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Embryonic Stem Cell Ban: Does It Matter?
By David Gibson
Monday's injunction by a federal appeals court judge against taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research prompted reactions of glee and alarm of the kind always associated with this divisive topic -- though with those emotions amplified by the intensity of this election season. Pro-life ...
Election 2010: Polling Place Location, Type of Facility, May Affect Voter Behavior
By Tom Diemer
It's just one of those things -- a piece of Americana -- that most Americans take for granted. But where you cast a ballot -- the proximity to your home or work place, the type of facility -- may affect your behavior as a voter, Miller-McCune magazine says. Ever wonder what the real reason is when ...
California Attorney General Jerry Brown Asks Judge to Resume Gay Marriages
By Christopher Weber
Two days after a federal judge struck down California's ban on gay marriage, state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown is asking him to allow same-sex unions to resume immediately. Brown told U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker that his decision Wednesday to overturn Proposition 8 is likely to be upheld by ...
Prop 8: California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
By Politics Daily Staff
A federal judge in California has struck down that state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying Proposition 8, passed by voters two years ago, is unconstitutional. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's decision on Prop 8 is hardly the final word in the matter. Both sides had said they would ...
'Just Say Now': Marijuana Advocates Launch National Legalization Campaign
By Christopher Weber
A left-right coalition of bloggers, students, musicians, prosecutors, judges, cops and politicos launched a national campaign Tuesday to legalize marijuana, and specifically to get the issue on the ballot in a number of states this year and in 2012. The "Just Say Now" campaign (the name of which ...
'Personhood' Abortion Issue Is Back on the Colorado Ballot
By Sandra Fish
DENVER -- Twenty-three college students pace along the sidewalk, reciting the rosary, holding their beads. Completing their prayers, they head across the street to their cars. It's just another day in their mission with Christ in the City, sponsored by Denver's Catholic Charities. It's also just ...
Special Interests Beware: Californians Fight Back on Prop. 14, Other Measures
By Lou Cannon
SUMMERLAND, California -- California's dependence on the initiative process has often been criticized as an impediment to good government, but Californians showed at the polls this week that they have the ability to ignore one-sided political ad campaigns and stand up to special interests. The most ...
California to Institute Open Primaries in Win for Schwarzenegger
By Tom Diemer
Expect the unexpected in California politics. On Tuesday, voters took a step away from bitter partisan primaries, deciding to hold "open primaries" in the future, wherein the top two finishers -- regardless of party affiliation -- would face off in November elections. Under the "top two" system, ...
Women Win Big in Races for Senate, Governor
By Christopher Weber
From South Carolina to California on Tuesday, women candidates won high-profile congressional and gubernatorial primary races that will help shape the November election ballot. Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas gave hope to incumbents and the political establishment, winning a runoff against ...
Islamic Law in Oklahoma? Vote to Bar Sharia May Be on Fall Ballot
By David Gibson
Oklahoma sure doesn't seem like the kind of place where the Islamic law code known as Sharia might take over. With just 30,000 Muslims out a population of nearly 3.7 million, and a whole wheat, corn-fed reputation that inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma is about as far from Saudi ...
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