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Hate crime gives way to Cypress Project
Loudoun Times-Mirror September 12, 2006 By Jana Renn In the early morning hours of July 30, Heyward Drummond and John Ellis were victims of Loudoun County’s first reported hate crime of the year. Vandals damaged their trees and shrubs, doused … Continue reading
Out of Hate, Comes Hope
Loudoun Connection September 6, 2006 By Erika Jacobson Activist organizations, religious groups, political bodies and companies have banded together to create a foundation, The Cypress Project, which will support any person in Virginia who is the victim of a hate … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, News
Tagged Community, Hate crimes, Media, The Cypress Project
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Conservatives refusing to be radicals, Part 2
Today’s Washington Post includes an opinion piece by conservative 4th Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, recently on the short list for a Bush appointment to the Supreme Court. In his rejection of both federal and state constitutional amendments to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Bill of Rights, Conservatism, Editorials, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Media
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It’s official; they lied.
We previously reported the fact that the Ohio organization most responsible for passage of that state’s version of the Marshall/Newman amendment, Citizens for Community Values, had filed an amicus brief in a domestic violence case. The brief argues that unmarried … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged Abuse, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Pants on Fire
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The AG won’t answer my questions, either
But not just my questions, any hard questions about the Marshall/Newman amendment. During a live blog with Vivian Paige last night, our AG was asked several good questions about the amendment and it’s reach into the lives of all unmarried … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Reports
Tagged Bob McDonnell, Civil rights, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Unintended consequences
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An interesting “social contract”
I think we’ll pass. According to right wing blogger Jerry Fuhrman, the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v Texas represented some sort of “implicit agreement” struck between the GLBT community and people like him. In this decidedly revisionist version of … Continue reading →