According to AMERICAblog, Barack Obama’s legal team — likely on instructions from the White House — filed a motion to dismiss a legal challenge to the “Defense” of “Marriage” Act (DOMA). The full-length, fifty-four page rape of the Constitution and queer constituents can be found here. Among some of the claims the team makes are:
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According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Congress (admittedly, a while ago) reauthorized the Higher Education Act with a (non-legally binding, unfortunately) amendment:
‘(2) It is the sense of Congress that–
‘(A) the diversity of institutions and educational missions is one of the key strengths of American higher education;
‘(B) individual institutions of higher education have [...]

I just want to share a link that could either help you or distract you from your studying—for me it’s done both. I stumbled on AAAARG (after some investigation, I still have no idea what that stands for, if anything) when I was looking for a particular interview with Michel Foucault in the defunct French [...]

According to this article rates of extreme depression have risen in each generation since 1915. The Centers for Disease Control and Protection have released a report which states that suicide rates amongst young girls (ages 10-14) have risen 76%. The report goes on to state that between 2003 and 2004, suicide rates for all youth [...]

In contemporary American, marriage has become a way in which the state recognizes an emotional and economic commitment of two people to each other for life. No law requires children to consummate it. And within that definition, there is no civil way it can logically be denied homosexuals, except as a pure gesture of public [...]

You wake up in the morning and, after hitting the snooze button a few times, eventually make it over to your PC (I know most of you have Macs, but I’m in denial) and check your list of social networking sites. Most likely it will start with Facebook, lead into Twitter and Flickr, maybe [...]