthew Davies, January 28, 2011 [Episcopal News Service] The brutal murder of Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato has left much of the world in shock and caused outrage among Episcopalians who have repeatedly called for the church and society to…
Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Is Beaten to Death
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN of the New York Times NAIROBI, Kenya — An outspoken Ugandan gay activist whose picture recently appeared in an antigay newspaper under the headline “Hang Them” was beaten to death in his home, Ugandan police said Thursday. David Kato, the activist, was one of the most visible defenders of gay rights in a…
Now Arizona Wants to Allow Concealed Guns on Campuses
by Jeff Biggers Arizona’s weak gun laws could reach a new low this spring. More infamously, Brewer also signed another bill last April that allows Arizonans to carry concealed guns without a permit. (photo by Flickr user krossbow) When the Arizona state legislature reconvenes today for the first day of the new session, two gun…
Glock Pistol Sales Up After Arizona Shootings
Jason Linkins (jason@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting First Posted: 01/11/11 03:33 PM Updated: 01/12/11 09:47 AM Hey, everyone. Not to unnerve you, but apparently, days after a madman went on a murdery rampage with a Glock in Arizona, Arizonans are heading to gun stores in droves to purchase the very same weapon used by Jared Lee Loughner….
