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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Governor rejects ALEC Template Bills
What is ALEC?
ALEC is the organization that is pushing legislation through states all over the country. Most recently in MN many of the major constitutional amendments (check out more here) proposed have been ALEC written or are based on ALEC prewritten legislation.
I think we can all agree that we don't need corporations running our state.
Some good links from the Spirit of Truth community
A few weeks back one of our members asked me to keep an eye on this page
I wish I had because I might have seen this awesomeness
Check out more good work here Catholics for Marriage Equality
I also highly suggest this website which was brought to my attention by the same member.
It is at times very educational, at other times extremely moving.
Some good activity over at the Spirit of Truth Facebook Page
remember to "like" "share" and "comment" to get things circulating.
remember to "like" "share" and "comment" to get things circulating.
Marriage Equality Meeting at 10:00 AM this Sunday at Spirit of Truth (st matts)
The news of the week.
With all the headlines of victory this week, its easy to get a little frustrated with our state.
In MN gay marriage isn't legal and the fight for marriage equality is on the defensive, still it is good to see that throughout our country and throughout the world there is momentum for marriage equality.
This picture has been floating around the internet lately...
I think it is interesting to see that same sex marriage is legal in South Africa a country where not too long ago the brutal segregationist policy of Apartheid existed.
If a country can evolve that far in such a short period of time, perhaps we can all move forward with the right effort?
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Republican Fear Driven Amendments
Several weeks ago at SoT we had a talk about the kinds of legislation the Republicans are proposing, but namely how in a rather unusual way they are trying to legislate through fear based constitutional amendments such as the Anti Gay Marriage Amendment, and the "Right to Work" amendment (that dismantles Unions).
One of the other Amendments that was mentioned was the proposed Voter ID amendment that would basically keep thousands of our citizens from voting but wouldn't in anyway prevent the almost non-existent voter fraud the amendment is supposedly against. For more on Voter ID laws see the following video:
One of the other Amendments that was mentioned was the proposed Voter ID amendment that would basically keep thousands of our citizens from voting but wouldn't in anyway prevent the almost non-existent voter fraud the amendment is supposedly against. For more on Voter ID laws see the following video:
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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