Lawsuit brought on behalf of eight married same-sex couples MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida have filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of eight same-sex couples and SAVE, an LGBT rights organization based in South Florida, challenging the state’s refusal to[Read More…]
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WBEZ Audio: Chicago-area Nuns Weigh In On Pope’s First Anniversary
In 2012 the Vatican essentially ordered three male bishops to oversee the group representing 80 percent of American nuns, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, saying the LCWR promoted “radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.” So when a new pope came in exactly a year ago, many in[Read More…]
Don’t Wait To File Your Taxes
$524 million in refunds already paid CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. With spring around the corner, the Illinois Department of Revenue wants to remind taxpayers to file their taxes as soon as they can. More than 2.3 million taxpayers have already filed their individual income taxes and more than half of those[Read More…]
Lance Bass Appears in New Video on Winning Marriage in the South
New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Today Southerners for the Freedom to Marry released a web ad featuring Mississippi-born musician Lance Bass and his fiancé Michael Turchin about their support for marriage for same-sex couples. The ad, the second in a series, is part of a $1 million campaign to grow majority support for[Read More…]
Saturday: Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance to Speak at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco
Nadelmann to participate in panel discussion: “Rethinking the War on Drugs” SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, will speak at the World Affairs Council’s WorldAffairs 2014 conference in San Francisco on Saturday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. WorldAffairs 2014 offers fresh insights and[Read More…]
‘Weed 2: Cannabis Madness: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports’ Premiers Tuesday, March 11
Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2014. ‘Weed 2: Cannabis Madness: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports,’ premiers Tuesday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET on CNN. The documentary looks at U.S. federal laws that consider marijuana a drug with no medicinal value and serious scientists who say they’re wrong. It is the politics of[Read More…]
Watch President Obama on ‘Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. President Obama sat down between two ferns to talk health care, Bradley Cooper, and basketball with Zach Galifianakis. Watch it here now — all your friends have probably seen it already, don’t be “that guy” who hasn’t. Source: whitehouse.gov
Uganda: Anti-Homosexuality Law Challenged
Petitioners Say Law Violates Constitution, International Law Nairobi–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. A diverse group of Ugandan individuals and nongovernmental organizations filed a constitutional challenge to the Anti-Homosexuality Act on March 11, 2014. President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law on February 24. “Uganda’s constitution explicitly protects basic human rights for[Read More…]
When Disadvantage Becomes Advantage
(Photo: Supplied) Book Review By John A. Ostenburg [David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell. New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2013. $29.00] David and Goliath is the fifth book by Malcolm Gladwell that I’ve read, and once again I am not sure[Read More…]
IL Fire Marshal Reminds Residents to Change Their Smoke Alarm Batteries as Clocks are Set Forward Sunday, March 9
Sunday, March 9th: Change your Clock, Change your Batteries SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2014. As a biannual initiative to keep Illinois families safe, The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) reminds the public to change their smoke alarm batteries as clocks are set forward one hour this Sunday, March 9th,[Read More…]
