Friday, March 6, 2015
In Georgia: Senate passes ‘religious freedom’ bill
The attack against equality continues in the South.
The Georgia Senate just approved one of these "religious freedom" bills to protect the right to discriminate against the LGBT community.
Project Q reports:
State Sen. Josh McKoon's bill, S.B. 129 – the "Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act" or RFRA – passed 37-15 after nearly 90 minutes of debate. Earlier Thursday, the Senate approved a ban on amendments to the legislation. McKoon (top photo) spoke for nearly 30 minutes, defending his legislation against critics that he dismissed as "the professional left" who have contempt "for the people of this state."
"It's a simple, modest, common sense protection for people of faith, people of every faith," McKoon said. "When we have strong religious liberty, what goes along with that is tolerance for people of every faith and people with no faith at all."
McKoon also said the LGBT critics of the legislation failed to cite a case in which similar legislation in other states has resulted in anti-gay discrimination. "This law has been tested. The parade of horribles that we've had to hear about for a year have never manifested themselves," McKoon said.
Hopefully, it will not pass the House.
The Family of Michael Brown will Sue Darren Wilson
Anthony Gray, attorney for the family of Michael Brown, announced that they will file a civil case against former police officer Darren Wilson. The city of Ferguson will also be named in the suit as well.
The Root reports
The family’s legal team underscored the difference in the standard of proof between a federal civil rights suit and a personal civil suit, suggesting that it might be able to succeed in its case.More to come
Another lawyer on the family’s team, Daryl Parks, said that Brown’s family does “not accept” that Wilson was defending himself when he shot Brown to death in August.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
NOM's House Negroes Honor Roy Moore with a MLK Award
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| Bill Owens, President of CAAP |
NOM's front group, Coalition of African American Pastors, has the nerve to honor Roy Moore for his ignorance stance on gay marriage in Alabama.
In fact, they want to give him some made up award inspired by MLK.
This is from their press release:
Today, the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) announced that Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore would receive their first ever “Letter from Birmingham Jail Courage Award” in recognition of Justice Moore’s principled stand in defense of traditional marriage.
The group was moved to honor Chief Justice Moore following his defense of Alabama’s statutory and constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Moore’s actions were based on the fact that the federal court does not have the power to redefine marriage in direct opposition to legal tradition and the clearly expressed will of the people. His courage and conviction persuaded CAAP that Chief Moore was the ideal honoree for the inaugural presentation of an award inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous letter.
“Chief Justice Moore is an example for all of us,” stated Rev. William Owens, President of CAAP. “By making a principled and persuasive stand for marriage, Chief Justice Moore has singled himself out as someone who is ready to defend our most cherished values and help lead this new civil rights movement. By his words and courageous actions, he has helped preserve marriage, the family, justice, and the spirit of democracy. This is what it means to be a ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail Courage Award’ recipient. We hope that his example inspires others to take similar action to defend marriage in their own communities.”
The group announced that they plan to present the Letter from Birmingham Jail Courage Award to Justice Moore in a special ceremony in April.
MESS
SCOTUS will hear Same-Sex Marriage Arguments on April 28th
It just got real folks.
The Supreme Court just announced they will hear arguments over gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and my home state, Tennessee on April 28th.
Read the announcement here
A little over than a month away.
WATCH Eric Holder and Ferguson's Mayor responses to the DOJ Investigation Findings
Yesterday, everything went down on Ferguson. Eric Holder released the DOJ report on Ferguson's PD and courts and social media went crazy.
Here is his response
And here is Ferguson Mayor James Knowles edited response
Here is his response
And here is Ferguson Mayor James Knowles edited response
Interesting Quote: Maxwell Caulfield
My cast members took me to gay discos, after the show and after hours and it was pretty eye-opening. There was no better time in the world than the late ’70s and early ’80s. Before the damned plague hit it was absolutely party central. On our days off we went to Fire Island and there were tea dances and it was a scene. No one forced themselves on you. Everyone was just in love with life. Some would disappear into the Pines or whatever it was called. Others just carried on dancing and drinking. [Laughs] It was a memorable time. I’m glad I got to come to New York before the Disneyfication of the city and before the pall was cast over it by that dreadful disease. I lost friends like everybody. It’s like anywhere nowadays when you look at it and think it’s changed, but thank God I knew it then. I was lucky enough to experience that.source
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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