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Entries from November 2006

Is having HIV a crime?

November 29th, 2006 · 87 Comments

In what was apparently Kansas’s first HIV-exposure case, 30-year-old Robert W. Richardson II was sentenced to 32 months in prison and 56 months probation in connection with exposing three women to HIV. It was said that jurors in the case were disgusted by Richardson’s deception with the women, particularly his assertion that his health [...]

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Not everything is homophobic…

November 23rd, 2006 · 7 Comments

Though I rarely watch television, I was rather shocked the other day when I saw Rosie O’Donnell accusing Kelly Ripa of being homophobic. During an episode of Live with Regis and Kelly, Clay Aiken served as a guest host. After Clay put his hand over Kelly’s mouth, she responded by saying “I don’t know [...]

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Enemy combatant? No rights for you…

November 15th, 2006 · 22 Comments

What better way is there to spread freedom and democracy than to incrementally take it away from people that already have it?

Always championing new tools in the Global War on Terror, the Bush administration said on Monday that immigrants arrested on suspicion of terrorism may be held indefinitely and may not challenge their imprisonment in [...]

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Michigan says affirmative action is stupid…

November 8th, 2006 · 16 Comments

Affirmative action programs that let people move up the ladder for no other reason than their gender and skin color are lazy and insulting.

Through all the tears of joy or sorrow this morning, many of you might have missed the news that voters in Michigan scrapped affirmative action in their state. The state [...]

Tags: Democracy in Action

Braces, female circumcision, what’s the difference?

November 2nd, 2006 · 55 Comments

If you really stop and think about it, is female circumcision really all that different from dental braces?

In the first female circumcision female circumcision case in US History, Khalid Adem was found guilty of mutilating his then two-year old daughter and sentenced to ten years in prison. Many activists, who view the practice [...]

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