Help eliminate the support systems that promote harmful discrimination and cultural bias in our K-12
Public School Environment. Since when do groups that discriminate, and do it as role models around kids, and young adults get to be designated as patriotic organizations in the U.S.? The lesbian, gay and straight education network reports that their recent survey indicates that in our nations schools 84.6% of LGBT students are verbally harassed, 40.1% are physically harassed, and that 18.8% are physically assaulted. Help eliminate support systems for harmful discriminatory thought process in our K-12 public schools. Please sign petition and help spread the word. Petiton link:
http://signon.org/sign/end-us-government-supported

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So now what? The Tea Party lit up Tax day April 15th. Do they get the last word? Have they been struggling for HUNDREDS OF YEARS, trying to get their government to do what they would like? They are just having a small taste of what it's like. What it's like to have

The Supreme Court make you property: Dred Scott V. Sanford
The Supreme Court deny you education: Plessy V. Fergusson
The Supreme Court take away your land and rights: Cherokee Nation V. Georgia
The Supreme Court interferes in your sex life: Bowers V. Hardwick
The Supreme Court taking Public broadband and giving it to corporations: FCC v. Fox (?)
The Supreme Court deciding that Corporations can participate in elections: Citizen's United v. F.E.C.
The Supreme Court deciding when a woman's body is her own: Roe V. Wade
The Supreme Court directly infringing on your privacy rights by supporting the Patriot Act
With Prop 8 passing, and Don't Ask Don't Tell not getting repealed. With the Supreme Court denying millions of votes to be counted and over riding States Rights: BUSH V. GORE 2000
And lastly the furor of states filing petition to take back the latest health care law...

I think we ought to come out IN VERY LARGE NUMBERS with an EMERGENCY MARCH on International Labor Day and tell the country if we couldn't get the REcount, you're not getting the REpeal!!

and then put the Supreme Court on a term limit like 20 years.

Help Me spread the word and let's show Fox and Friends how it's done!

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"WE WILL NOT BE QUIET!!!"

1) Michael Waddoups, president of our state Senate, has said over the last few days that: “offensive activities” will provoke the legislature into drafting legislation against the LGBTQ community.

2) The Utah Legislature has officially refused to even allow research to be done into whether or not Utah should include Sexual Orientation in their Anti-Discrimination policies. NEWS FLASH: WE NEED IT TO BE INCLUDED!!! And it works. We have proof.

3) The overall atmosphere of the Utah legislature is clearly discriminatory with the likes of the Senate President Waddoups, Senator Buttars and Rick Votow vocally opposing any rights being granted to our community.

OUR DEMANDS:

1) First and foremost, we require an apology from Senator Waddoups for his comment seeking to silence the homosexual community.
2) We strongly urge Representative Vickers and Senator Stowell to declaim Senator Waddoups statements.
3) We request that the Utah legislature allows the research process to continue so that anti-discrimination policies may be updated in a timely fashion to include sexual orientation.

Utah GLBT Community with Allies hold rally to protest recent legislative inaction, words and tone of State Sen. Pres. and GOP Leaders.

WHERE:Cedar City Main Street, 100 North Block (Near Lin’s Marketplace)
WHEN: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 11:00 AM

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THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RALLY/PROTEST IN CHAPEL HILL IS A huge MISTAKE.
I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT IT WOULD BE A HUGE SUCCESS AND I CANT BELIEVE THE ORGANIZERS FAILED TO REALIZE THIS.
SERIOUSLY, MISSING OUT IN THE STATE OF NC IF YOU DONT MAKE A TRIP TO CHAPEL HILL. ITS THE HOME OF THE TAR HEELS, NATIONAL CHAMPS, TONS OF AWESOME PEOPLE, AND TONS OF GAYS! TONS TONS TONS. AND ALSO IN THE NEIGHBORING TOWN OF CARRBORO

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Do you know how much that paper costs? Keep filling out requests for marriage licenses over and over and over.

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The Obama Administration has just defended DOMA with hateful speech, and now they want our money. They are planning The 10th Annual LGBT Leadership Council Dinner on Thursday June 26th at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (1330 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC)- Reception - 5:30 PM, Dinner & Program - 7:00 PM.
The Obama spokesman,Gibbs, said that the Obama administration will not cross a picket line to make appearances. They pulled out of the Mayors meeting this past weekend to support firefighters, let's see if they have the same dedication to picketers when they are trying to raise money for themselves.
If you can get to the DC area on June 26th, make your views known. Stand outside the hotel peacefully and challenge Obama to explain his "fierce advocate" status.

