01/28/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Those Republicans who are, like Mark McKinnon, dismayed that President Obama did not abandon his liberalism after the election of Scott Brown of Massachusetts are misreading the Tea Bags…er tea leaves. As the Tea Party... (Continue reading)
01/15/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire President Barack Obama is now facing a very real problem in Massachusetts. He rushed there to try and shore up the flagging likelihood that Martha Coakley would, in fact, succeed Senator Ted Kennedy in the seat... (Continue reading)
12/26/09-by Paula Brooks Bucking the ever increasingly hard lined United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, several major Catholic health groups have backed the Senate’s health-care compromise on abortion. In a statement released last week, Sr. Carol Keehan, president and chief executive office... (Continue reading)
12/23/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire “We are all floating in the same boat. We may certainly try to push one another over the side, but only a maniac…would make a hole in the bottom.”- Terry Pratchet, The Fifth Elephant When Senator Tom... (Continue reading)
12/21/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire When the Republicans made it their mission to rile up as much of the anti-government, anti-Democrat, anti-reform, racist, sexist, bigoted, anti-Semitic groups as possible in this country in order to return to power, they made one thing... (Continue reading)
12/18/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, I went a little ballistic over the Health Care Reform and joined the ranks of those who have called for the end of this bill. I did not explain the totality of why. The... (Continue reading)
12/17/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire This is what happens when you cave in to one person who is having a snit. Another one comes along and demands that you cave in to him. In this case it is Democrat Ben... (Continue reading)
12/16/09-by Paula Brooks Yesterday, by a vote of 6-3, Mecklenburg County North Carolina Commissioners approved a measure to will provide domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples. According to a report on North Carolinas Q-Notes… The approved plan will define “domestic partners” as two... (Continue reading)
12/16/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There is a reason why every article that I write about Dr. Rachel Maddow gives her full title. Well, there are two reasons, to be honest. I spent the better part of my life in... (Continue reading)
12/07/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire It appears that the Roman Catholic Church has found their patsy…er ally in Senator Ben Nelson. His decision to help them craft and introduce a Senate version of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment could result in the... (Continue reading)
12/5/09-by Paula Brooks Out going Virginia Governor and current DNC Chairman Tim Kaine has announced that he is moving forward with a plan to add same-sex partners under Virginia’s employee health plan. According to The Washington Post, Kaine ordered his staff to... (Continue reading)
12/4/09-by Paula Brooks After months of focusing on health care, Afghanistan and just about everything else, (except maybe his promises on gay rights issues), President Obama finally turned that focused like a laser attention of his on the fact this country... (Continue reading)
By Melanie Nathan:- When I met Senator Leahy, I was touched by his compassion, his sensitivity and his veracity. Most of all he is a champion for equality and as a supporter of UAFA, and has done much for our LGBT... (Continue reading)
11/19/09-by Paula Brooks The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new recommendations on breast cancer screening called for earlier this week by a federally appointed task force after concerns among women caused lawmakers of both sides of the isle to attack... (Continue reading)
Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)