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btw - saw this guy live in Gnashville Sunday
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On Mar 22, 9:41 am, GregfromBoston <greg.vinc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It wasn't the "right wing" that came within 2 votes of changing the
> Massachusetts constitution and overturn the Court's ruling in favor of gay
> marriage
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> On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:54:26 PM UTC-4, Tommy News wrote:
> > Use "marriage equality," not "gay marriage"
> > There is no such thing as "gay" marriage any more than there is a
> > "gay" driver's license, a "gay" birth certificate, a "gay" death
> > certificate ("Gay marriage" or "marriage equality"?: New polling shows
> > semantics make a difference, but LGBT media not in agreement over best
> > phrase," January 2012,
> >http://www.presspassq.com/detail.cfm?id=124#feature).
>
> > The marriage license is one handed out by the state. No church or
> > synagogue can actually give you this license. The state must do it
> > and, therefore, marriage is a civil license. Fighting for marriage
> > equality is fighting for a civil right.
>
> > The right wing coined the expression "gay marriage" to convince people
> > that we were fighting for a "special" right. We weren't. We were
> > fighting for a right that already existed.
>
> > So why should we use the terminology of the right wing – "gay
> > marriage" – when in fact, we are fighting for marriage equality, the
> > correct term.
>
> > Robin Tyler
> > Plaintiff, California Marriage Equality Case
> > Tyler v State of California
> > Los Angeles
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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the racist left wishes he was white
On Mar 22, 9:30 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 20 Things You Need to Know About the Tragic Killing of Trayvon Martin
> The Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced
> they were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the
> shooting -- will there be justice?
> March 20, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ?
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> On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named
> Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter
> was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man. Zimmerman admits killing
> Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Florida's "Stand
> Your Ground" law, passed in 2005, allows people to use deadly force if
> they believe they're in imminent danger. Three weeks after Martin's
> death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free.
>
> FBI tells ABC News they are monitoring the Trayvon Martin
> investigation and have been in touch with local authorities. Late
> Monday, March 20, after a letter from the NAACP, the United States
> Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced they
> were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the shooting
> death of Trayvon Martin. The Florida state attorney has sent the
> Trayvon Martin case to a grand jury. The Seminole County grand jury
> will be called to session on Tuesday, April 10.
>
> Here's everything you need to know about the case:
>
> 1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin's "suspicious"
> behavior, which he described as "just walking around looking about."
> Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He
> called the police and said: "There's a real suspicious guy. This guy
> looks like he's up to no good, on drugs or something. It's raining and
> he's just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get
> away" [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> 2. Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the
> police dispatcher:
>
> Dispatcher: "Are you following him?"
> Zimmerman: "Yeah"
> Dispatcher: "OK, we don't need you to do that."
>
> [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> 3. Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman's father released
> a statement claiming "[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr.
