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Celtic Woman One World

2008-11-22T01:10:31Z

The Angelic voice of the ladies who are Celtic Woman singing One World I dedicate this video to the one voice in My world that makes any sense. the most beautiful human being I know, the light in my darkness isminx

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Sam Harris: Proposition 8, After the Aftermath of Injustice. Obama-Biden Plan.

2008-11-22T14:54:06Z

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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

President Barack Obama and
Vice President Joe Biden
Support for the LGBT Community

"While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect."
-- Barack Obama, June 1, 2007

The Obama-Biden Plan

► Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: In 2004, crimes against LGBT Americans constituted the third-highest category of hate crime reported and made up more than 15 percent of such crimes. Barack Obama cosponsored legislation that would expand federal jurisdiction to include violent hate crimes perpetrated because of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical disability. As a state senator, Obama passed tough legislation that made hate crimes and conspiracy to commit them against the law.

► Fight Workplace Discrimination: Barack Obama supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. While an increasing number of employers have extended benefits to their employees' domestic partners, discrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace occurs with no federal legal remedy. Obama also sponsored legislation in the Illinois State Senate that would ban employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

► Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples: Barack Obama supports full civil unions that give same-sex couples legal rights and privileges equal to those of married couples. Obama also believes we need to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally-recognized unions. These rights and benefits include the right to assist a loved one in times of emergency, the right to equal health insurance and other employment benefits, and property rights.

► Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage: Barack Obama voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2006 which would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman and prevented judicial extension of marriage-like rights to same-sex or other unmarried couples.

► Repeal Don't Ask-Don't Tell: Barack Obama agrees with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Shalikashvili and other military experts that we need to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The key test for military service should be patriotism, a sense of duty, and a willingness to serve. Discrimination should be prohibited. The U.S. government has spent millions of dollars replacing troops kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation. Additionally, more than 300 language experts have been fired under this policy, including more than 50 who are fluent in Arabic. Obama will work with military leaders to repeal the current policy and ensure it helps accomplish our national defense goals.

► Expand Adoption Rights: Barack Obama believes that we must ensure adoption rights for all couples and individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation. He thinks that a child will benefit from a healthy and loving home, whether the parents are gay or not.

► Promote AIDS Prevention: In the first year of his presidency, Barack Obama will develop and begin to implement a comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy that includes all federal agencies. The strategy will be designed to reduce HIV infections, increase access to care and reduce HIV-related health disparities. Obama will support common sense approaches including age-appropriate sex education that includes information about contraception, combating infection within our prison population through education and contraception, and distributing contraceptives through our public health system. Obama also supports lifting the federal ban on needle exchange, which could dramatically reduce rates of infection among drug users. Obama has also been willing to confront the stigma -- too often tied to homophobia -- that continues to surround HIV/AIDS. He will continue to speak out on this issue as president.

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Daily Show Mocks Gay Marriage Ban or Chickens?

2008-11-10T16:59:36Z

When California voters eliminated the right of same sex couples to get married last week, it led to an immediate legal challenge from the ACLU of Northern California and some ironic commentary from Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, both of which I discuss in this video.

You can find the entire Daily Show segment from which I took a short clip for my video at www.thedailyshow.com

You can find the entire speech James Madison gave when he proposed the amendments that became the Bill of Rights at www.jmu.edu

The picture of the James Madison is a flickr photo available under a creative commons license as indictated on the page with the photo at www.flickr.com

In compliance with that creative commons license, this video may be distributed in accordance with the creative commons license described at creativecommons.org

And, finally, you can read the full text legal challenge to the recently passed California Constitutional amendment eliminating the right of same sex couples to get married at www.aclunc.org

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California bans same sex marriage

2008-11-22T14:54:39Z

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Sam Harris: Proposition 8 and The Aftermath of Injustice.

2008-11-22T14:54:07Z

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They keep telling us that since it's a matter of human rights and there are still 2-3 million votes note counted - we should wait. Meanwhile, the YES people are dancing in the streets - rejoicing their PREJUDICE!!!

Yet even if we manage to squeak out a last minute victory (which seems at this point a tenuous hope at best) I know that in "liberal" Los Angeles county where I live, the vote was split 50% - 50%. As I write this it seems that there were only 20,806 more votes for Prop 8 than against.

So as I walk around today, one out of every two people I see DO NOT want me to have equal rights. They see me as inferior, because I'm gay. And that is so hurtful, and it makes me unbelievably mad. It makes me want to scream at them. Makes me want to try to hurt every one of the over 5,160,000 California voters for Prop 8 in a way that makes them understand how they've made me feel. How much they failed in their attempt to belittle, to marginalize, to shame me and my love.

But my challenge - my true challenge of character - is that the OTHER one of those two people DO want me to have equal rights. They DO value me as a human being, and they DO believe that our country really does stand for "Liberty and Justice For ALL" and that "All" includes Gay Americans like me. I want to hug them. All 4,760,000 plus of them.

And as I walk around, I have no idea who is who.

So I have a choice. Succumb to the tidal wave of bitterness that threatens to overwhelm me? See the glass as half empty, see everyone as a potential Nazi Gay-hating jerk?

Or see the good? Believe the glass is half-full? Take heart at the progress Gay Americans have made in such a relatively short time, compared to the slow progress of public opinion in "approving" interracial marriage?

It is confusing and emotional. And it has totally ruined my Obama day. The black community voted 75% FOR 8. shocking. it wasnt' so long ago they didn't have rights. I don't understand. Why would anyone not want Cooper to be equal?

