Republican Appeals Court Strikes Defense Of Marriage Law

The ruling was handed down by a three-judge panel consisting of two GOP appointees. Judge Michael Boudin, an appointee of George H.W. Bush, authored the court’s opinion. Reagan appointee, Judge Juan Torruella, and Clinton appointee, Judge Sandra Lynch, also sit on the panel.

Soooo, who are the activists now?

Top US companies shelling out to block action on climate change

An analysis of 28 Standard & Poor 500 publicly traded companies by researchers from the Union of Concerned Scientists exposed a sharp disconnect in some cases between PR message and less visible activities, with companies quietly lobbying against climate policy or funding groups which work to discredit climate science.

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Rad Getty Images ad of the day: It’s not all cheesy illustrations of Facebook in the Getty database. Ad firm Almap BBDO had image researchers look through thousands of Getty Images files to find the right 873 that told a consistent story in a single minute. The flow of the images is perfect. Pretty amazing. (note: ad is safe for work, but there’s a little sexy time at the beginning)

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theatlantic: More From the Inequality Speech That Was Too Hot for TED

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More From the Inequality Speech That Was Too Hot for TED

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This isn’t a wedge issue for blacks with Obama, no matter how much the media would like it to be,’’ Petersen adds. “At the end of the day, blacks aren’t confused about what candidate is best for them. I think many blacks knew he was leaning this way anyway and weren’t particularly surprised.’’

African-Americans Support Obama’s Same-Sex Marriage Stance - The Daily Beast

This shouldn’t be a wedge issue for anybody. They are citizens, thus entitled to the rights and privileges afforded all citizens. End of story. Don’t care if they’re gay, straight, black, white, or anything else, we are citizens first.

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