
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has announced her support for same-sex marriage. She is now the third Republican to do so joining Senator Rob Portman of Ohio and Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois. Murkowski made the announcement despite being from a Red State. A few months ago, Murkowski had announced that she was reconsidering her view [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 19, 2013.

Michael Hastings’ employer, BuzzFeed, announced his death in the early hours of June 18, in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. While officials have confirmed the accident, the Los Angeles coroner’s office has yet to identify the driver who died when his car hit a tree with such force that parts of the [...]
Posted by: Pat Carbonell on June 19, 2013.

The Government is Not Good PAC, a Christian Conservative group, has condemned President Barack Obama’s recent White House reception to mark LGBT Pride Month. Apparently not taking their own advice and actually reading the Bible, in their statement, they quote the Bible selectively to condemn Obama for the “goal of normalizing homosexuality in America” and [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 18, 2013.

Senator Tammy Baldwin has announced her support for the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Act, the Ruth Moore Act and the Military Justice Improvement Act. The bills are meant to address the sexual assault epidemic in the military. The first would work to prevent sexual assault, the second to improve health services for victims, and the [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 18, 2013.

The US House of Representatives passed a bill by a vote of 228 to 196 that would prohibit abortions after twenty weeks. The so-called Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was expected to pass in the House, but it unlikely to even get a vote in the Senate. The bill, which is based on junk science, [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 18, 2013.

The HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act) passed late last night. The bill had bipartisan support, and its passage was praised by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). The legislation would lift “the federal ban on research into organ donations from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients.” Following the passage of the [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 18, 2013.

Somehow, someway, this is one of those stories to reach 11 on the creepy factor. Representative Michael Burgess (R-TX) said on Monday that abortion should be illegal as early as 15 weeks because…he witnessed male fetuses masturbating. Apparently, Burgess made the comment during a late-night House Rules Committee hearing on a bill being pushed by [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 18, 2013.

Illinois advocates for same-sex marriage appear to finally be getting into gear, and it might or might not spell life for the bill in the long run. Rather than just protesting in a tantrum over the lack of a vote on the final bill in the Illinois House, several groups are starting to lobby. Illinois [...]
Posted by: Bridgette P. LaVictoire on June 18, 2013.