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Fifty years ago today, on January 17, 1961, President Eisenhower gave a farewell address marking the end of his Presidency. The speech is best-known for introducing the term “military-industrial complex” to America, but is remarkable in many other respects. Consider that Eisenhower, a Republican, and the only General of the Army to assume the [...]
AN EQUALITY MANIFESTO At a defining moment of a new equality movement, in a nation rediscovering democracy, certain values have brought us to the unmistakable need for action. Here is one articulation of a path towards change. CORE BELIEFS: We believe that all human beings, and all consensual loving relationships between them, should be honored [...]
The passage of proposition 8 in California may be the best thing that’s happened to the gay community in a long, long time. Since last week, I have seen friends and acquaintances transformed, outraged, angry, and determined to do something about the injustice we have suffered and to try to change the way things are. [...]
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