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Pride is around the corner. There will be events nationwide. While the gay and lesbian community and organizations, have made wonderful changes, it has been a slow process. While I have faith that the gay and lesbian community will push through, I think it would happen faster with “straight support”. I am suggesting that that each person attending a Pride event should bring someone who supports them and “SHOW Their PRIDE”. That means twice the voices. I will proudly go with my Son to this event. I will wear my Pride moto on a T-shirt- “I love all my children- even the straight one.” I will openly support my other friends and loved ones too but it would be good if everyone could bring one person. If you agree with what I am suggesting, then please pass this on to anyone who might care. If you are a supporter, please attend Pride events with your friends or family members.

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The FDA currently has a policy that states “Men who have had sex with other men, at any time since 1977 are currently deferred as blood donors.” This means that a male who has had sex with another male even one time since 1977 is banned for life from donating blood. This policy was written in 1983, Twenty-five years later this policy is not only medically and scientifically unwarranted, it is also discriminatory.

The American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), America’s Blood Centers (ABC) and the American Red Cross (ARC) have stated that the lifetime ban for men who have sex with men "is medically and scientifically unwarranted" and that "it does not appear rational to broadly differentiate sexual transmission via male-to-male sexual activity from that via heterosexual activity on scientific grounds”.

A gay man who has consistently tested negative for HIV and who has had only one protected sexual encounter with another man can never donate blood. However, a heterosexual man who has engaged in high-risk sexual activity (visited prostitutes) or has had intercourse with an HIV positive individual is only banned/ deferred for 1 year.

On February 21st 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona upward of 100 otherwise eligible healthy blood donors, HIV-, Hepatitis B- and Hepatitis C- men will ask to give blood and save up to three lives each. Based on the current policy they will be denied the ability to donate. A second blood drive will take place in cities across the nation 91 days from the first blood drive, on May 23rd 2009.

On May 23rd 2009 thousands of lives can be saved across the country. Through dialog and the sharing of scientific data in collaboration with American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), America’s Blood Centers (ABC) and the American Red Cross (ARC), we will be able to work with the FDA to create a new policy may be put into place that is not discriminatory against a group of people.

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The federal government confers 1,138 benefits and protections on marriage. Benefits and protections that gay couples do not get, even those married in Massachusetts and Connecticut. I have been making simple buttons with a white background and black lettering that only say, "1,138" and I've been giving them out for free, though I may start asking for a suggested donation. I ordered a 1,000 buttons for about $60 dollars. The button maker is a couple hundred dollars, but if a few people in one area chip in to pay for one, it's doable. I give these buttons along with examples of some of these 1,138 benefits. The button is meant to be a conversation starter. I've had several people (gay and straight) ask what the number refers to. Very few had any idea these benefits exist. If you want a button, send me your address. If you want to help make this a larger operation, let me know that as well.

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Carl Joseph Walker Hoover and Jaheem Herrera, both eleven years old, hanged themselves in the last two weeks after merciless homophobic taunting by classmates, while school officials did nothing. This is UNACCEPTABLE. We must send an unequivocal message that bullying, fag-tagging, and queer-baiting WILL NOT not be tolerated in our schools, churches, or public institutions - PERIOD. IT'S CHILD ABUSE. "Boys being boys" doesn't cut it. From the pinnacle of the problem in the US Military where these demeaning tactics are employed from the moment recruits step off the bus--to college & high school sports teams & fraternity hazing--to the Boy Scouts who've "snipe-hunted" both gay & straight kids and their straight & gay fathers out of a Congressionally Chartered organization altogether -- to church youth groups who mask hatred and bigotry as the Love of Jesus=-ENOUGH is ENOUGH. Last Sunday, May 26th, the Bully-cide Siblings Alliance held our first BULLY-CIDE VIGIL at Matthew Shepard Memorial Triangle in West Hollywood, CA. On Sunday, May 3rd @ 7:30 PM [and every Sunday evening after that until Memorial Day Weekend] we will hold BULLY-CIDE VIGILS at the same location to honor our gay and straight little brothers and sisters who've taken their own lives in the depths of despair, isolation and hopelessness caused by bullying, fag-tagging and queer-baiting and say NO MORE BULLYING.

Please vote for JTI take this up.
Our little brothers and sisters are counting on us.
Please Don't Let Them Down.

Rev. Scott Imler 323-656-5336

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