WASHINGTON (CNN) – Prosecutors are offering a plea bargain to Floyd Corkins, the man accused in the August shooting of a building manager at the conservative Family Research Council. But a defense attorney declined at a hearing Monday to immediately accept the deal and was granted a continuance in the case. The proposal includes admitting…
If there are any lingering doubts in the minds of LGBT voters as to where Mitt Romney really stands on LGBT issues the following article by Murray Waas, published in The Boston Globe, should help clear that up. In a particularly nasty move, Romney as governor of Massachusetts rejected the state Registry of Vital Records…
The political landscape just got a little more interesting now that lesbian sex is on the table. That’s because comedian Sarah Silverman has offered up ‘scissoring’ – or traditional lesbian sex – to casino magnate Sheldon Adelson in exchange for $100 million dollars to support the Obama campaign. The ‘indecent proposal’ – as Huffington Post…
(CNN) — Congress has been trapped in gridlock for much of President Obama’s term. Politics seem to consistently trump bipartisan civil discourse. I’d like to offer Congress an example that might inspire them to move beyond politics. My institution, this past semester, confronted an emotionally charged controversy with respect and civility. We forged a solution,…
“A citizen picks up the phone to dial 911. A pothole, whether it’s fixed or not, is not going to answer the call. We need to make sure a police officer will,” said 7th District Councilmember Marti Emerald in rejecting a proposed ballot proposal from mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio about fixing potholes. DeMaio appeared June…
A transgender man and his partner are headed to the alter after he proposed marriage to his partner at the LGBT Pride reception held at the White House Friday. Scout – whose legal name stands as the one word – had planned to propose to his wife-to-be Liz Margolies at the White House despite his…
