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Arkansas Dem's pet murdered, with 'LIBERAL' scrawled on corpse | The Raw Story (383 comments)
President Obama on Roe v. Wade Anniversary: I remain committed to protecting a woman's right to choose and to the broader principle that government should not intrude on private family matters (269 comments)
Republican lawmaker calls for public hangings for "abortionists" (218 comments)
Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer: President Obama 'didn't feel I treated him cordially' - POLITICO.com (79 comments)
New Hampshire Republicans Seek Passage Of Bill Allowing Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples On Religious Grounds (14 comments)

NM man who pulled own tooth in jail awarded $22M

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:44 PM EST (Newsvine)

He was stuck in a 6-foot-by-11-foot cell with a concrete bench for a bed. And he sat in that cell. We had documentary evidence that he didn't get out for anything — for recreation, a shower — for months at a time.

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Number of Homeless Female Veterans on the Rise

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:33 PM EST ()

Seeded by McSpocky

Many female veterans return from their military service with physical and psychological difficulties that make it difficult for them to cope in civilian society– and often lead to homelessness.

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Missouri Drive to End Marijuana Prohibition Gets Going

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:19 PM EST ()

Seeded by McSpocky

A Missouri campaign to place an initiative to end marijuana prohibition on the November ballot has entered the signature-gathering phase, and petition-toting volunteers across the Show Me state are hunting for registered voters as the campaign looks for funds to help it get ove …

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California Supreme Court Could Make Game-Changing Decision on Marijuana Policy

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:27 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by McSpocky

This past week California took a giant leap forward towards fixing the confusion that currently exists in the state over medical marijuana when the California Supreme Court granted review in two controversial medical marijuana cases: Pack v.

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Crazy VS Role Models

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:45 AM EST ()

Seeded by McSpocky

This explains very well how we differentiate who we label as crazy people and who we label as role models in this country. What do you think?

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Can You Choose to be Gay?

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:50 AM EST (Discovery.com)

Seeded by McSpocky

"I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice.

science, gay, discrimination, gay-rights, lgbt-rights, chose-to-be-gay

Why Twitter's new policy is helpful for free-speech advocates

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:27 AM EST ()

Seeded by Red Wolf

My initial reaction upon a cursory reading of the announcement was also that it wasn’t too bad, given the alternatives.

technology, civil-rights, free-speech, twitter, zeynep-tufekci

Televangelist Oral Roberts' grandson launches 'gay agenda' tour

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:52 PM EST (The Houston Chronicle)

Seeded by bonos_rama

Randy Roberts Potts—whose grandfather Oral Roberts was a pioneering 20th-century televangelist and healer—is now touring the country hoping for his own kind of revival, comforting gay people like him, who have been told by their evangelical communities that they&rsq …

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UN Drafting Resolution For Assad to Step Down | Care2 Causes

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:08 PM EST ()

Seeded by WendyRuthWyatt (Clipped by BXURZ)

clip from article: UN Security Council Drafts Resolution On Friday, the United Nations Security Council moved closer to finally taking a definite stand on Syria when it discussed a draft resolution that would call for Assad to step down.

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Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:01 PM EST (Medical Cannabis: Voices from the Frontlines)

Seeded by McSpocky

The country's leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed an appeal brief today in the D.C. Circuit to compel the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical use.

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