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3-6-2009 10:11 PM
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(CALIFORNIA) Day of Decision on Proposition 8
California's battle over same-sex marriage went before the state's highest court, with civil rights lawyers seeking to overturn a voter-approved ban on gay weddings.

Hundreds of supporters and opponents gathered outside the Supreme Court in San Francisco for the hearing, which came 10 months after the court legalized gay marriage in a landmark ruling last May.

That ruling was cast into doubt last November when voters passed a change to California's constitution that redefined marriage in the state as a union between a man and a woman.

Supporters of same-sex marriage are seeking to have the results of the referendum, known as Proposition 8, quashed on the grounds that minority rights should not be vulnerable to a simple majority vote.

The stakes in California are high – a good decision would help fortify the LGBT community against what could be some very difficult years of economic strain and scapegoating. A bad decision woul
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3-6-2009 10:40 PM
chara

Guyana: Stop Dress Code Arrests
Repeal Discriminatory Laws
March 5, 2009
“Police are using archaic laws to violate basic freedoms, this is a campaign meant to drive people off the streets simply because they dress or act in ways that transgress gender norms.”
Scott Long, Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch

(Georgetown) - Guyana should halt arrests and police abuse of transgender people and repeal a repressive law that criminalizes wearing clothes considered appropriate only for the opposite sex, six human rights organizations said today in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo.

The letter was signed by the Caribbean Forum fo...
3-7-2009 2:49 PM
ratcatcher2
Great great clip.
Boy, but they have 'balls'.
3-7-2009 8:03 PM
chara
7.) 92 percent of women close their eyes when kissing. Half of men, on the other hand, want to see who they are kissing. (Brigitte)

8.)Straight men's favourite sexual act: getting a blowjob. (Association for Research)

9.) And for woman: cunnilingus. The 'lingus' in cunnilingus, by the way, derives from 'lingua', which is Latin (and also Italian) for 'tongue'. (Association for Research)
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