Politics: January 2006
Coretta Scott King is Dead
Filed by Ellen Andersen | January 31, 2006 10:52 AM |I'm saddened to report that Coretta Scott King died in her sleep last night. Throughout her long life, King was a beacon of sanity and justice in a racist, sexist, classist, and homophobic world, and I, for one, will miss...Read More
HRO Nullification and Another Human Civil Liberty Deprivation Attempt
Filed by Bil Browning | January 27, 2006 12:06 PM |Only 13 days passed from the day Major Bart Peterson signed Indianapolis' Human Rights Ordinance into law until the first attempt to undo it by amending HB 1010 earlier this week to nullify gender identity and sexual orientation as civil...Read More
Discrimination amendment is DOA
Filed by Bil Browning | January 25, 2006 3:21 PM |Indiana Equality is proud to announce that Rep Thompson withdrew his amendment that was aimed at outlawing human rights ordinances covering sexual orientation and gender identity. The House reconvened at 1:30pm today. Rep Thompson withdrew his amendment and the House...Read More
Constituent Letter to David O.
Filed by Ed Team | January 25, 2006 1:26 PM |Here's the letter that *Bry*lo sent to Representative David Orentlicher (D). It is clear that the state legislature is trying to usurp the power of local governments to decide what types of protections they feel are needed for their constituencies....Read More
What's Everyone Saying?
Filed by Bil Browning | January 25, 2006 12:13 PM |I thought I'd share some of the other stories around the web on Thompson's "Discrimination Amendment" (as the Louisville Courier-Journal dubbed it!) Louisville Courier-Journal: Discrimination amendment stalls eminent-domain bill Indiana Equality: Proposal Would Make Illegal Local LGBT Non-Discrimination Policies Advance...Read More
The Homophobic Amendment
Filed by Bil Browning | January 25, 2006 9:54 AM |Today's Indianapolis Star and the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette both give some column space to the unusual showdown at the Statehouse. For those of you just catching up, Rep Jeff Thompson (R) has offered up an amendment to a House...Read More
Zionsville: Wal-Mart Sucks!
Filed by Bil Browning | January 24, 2006 7:06 PM |Now that I have the new category "Wal-Mart Sucks," what do I spy on the Indy Star website? And article entitled, "Wal-Mart plans are roiling Zionsville." Seems the dislike for the retail behemoth is in full-throated roar when even sleepy...Read More
Wal-Mart - low prices and low wages
Filed by Bil Browning | January 20, 2006 12:59 AM |Copyright 2006 Washington Post Writer's Group You may have noticed the new "Wal-Mart Sucks" category here on bilerico.com Like the Rainman, I have an ongoing theme that's made it to several posts (now I just have to find time...Read More
Even Bosma's office is full of darkness
Filed by Bil Browning | January 17, 2006 6:42 PM |House Speaker Brian Bosma's office has undergone renovations according to the Indianapolis Star. Apparently Bosma's office has filled up with the darkness that permeates his life. I just keep picturing all of the foul, untruthful and homophobic remarks that he's...Read More
Best Case, Worst Case
Filed by Sheila S. Kennedy | January 16, 2006 3:29 PM |I am usually a very optimistic person, but I think only the willfully blind could be optimistic about America's prospects right now. And no, I haven't been drinking; I've just been reading the news. So if you are looking for...Read More
Another reason why guns and teens don't mix
Filed by Bil Browning | January 14, 2006 9:53 AM |Yesterday's Indianapolis Star had an article on three teenagers from the Evansville area who were driving around and shooting deer from their car. The teens weren't hunting - they were "poaching." While they've admitted to shooting and killing over 30...Read More
Race to the bottom loses all around...
Filed by Marla R. Stevens | January 09, 2006 4:36 AM |[Claiming] "...To compare the plight of homosexuals to that of African Americans is an insult..." [is] playing to people who would keep us all down by reframing antidiscrimination laws as privileges...Read More
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey
Filed by Bil Browning | January 07, 2006 9:03 PM |Many people have fond childhood memories of the circus. But unfortunately, this family-friendly entertainment is anything but friendly to animals. Take action today to urge Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey to put a stop to cruelty and cease using...Read More
Bill filed to make abortion illegal in Indiana
Filed by Bil Browning | January 06, 2006 11:00 PM |Hat tip to Out and About Evansville for the lead on this story. Unfortunately, the Evansville Courier & Press article that they quote is blocked behind a login screen, so I'm substituting the Indianapolis Star article. Woodruff is attributed in...Read More
