Texas is a strange place. It produces more executions (and more murders) than any other state. More of its citizens died from gunshots than highway accidents until, as Molly Ivins memorably recounts, the legislature decided to do something about that and raised the speed limits.
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Category Archives: Gay Rights
Single Issue
Now that Republicans are firmly in charge of both houses of Congress, they intend to enact laws further restricting a woman?s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
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Throwing Stones
I have been mulling several reactions to the recent Indiana Senate hearing on a constitutional amendment that would (1) prohibit same-sex marriage and (2) ensure that gay couples never, ever enjoy any of the "incidents" of matrimony.
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Separate but Equal
The recent announcement that the New York school system intends to open the Harvey Milk School?a separate high school for gay teens?raised some troubling issues.
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CommentsThrowing Stones
What I heard in the Senate chamber was not reasoned debate over the proper role of the state. What I heard was fear. If we can just keep ‘them’ in their place, the world will return to the way (I’m told) it used to be. People will be moral, children will obey their parents, and everything will make sense again.
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