Plans for a system that would require tagging or implanting all farm animals with radio frequency devices and registering those[…]
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Senate to Vote on So-Called 'Marriage Protection Amendment' Prior to to Fall Elections
On February 10th, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced that he would bring the already failed proposal to write discrimination[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense Praises Evangelical Leaders' Stand on Global Warming
Here is a comment by Environmental Defense President Fred Krupp on the February 9th announcement by a group of evangelical[…]
Read moreMO Judge Sides with Child Welfare Experts, Granting Lesbian Couple
On February 17th, A Missouri Circuit Court ruled that in the case of Lisa Johnston v. Missouri Department of Social[…]
Read moreWestchester Board of Legislators Votes for Cleaner Air
The Healthy Air Task Force, applauds the County Board's unanimous vote in favor of a bill that will reduce diesel[…]
Read morePresident's Budget Presents Mixed Bag on HIV/AIDS
President Bush's budget proposal released on February 6th presents a mixed bag on HIV/AIDS with modest funding increases in care[…]
Read moreCongress Enacts Cruel Budget Bill and Places Our Most Vulnerable Citizens at Risk
National Urban League President Marc H. Morial stated that House passage of the FY2006 Budget Reconciliation bill by a narrow[…]
Read moreAnti-Gay Hate Crime in Massachusetts is Enraging Reminder of Need to Pass Law
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement in the wake of a violent anti-gay hate crime in[…]
Read moreCivil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Gonzales on Civil Rights Issues of Importance to All Americans
On February 8, a diverse group of prominent civil rights leaders met with U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to discuss[…]
Read moreClosing Down the Safari Swindle
The U.S. Congress is on the verge of closing a tax loophole that has allowed trophy hunters to take big[…]
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