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What Would Aristotle Say About Gay Marriage?

2008-11-22T14:56:25Z

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Harvard University Professor of Government Michael Sandel explains classical Aristotelian notions of "justice," by examining them in the context of the modern issue of same-sex marriage.

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Harvard professor Michael Sandel gives a lecture condensed from his popular university class Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning.

In it, he analyzes the meaning of justice in the modern world. - 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival

Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980. He is the author of Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (Cambridge University Press, 1982, 2nd edition, 1997; translated into eight foreign languages), Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 1996), Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics (Harvard University Press, 2005), and The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Harvard University Press, 2007). His writings also appear in general publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The New York Times.

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BIG NEWS for Sam Harris -- Lawfully Wedded whaaaaa????

2008-11-22T14:54:07Z

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Sam makes a big announcement. Do you hear the bells? Wedding, that is? Danny and Sam tie the knot after 14 years. Sam talks about his efforts to get people to vote "NO" on California's Proposition 8, which would take away equal rights for same sex couples. and encourages all to VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

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Sarah Palin: Rally 10/06/08

2008-10-31T12:57:39Z

Sarah Palin
Rally
Clearwater, FL 10/06/08

TRANSCRIPT:
SARAH PALIN: So, to meet Americas great energy challenge, were going to need an all-of-the-above approach. And that, in a McCain/Palin administration will mean developing new, alternative energy sources and it will mean requiring to build more nuclear power plants. And, in Florida, it means alternative sources of energy like wind and solar [cheers] god has so richly blessed you here. [cheers Yes! Look at these sources of energy, here in Florida, that are still sitting untapped. And wel tap into them. Along with an environmentally friendly offshore production. We do need to drill here and drill now. And no you cant chant the drill baby, drill. Yes! [cheering and chants of Drill Baby, Drill!]

LABEL: SP FL 10-6 (EW#18) ACRSG - clipB

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Morphing McCain: Two Of A Kind

2008-10-28T17:14:31Z

John McCain & Sarah Palin morph into and out of George Bush and Dick Cheney, respectively. The back and forth between Cheney and Palin in particular, is... disturbing;)

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Is Gay Marriage A Two-Sided Issue?

2008-10-23T11:40:28Z

When I attended a rally against California's anti-gay marriage initiative, Proposition 8, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Sacramento this week, the local media covered little of what I saw, instead focusing on two-sided controversies that did not get to the heart of the issue.

You can see video of the full October 21, 2008, No on 8 rally at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Sacramento at www.youtube.com

Speakers/Sponsors at that rally included:

Kathleen Montgomery of PFLAG (Emcee)
Mayor Heather Fargo
Carey Park, Sacramento firefighter
California Nurses Association
California Teachers Association
AFSCME
SEUI-UHW
The Very Reverend Brian Baker, Dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Freddie Oakley, Registrar/County Clerk, Yolo County
Stuart Eldridge, Representative of Kevin Johnson
ACLU of Northern California

You can see some further examples of the media artificially covering the rally as a two-sided controversy at www.kcra.com

And at cbs13.com

Finally, you can get more information about the No on 8 campaign at www.noonprop8.com

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Bradley Whitford for Wisconsin Voting

2008-10-26T16:50:58Z

Voting in Wisconsin is very easy. Go to WI.BarackObama.com for all the information.

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Gen. Colin Powell: We cannot afford more of the same Bush policies

2008-10-21T08:50:52Z

Gen. Colin Powell on MTP, referring to John McCain, says we cannot have a President with more of the same policies as George Bush.

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Sarah Palin: Religion in Politics

2008-11-22T14:24:49Z

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In this, the second of four videos by the Wasilla Project, we are covering Sarah Palin's background as a social conservative, and how she has used her religious affiliation to advance her political career.

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Gay Marriage vs Civil Unions - Therese Stewart

2008-11-06T16:55:38Z

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San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart explains why many gay rights advocates continue to press for full marriage status, rather than settling for "civil union" compromises.

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Proposition 8 would change the California State Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.

In this emotion-laden issue, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are grappling with whether amending the constitution to strip rights from some Californians is wise policy.

What is the impact on families and society as a whole? - The Commonwealth Club of California

Therese M. Stewart is the Chief Deputy City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. She has argued the case for same sex marriage rights before the California Supreme Court.

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Job Loss: The Price of More of the Same

2008-11-01T03:29:48Z

The American economy had its 9th straight month of job loss in 2008. Can we afford 4 more years of failed Bush economic policies?

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John McCain: I've always aspired to be a dictator

2008-10-16T00:49:01Z

During an interview with the Des Moines Register on September 30, 2008, John McCain states that he 'has always aspired to be a dictator.'

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"Same Path" Ad

2008-10-31T21:29:54Z

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Political Insanity: Voting for McCain

2008-11-22T14:33:15Z

Insanity: Voting for the same thing and expecting different results.

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McCain and his Lipstick Campaign

2008-11-22T16:20:15Z

This time the distractions are not going to work because the American People are getting smarter.....

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John McCain & George Bush: A Forbidden Love

2008-11-14T10:19:36Z

As John McCain pretends like he's never even heard of George Bush before, let's not forget the true nature of the relationship between these two men. A trip down memory lane to the tune of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You."

If you like this video, help counter the McCain/Palin lies by throwing a few bucks at my personal fundraising page for Obama: my.barackobama.com

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