Word: overturning
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...several states. Unfortunately, special interest groups had such an influence that the majority of people in those states voted to deny rights to a significant minority. We were strongly against Prop 8 in California and its equivalent in other states; now, we hope that these referenda will be overturned in the future, for these couples deserve the opportunity to marry. Another area in which homosexuals are continually denied rights is the United States army. This year, there was a great amount of attention paid to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. Though we supported the University making...
...April, Democrats have controlled 59 seats in the Senate. One more would give them a theoretically filibuster-proof majority - a possibility that has helped both sides raise money in recent weeks. "The stakes have never been this high," Coleman wrote in his last fundraising plea. "Our ability to overturn this flawed recount process - and preserve checks and balances against the near total control of our government by Obama and the Democrats - rests in your hands." Likewise, the liberal group MoveOn.org in April started a "Dollar a Day to Make Norm Go Away" fund. "We're just one Senator short...
...Powers teamed up in the A division in the national regatta, where they placed 10th in a contest that top-seeded Yale won. Freshman Emily Lambert skippered the B-division boat, with fellow rookie Alexandra Jumper and junior Michelle Konstadt sharing the crewing duties. But neither group could overturn the Bulldogs. “We were a little disappointed with our 10th place finish,” Powers said. “We lost by just three points earlier this season to Yale at New Englands.” For its part, the Crimson co-ed squad placed second...
Buried on page 795 of President Obama's budget, released last Thursday, is a paragraph banning the federal funding of needle-exchange programs for drug addicts - an apparent about-face on his campaign promise to overturn that longstanding ban. To the further consternation of AIDS and addiction activists, a statement of support for needle exchange was recently removed from the White House website. Is Obama reversing course...
...legalized gay marriage (the law went into effect April 27) some things haven't changed. One gay college student I know has gone back into the closet while searching for a teaching job. And public reaction has been mixed to the Iowa Supreme Court's unanimous decision to overturn a state law limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples, a decision hinged on basic fairness and constitutional equal protection. (Watch TIME's video "Gay Marriage in the Heartland...