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Medical marijuana: Measure D still the best choice
Way at the bottom of Tuesday’s ballot are three confusing propositions -- Measures D, E and F -- that have to do with medical marijuana. Voters can’t be blamed if they feel frustrated and unsure of what to do when confronted by three...
Tags: Voting, Elections, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Politics
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Unmarried with children
After the American Academy of Pediatrics announced its support for equal marriage rights for same-sex partners "as the best way to guarantee benefits and security for their children," advocates for the unmarried, while applauding the move, took...Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Economy, Business and Finance, Family, Marriage
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If at first you don't succeed, work on your execution
Like me, Del. Neil Parrott seems to believe that any publicity is good publicity. So OK, I’ll bite. Building on his tremendous success in the November election, Petitioner Parrott is having a go at the state’s newly enacted law banning the...Tags: Death Penalty, Punishment, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Politics
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A bus driver goes the extra mile
Every day at 3:20 p.m., I am at the school bus stop on Gumwood Road to meet my grandson and walk him home. On May 1, when it was 80 degrees (and I had been working in the yard and looked like it), I walked only halfway, then waited for the bus under the...Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Gays and Lesbians
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Gay marriage legal in Minnesota after Gov. Mark Dayton signs bill
Pop2itGovernor Mark Dayton signed a bill into law Tuesday, legalizing same-sex marriage in the state of Minnesota. The new law will go into effect August 1.... -
For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it's personal
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. "What a day for Minnesota!" the Democratic governor...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Rights, Minority Groups, Government, Elections
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Savage Love: Shorties
I have a mentally disabled cousin who I haven't figured out how to help. He's lived for more than 40 years in the same nursing home in a small, conservative town. His mental age is about 8, there are other mental-illness issues, and he has some physical...
Tags: Theft, Nursing Homes, Google Inc., Pornography, Long Term Care
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Minn. Senate OKs gay marriage; governor to sign
The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so. The Senate vote of 37-30 came four days after the House passed...Tags: Executive Branch, Minority Groups, Government, Mark Dayton, Family
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Minnesota Senate approves bill legalizing gay marriage
ReutersST. PAUL, Minn., May 13 (Reuters) - Minnesota's state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would make Minnesota the 12th U.S. state to allow same-sex couples to marry and only the second in the Midwest, advancing it to the governor, who has pledged to...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Mark Dayton, Marriage, Family
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Video Op-Ed: Fighting for gay marriage and immigration reform
The Supreme Court has the fate of same-sex couples in its hands. Will the court stand with equality and rule that marriage, and the benefits that come with it, should be available to all couples regardless of sexuality? Or will it uphold the federal...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Minority Groups, Family, Marriage
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Have the courage to defend the word
After Jason Collins leaped out of the closet in a Sports Illustrated cover story, the NBA player was lauded for the courage of his declaration—becoming the first active male athlete in the four major professional sports to come out as gay. Others...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Minority Groups, Periodicals, Sports Illustrated, Heroism
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Tony Plakas: Benghazi just a distraction as Hillary heads forward
I've spent the past week in the panhandle of Florida watching Congress bicker about Benghazi. Arguments center on the Obama Administration's handling of the first "talking points" Americans wouldn't have received, had it not been for our new techno-age...Tags: U.S. Congress, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Elections, Media Industry, Immigration
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