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Lady Gaga: A Political Tsunami, Waiting to Hit
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyLady Gaga is a political force. Don't laugh. Just consider her activism this year. She has taken on several political hot potatoes – the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, Arizona's immigration law, California's same-sex marriage ban, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." For all of Lady Gaga's outrageous costumes and catchy dance tunes, the 24-year-old singer, known as Mama Monster to her fans, has alerted the Millennial generation to issues that otherwise may have gone under their radar screens. With a social media network larger than any politician's, including President Barack Obama's or ...
Critics of Prop 8 Ruling Make Judge's Sexual Orientation an Issue
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- Critics of "activist judges," start your engines! A developing subplot to Wednesday's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that overturned California's Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage, is that Walker is himself reported to be gay. During the case, articles in publications ranging from the San Francisco Chronicle to the conservative website World Net Daily raised the issue of how Walker's sexuality would, or would not, affect his decision. After Wednesday's outcome, the topic bubbled up again. An editorial on the website My Auburn California ...
Prop. 8 Overturned: Twitter Explodes!
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- In the moments after Judge Vaughn Walker announced his ruling that deemed California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, the social networking site Twitter lit up with messages reflecting the verdict's lightning-rod status. Less than an hour after the decision was released, the topic was easily the most popular on the site. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wasted little time in voicing his support: .bbpBox20332112409 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1280356346/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #172883;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px ...
Proposition 8 Ruling is a Catch 88
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailySee what I did there? It's like a Catch 22, only 4 times as bad. Worse, really, but 88 went well with the rest of the headline. In rendering its decision to uphold Proposition 8, the California Supreme Court ignored not only their own precedent but their reason for existing. Upon advice of counsel, I decided to bite the bullet and try to wade through the 136-page Prop 8 decision to find out where the whole thing went wrong. After doing so, I can only conclude than that the court wrote their decision to fit a pre-ordained outcome. That outcome was best described by Below the Beltway's Doug ...
Did Proposition 8 Court Read Right-Wing Blogs?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyA slew of conservative blogs have been attacking Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee for the US Supreme Court, for a statement that she made in 2005:Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative group that focuses on judicial nominees, made reference to the quote in a statement this morning condemning Sotomayor's nomination, alleging that Sotomayor "thinks that judges should dictate policy." Conservative bloggers have focused on it as well: The Weekly Standard, Townhall.com, and NewsBusters have all featured posts on the comment this morning.Ed Rawls at Cubic Politics notices a striking ...
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