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...them haven't changed. Gay and faggot are widespread terms of abuse. Famous actors and singers won't declare their sexual orientation out of concern that their careers would be kaput. There are camps with regimens to "cure" kids of gayness. John Briggs and his national counterpart, Anita Bryant, aren't spearheading the outspoken antagonism to gay civil rights, but the Mormon Church is. It poured $20 million into promoting Proposition 8, this year's California initiative to outlaw gay marriage. Fear lost...
...policy issues, Jones, Gates and Clinton aren't significantly more hawkish than Obama. What they are is more hawkish symbolically. Gates is a Republican; Jones is a Marine general who once worked for John McCain; Clinton, as Senator from New York, has gained credibility with hawkish pro-Israel groups. In other words, what distinguishes Gates, Jones and Clinton isn't their desire to shift Obama's policies to the right; it's their ability to persuade the right to give Obama's policies a chance...
This outlet, though, may be in danger. Cuba is restless; increasingly, just a flick of the hips and a ready melody aren't enough. And under the surface, Cuba is already changing--it's closer than ever to the U.S. but also closer than ever to losing its cultural patrimony. President-elect Barack Obama is hoping that small moves will help open up Cuba from the inside. During the campaign, he stopped short of calling for an end to the embargo but pledged to make it easier for Cuban Americans to travel and send money to Cuba...
...People with AIDS aren't animals. We have to respect their rights.' TAHI GANYANG BUTARBUTAR, an Indonesian activist, saying such a bill would violate privacy rights...
...ever been, but it's been a very rocky road. Think about being in a prison setting for seven years. For the first three, you're denied access to almost anybody besides the Red Cross and interrogators and finally lawyers get there in 2004. And yet the lawyers aren't able to do anything effectively for you until four years later. It's a long time to wait...