Posts Tagged Indiana legislature
The Bullies’ Pulpit
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Gay Rights, Uncategorized on March 17th, 2012
A few statistics: 9 out of 10 LGBT students experience harassment at school, and LGBT teens are bullied 2 to 3 times as much as straight teens. More than 1/3 of LGBT kids have attempted suicide. LGBT kids are 4 times as likely to attempt suicide than are their straight peers. For every lesbian, gay, and [...]
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The Indiana Legislature in Action
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on March 7th, 2012
When a Facebook friend posted yesterday that the Indiana House had voted 78-2 to declare the Grouseland the state’s official rifle, I was sure he was joking. Apparently, he wasn’t. According to news reports, the House vote followed a similar wide approval (48-2) by the Senate. If Gov. Daniels signs it, Indiana will have the [...]
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Those Hits Keep Coming….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on February 23rd, 2012
Ummn…how much longer must we endure this “short” legislative session? And why are Indiana lawmakers so spooked by gay people? This week alone, we’ve heard how the Girl Scouts are “really” in the business of producing commie feminist lesbians. Yesterday (while even Brian Bosma was roaming the Statehouse halls passing out Girl Scout cookies and [...]
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Our Despicable State Legislature
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on January 26th, 2012
What can anyone say about Indiana’s legislature that adequately captures the perversity, the stupidity and the venality of the place? It is hard to believe the sheer amount of embarrassing antics they have managed to cram into a short session. From the patently unconstitutional (teaching creationism, really? Every court that has ever considered the matter has [...]
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Legislative Whack-A-Mole
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Education / Youth on December 30th, 2011
As I noted in yesterday’s post, our intrepid legislators are hard at work making fools of themselves on the taxpayers’ dime. There’s the effort to ban the non-existent use of Sharia law by the state’s judiciary, a bill prescribing how school children must sing the Star Spangled Banner (no, I am not making that up–and I’m [...]
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