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Controversy manufactured over school board LGBT policy
For the last four years, the Orange County school district's anti-bullying policy has specifically protected boys who dress like girls or vice versa. Hardly anyone cared enough to take notice, much less make a big stink about it. And for the last...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, Students, Social Issues
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Pennsylvania would not let Oliver Wendell Holmes be a judge
As horrifying as the thought of another 10-year term for Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ron Castille might be, there is merit in a new lawsuit by six judges hoping to change the state's requirement for them to retire after they hit the ripe old age of 70....Tags: Political Corruption, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bigotry `n Dat
Staying away from this topic was always one of my goals, but sometimes it’s just not possible. Maybe it was because I grew up as a musician and race, sex, color or creed didn't matter. Maybe it was because I was exposed to prejudice in such great...Tags: Santa Claus (fictional character), Racism, Elections, Politics, Michelin Group
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Voting to give more money to millionaires
As I drove by the old Playhouse cinema on 25th Street in Baltimore the other day, I thought of the hapless fellow I encountered on the screen there in the 1970s — Nino, the lead character in "Bread and Chocolate," a comedy about a poor Italian...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Prince George's County, Class Conflict, Maryland General Assembly, Personal Income
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A Christian magazine helps put anti-Muslim bigotry in perspective
Just as Lehigh Valley educator and Muslim leader Mohamed Bugaighis prepared to board a plane to Libya, a Christian magazine offered some fascinating insights into some of the conflicts that keep much of the Islamic world racked with strife. I discussed...
Tags: Christianity, Separation of Church and State, Saudi Arabia, Religious Conflicts, Vatican City
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After Romney's birth certificate joke, Dems play the race card
Huzzah, America, our centuries-old struggle with racism and bigotry may be coming to an end. This news was confirmed by none other than Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of sociology and the author of 18 books on race, racism, racial history, black culture...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Racism, Medicare, Government Health Care, Politics
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Speak up if you were a victim of Wells Fargo mortgage discrimination
Local homeowners may be able to cash in on last week's mortgage discrimination settlement with Wells Fargo. The bank was accused of steering black and Latino borrowers into subprime mortgages or charging them higher fees and interest rates than white...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Realty, Financial and Business Services, Minority Groups, Loans
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Chick-fil-A president crossed a danger line
Despite decades if not centuries of bitter experience, business leaders apparently haven't absorbed the lesson that it's best to let your products speak for themselves and keep your big mouth shut. The latest executive to learn this the hard way is...Tags: Sarah Palin, Minority Groups, Entertainment, Radio, Gays and Lesbians
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Words with negative power
In its never-ending effort to avoid misleading language in news coverage, The Associated Press Stylebook has decided to declare Islamophobia, homophobia and presumably other non-clinical uses of the word "phobia" to be a new taboo. What's the problem?...
Tags: Homophobia, Fox News Channel (tv network), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Manhattan (New York City), POLITICO LLC
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Transgender people lead us to progress on equal rights
Transgender people took a quantum leap forward in the past few weeks. And if history repeats itself, gays and lesbians will have our gender-bending allies to thank, again, for advancing a grand initiative to secure equal rights and protection under the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Minority Groups, Sex Crimes, Career and Workplace, Gays and Lesbians
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`Squeezy' campaign needs a Crafty next act
First came "Squeezy the Pension Python," Gov. Pat Quinn's effort to draw attention to the severity of the problem of underfunded retirement obligations to public employees. Squeezy, introduced at a Nov. 18 news conference, was mocked for being...
Tags: Homophobia, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Salman Khan, Interior Policy
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Mitt's Mormon marriage march
History will remember Mitt Romney's attempt to oust Barack Obama as President of the United States as the tipping point of the marriage equality movement. Some will credit Joe Biden's "blunder" or Barack Obama's assertion that "gay couples should be able...Tags: Christianity, Gays and Lesbians, Lake Worth, Family, Belief and Faith
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