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Olson-Boies Give Civil Rights for Gays Hope
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 9:36am | mal contends
Update: Civil rights groups say Make Change, Not Lawsuits, explicitly discouraging a federal legal challenge. "The arguments in the briefs are not the only thing that influences the Court’s decisions. The climate of receptivity and momentum in the country on these issues matter as well. There is much we can and should do together to strengthen our hand before we put a federal marriage case before the justices," reads the question and answer online sheet.
This is a defensive, crouching strategy that argues before demanding civil rights for everyone, make sure its okay with the bigots first. Put another way, "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism," as MLK reminded us on one very special day.
This is a defensive, crouching strategy that argues before demanding civil rights for everyone, make sure its okay with the bigots first. Put another way, "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism," as MLK reminded us on one very special day.
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Fla Court Rules Gays Get Equal Protection, Adoption Ban Unconstitutional
Wed, 11/26/2008 - 11:50am | mal contends
Has Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy S. Lederman been getting too much sun or is she seeing the light?
Judge Lederman ruled on a case challenging a Florida law that bans lesbians and gays from adopting, ruling the statute unconstitutional.
The case raises the big question Republicans are pondering as they decide which way forward for their battered Party: Embracing ignorance and authoritarianism or some manner of qualified libertarianism.
Judge Lederman ruled on a case challenging a Florida law that bans lesbians and gays from adopting, ruling the statute unconstitutional.
The case raises the big question Republicans are pondering as they decide which way forward for their battered Party: Embracing ignorance and authoritarianism or some manner of qualified libertarianism.
[Pictured above is Martin Gill with the two brothers he hopes to adopt in Florida.] From the ACLU: