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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Canadian court strikes down anti-prostitution laws
- Obama orders military to review sexual assault
- U.S. Senate approves Obama nominee for IRS chief
- Amnesty to free Pussy Riot duo despite 'disgraceful' protest: Vladimir Putin
- US economy expands at 4.1 percent rate
- Vienna Philharmonic strips ex-Nazis of honors I wouldn't call them ex-Nazis. They were Nazis. And why did this take 68 years?
- Judge strikes down Utah's same-sex marriage ban
- National Guard ends holdout on same-sex marriage benefits
- Social Security begins paying same-sex couple claims
- U.S. Customs to broaden recognition of same-sex families
- Education Dept. to count married gay couples for financial aid This sounds nice, like the above items. However, it will mean that some gay students will get less financial aid, because now the income of a non-adoptive spouse of a parent will count. Ditto, the income of the spouse of the student.
- Lockheed halts Boy Scouts donations over gay rights
Bad News
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Michigan man charged in porch shooting will face trial
- Muslim fanatics guilty of brutal British soldier murder
- Republican Concedes in Virginia, Ending Recount in Attorney General Race
- Pennsylvania Governor Supports Anti-Bias Bill
- Patriarch off 'Duck Dynasty' after gay comments
- New Mexico Supreme Court: Same-sex marriage legal
Bad News
Correction of the day
From the NY Times:
An earlier version of this article misstated the name of a movie Mr. Goldstein starred in. It is “Al Goldstein & Ron Jeremy Are Screwed,” not “Al Goldstein & Ron Jeremy Get Screwed.”
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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