Promising solutions for international women's rights problems, the Daily Beast's 'Women in the World' conference ended up supporting the status quo for US foreign policy.
Why Sex Toys Need a Woman’s Touch Sex toys for women used to be mostly designed by men, with varying degrees of success. Today, women are creating sex toys for their own needs.
Sex toys for women used to be mostly designed by men, with varying degrees of success. Today, women are creating sex toys for their own needs.
Pledge to China’s Leaders: You Will Lose Money on Government Bonds The battle over China’s role as an investor in U.S. government bonds is taking ever more bizarre turns. According to the New York Times, China’s Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, warned the United States about running large deficits and inflation, saying…
A Broadband Jobs Bill As the FCC finishes its first-ever national broadband plan, Congress and commissioners would do the country a service to see it as a jobs bill — and to support it for that reason, if no other. As reported in the…
What Do Israel and Iran Have to Do With Each Other? …well, a lot, obviously. But when it comes to immediate-term US foreign policy objectives — particularly the current flap over Israeli settlements — the two are quite separate tracks. I feel compelled to stress this point because of a VERY…
Lawmakers introduce legislation outlawing Florida’s ban on gay adoptions. This afternoon, two Florida lawmakers introduced legislation to overturn the state’s ban on gay adoptions, something the legislature hasn’t debated in the law’s 33-year history. Rep. Scott Randolph’s measure, which amended a bill about gun ownership and adoptions, would have prevented “adoption agencies from inquiring about a person’s sexual orientation as a requisite for adoption.” […]
This afternoon, two Florida lawmakers introduced legislation to overturn the state’s ban on gay adoptions, something the legislature hasn’t debated in the law’s 33-year history. Rep. Scott Randolph’s measure, which amended a bill about gun ownership and adoptions, would have prevented “adoption agencies from inquiring about a person’s sexual orientation as a requisite for adoption.” Randolph was forced to withdraw his amendment after the Speaker ruled that it was not germane to the bill. Sen. Charlie Justice withdrew a similar bill in the Senate. “This amendment points out that government should not ask irrelevant questions in the adoption process which tell us nothing about a person’s ability to provide a permanent and loving home. Rather, it’s lawful and responsible gun ownership or a person’s sexual orientation,” Randolph announced on the House floor. He also explained how lifting the ban would benefit children:
RANDOLPH: Three thousand children are in need of adoption and are waiting for us to do the right thing. But Florida’s current adoption ban does not allow gay and lesbians to adopt in this state. In an era of very tight budgets, this cost of inaction on this issue is $2.5 million a year. It’s time to let family judges and child welfare advocates do their job by making the best standard for each child to be the only standard for deciding adoption cases. The legislature has the power to stop that right now today.
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Florida, which enacted its ban in 1977 — two years before the first reported case of an adoption by an openly gay person anywhere in the country — is the only state to explicitly prohibit gays and lesbians from adopting children. The Wonk Room has more.
1967 Flashback: ?Gov. Romney Would Quit Church For Social Justice? Fox News hate-talk show host and practicing Mormon Glenn Beck told his listeners to “run as fast as you can” if they find their church preaching “social justice,” claiming it is a “perversion of the Gospel.” In 1967, Michigan Gov. George Romney — father of Mitt — was the most prominent Mormon politician in […]
Fox News hate-talk show host and practicing Mormon Glenn Beck told his listeners to “run as fast as you can” if they find their church preaching “social justice,” claiming it is a “perversion of the Gospel.” In 1967, Michigan Gov. George Romney — father of Mitt — was the most prominent Mormon politician in the land, seeking the Republican nomination for president. Unlike Beck, Romney considered social justice a core tenet of his faith. In 1967, Jet reported that Romney was willing to choose social justice over the Church of Latter-Day Saints, which then barred blacks from becoming priests:
Michigan Gov. George Romney said he would leave his church if it ever tried to prevent him from working for the elimination of social injustices and racial discrimination.
Beck’s attack on social justice has been challenged by Christian leaders of all denominations, from progressive Jim Wallis to arch-conservative Southern Baptist theologian Albert Mohler. Religious scholars of Beck’s adopted faith, the Church of Latter-Day Saints, have explained that social justice is essential to Mormonism.
Republicans criticize Democrats’ plan to overhaul student lending Republicans assailed a proposed overhaul of student lending Tuesday as a “government takeover,” a “job killer” and an “outrage,” seeking to rally opposition to a Democratic measure that would cut private lenders out of the federal loan market.
House Democrats scramble to ensure adequate deficit reduction in health bill Congressional Democrats rushing to push President Obama’s health-care initiative to final passage this week hit a new snag Tuesday, as the final piece of the package was held up by concerns that it would do too little to reduce the nation’s budget deficit.
House Democrats Must Vote For Reform Robert Reich, Huffington Post Health care reform is necessary, and House Democrats should vote for it because it's best for the nation.They should also remember the political lessons of history. To paraphrase Mark Twain, history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. As the White House and the House Democratic leadership try to line up 216 votes to pass health care reform — and as Republicans, aided by the National Association of Manufacturers and abetted by fierce partisans like Newt Gingrich, try to kill it — I can't help thinking back to 1994 when the lineup was much the same.I was serving in the…
A Fight to the Finish Steve Benen, Washington Monthly A FIGHT TO THE FINISH…. I'll admit it — it's tempting to think the final push towards health care reform is going well. President Obama told ABC's Jake Tapper yesterday, “I believe we are going to get the votes, we're going to make this happen.” House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) told reporters after a caucus meeting last night, “There's tremendous anticipation, and certainly a lot of anxiety, but I believe we have the votes and that we will get this bill done this week.”At the same time, Republicans sound increasingly…
The Spirit of Sympathy vs. ‘Bitter Division’ David Brooks, New York Times Human beings, the philosophers tell us, are social animals. We emerge into the world ready to connect with mom and dad. We go through life jibbering and jabbering with each other, grouping and regrouping. When you get a crowd of people in a room, the problem is not getting them to talk to each other; the problem is getting them to shut up. David Brooks David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns. To help us in this social world, God, nature and culture have equipped us with a spirit of sympathy. We instinctively feel a tinge of pain when we observe another in pain (at least most of…
What Happened to the Postpartisan Era? William Pewen, New York Times While Democrats may yet enact health care reform via a convoluted process that involves passing three separate bills, many people may wonder, "What happened to the postpartisan era?" Both President Obama's 11th-hour meeting with Republicans and the Republican leaders' demands to "start over" are recognized by Americans for what they are "” political talk substituting for bipartisan legislation.As health policy adviser for Senator Olympia Snowe, the Maine Republican, while Congress considered this most critical and complicated…
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