> Martin." [Sun Sentinel]
>
> 4. Zimmerman was carrying a a Kel Tel 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was
> carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News]
>
> 5. Martin weighed 140 pounds. Zimmerman weighs 250 pounds. [Orlando
> Sentinel; WDBO]
>
> 6. Martin's English teacher described him as "as an A and B student
> who majored in cheerfulness." [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> 7. Martin had no criminal record. [New York Times]
>
> 8. Zimmerman "was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with
> violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been
> dropped." [Huffington Post]
>
> 9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Herald]
>
> 10. According to neighbors, Zimmerman was "fixated on crime and
> focused on young, black males." [Miami Herald]
>
> 11. Zimmerman "had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his
> gated community for aggressive tactics" [Huffington Post]
>
> 12. A police officer "corrected" a key witness. "The officer told the
> witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help,
> said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed
> that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager
> shout for help." [ABC News]
>
> 13. Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot
> was fired. "Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw
> or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager's
> killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a
> despondent boy." [Miami Herald]
>
> 14. The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism
> in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant's son who was
> videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times]
>
> 15. The police did not test Zimmerman for drugs or alcohol. A law
> enforcement expert told ABC that Zimmerman sounds intoxicated on the
> 911 tapes. Drug and alcohol testing is "standard procedure in most
> homicide investigations." [ABC News]
>
> 16. In a cell phone call moments before his death, Martin told a
> teenage girl that he was "hounded by a strange man on a cellphone who
> ran after him, cornered him and confronted him." "'He said this man
> was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man,'
> Martin's friend said. 'I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was
> going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to
> run.' Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he'd
> managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering
> Martin. 'Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man
> said, 'What are you doing here.'" [ABC News]
>
> 17. Zimmerman told the police "he had stepped out of his truck to
> check the name of the street he was on when Trayvon attacked him from
> behind as he walked back to his truck." "He said he feared for his
> life and fired the semiautomatic handgun he was licensed to carry
> because he feared for his life." [Miami Herald]
>
> 18. Zimmerman was not a member of a registered Neighborhood Watch
> group. Zimmerman also violated basic Neighborhood Watch guidelines by
> carrying a weapon. [ABC News]
>
> 19. Sanford police chief Bill Lee planned to wrap up the case last
> Monday without bringing any charges, because, he said, "there is no
> evidence to dispute the shooter's claim of self-defense," which is a
> sufficient claim under the "Stand Your Ground" law. [Miami Herald]
>
> 20. In the first five years "Stand Your Ground" was in effect,
> justifiable homicides tripled, and the law was a factor in at least 93
> cases involving 65 deaths. An investigation of cases from the law's
> passage in 2005 to 2010 found that charges were dropped or dismissed
> for 57 people, and 7 others were acquitted. [Tampa Bay Times]
>
> A petition created by Trayvon's parents to investigate his killing has
> been signed by over 500,000 people.
>
> More:http://www.alternet.org/story/154624/20_things_you_need_to_know_about...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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Use "marriage equality," not "gay marriage"--
There is no such thing as "gay" marriage any more than there is a
"gay" driver's license, a "gay" birth certificate, a "gay" death
certificate ("Gay marriage" or "marriage equality"?: New polling shows
semantics make a difference, but LGBT media not in agreement over best
phrase," January 2012,
http://www.presspassq.com/detail.cfm?id=124#feature ).The marriage license is one handed out by the state. No church or
synagogue can actually give you this license. The state must do it
and, therefore, marriage is a civil license. Fighting for marriage
equality is fighting for a civil right.The right wing coined the expression "gay marriage" to convince people
that we were fighting for a "special" right. We weren't. We were
fighting for a right that already existed.So why should we use the terminology of the right wing – "gay
marriage" – when in fact, we are fighting for marriage equality, the
correct term.Robin Tyler
Plaintiff, California Marriage Equality Case
Tyler v State of California
Los Angeles
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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy--
Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy
VICTORY! Repeal of Marriage Equality DEFEATED in New Hampshire--
Marriage Equality Repeal DEFEATED in New HampshireMarriage Equality USA Volunteers staffed over 50 phone banks;
Called over 10,000 residentsToday was a great day!
By a vote of 211 to 116, the New Hampshire state Assembly DEFEATED a
bill that would have repealed marriage equality in the Granite State.
A huge thank you to all of our volunteers and supporters! Whether you
donated $25 to fund our efforts or staffed one of our four weekly
phone banks, it is because of you that we have achieved this victory.
In addition, none our success is ever achieved alone and so we give
huge congratulations to the work of all our partners in the Standing
Up for New Hampshire Families Coalition - we are excited to have been
able to work together on this.
While we congratulate and celebrate today, Marriage Equality continues
to gear up for the upcoming fights across the country. We will
continue to reach out to engage in states from coast to coast where
our opponents are trying to pass legislation, ballot measures and
constitutional amendments to deny our families the equal protection
they deserve.
With your support we will continue successes like this and I thank you
in advance for your commitment today to help our nationwide efforts.Let's keep the momentum growing and celebrate with our friends and
family in New Hampshire!
In Solidarity,Brian Silva
Executive Director
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