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Another perennial issue for the HRC is increasing the presence of the Reserve Officer Training Corps on campus, which Harvard has opposed because of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bans openly-gay individuals from serving in the military...
...handful of other states considered constitutional amendments relevant to current political dialogue. Colorado voted on an amendment that would protect life from the moment of fertilization, as well as one that would ban affirmative action (both failed). California rejected an amendment proposing abortion limits but passed one banning gay marriage. Florida and Arizona, likewise, constitutionally banned gay marriage. Nebraska passed a constitutional ban on affirmative action, and Michigan approved an amendment allowing stem cell research. Arkansas, with a 57 percent majority, made it constitutionally illegal for a gay couple to adopt children. Regardless of your personal beliefs on these issues...
...There's an opening for Republicans, though, he said, if they focus on issues with which they have a common purpose - like taxes, trade and national security - and don't get bogged down on issues like gay marriage...
First-time voter and Obama supporter Nate Gay woke up at 5 a.m. so he could be among the first to vote at his local polling station in Warrenton, Va. In a 10-minute video that the college student had posted to his profile by noon, he documents his pre-dawn drive to a nearby elementary school and explains why he chose a paper ballot over the computerized touchscreen (he didn't trust the high-tech option). By the time he drove away, a few minutes after 6 a.m. - the polling site's opening time - a line of voters...
...President will be an easy one for most Californians - polls in California show Obama leading here 56.3% to 36.6% - chances are, a number of voters are shuffling through some paperwork tonight trying to get a bead on the 12 propositions that will be on the state's ballot. From gay marriage to farm animals' quarters to the state's energy policy, voters have a lot of decisions to make. Proposition 2 - whose opponents and proponents have raised millions in their fights - would require roomier confinements for farm animals, mainly chickens. Animal rights groups are adamant these changes be made...