Court to take up marriage equality today and oh about Rihanna

Well, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the anti-same sex marriage referendum of California. A referendum that was heavily funded by the Catholic and Mormon churches. I guess Catholics had some money left over after paying child abuse cases. This could be...

Tim Tebow and woman pulled over for supposed pot leaf sticker

About issues in the news: Tim Tebow, who seems to be a nice guy but really is an awful quarterback, was going to speak at a church by ultra rightwing Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffres. Jeffress, known for his rampant homophobia and loathing of anyone who doesn't agree with him,...

Robert Bork is dead and why it is good he was never on the Court

A few years ago I read a book about Judge Robert Bork, a man that then President Ronald Reagen nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the time of the nomination I was still a little young to follow this event, but I am so glad that Bork never made it onto the U.S. Supreme...

Mitt Romney wants anti-gay Justices like Scalia, on the Court?

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is one of the reasons that we have a Bill of Rights. To protect us against people like him. See, the Founding Fathers knew there would be people like Scalia in positions of power. People like Scalia who view Americans with a limited...

Should child porn offenders be banned from Victoria Secret ads?

Did you know that 18-20 year olds in New York City couldn't buy spray paint or broad tipped markers until a federal court ruling? This is absurd. They are adults and they couldn't buy art supplies? Yes, I know some of them enage in grafitti but 12 year olds in much of the...

The Supreme Court throws away your right against double jeopardy

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that it is O.K. for prosecutors to re-prosecute someone who was acquitted of a particular charge, such as First Degree murder. The catch is that there has to be at least one charge that the jury couldn't reach a verdict on, either being...

The war by the police on your right to film, continues

Ian Van Kuyk is a student at Temple University, in Philadelphia, PA. I have been to Philadelphia a couple of times, it is a beautiful city. He, along with his girlfriend were arrested on March 14, 2012. Heinous crime, they committed? Not really, they were arrested because he...

President Obama comes out in support of same sex marriage

Lots of news in the gay marriage front. Yes, in North Carolina, the anti-marriage equality folks won with 61% of the vote. But, remember, in Wisconsin in 2006 the same kind of anti-gay actvists got 59% of the vote. That means in six short years North Carolina has become as...

Why did police ignore 4th Amendment rights of students?

This is an amazing case out of Greene County, Missouri. High school students at Central High School were ordered to leave their possessions in their classrooms, be it notebooks, purses, backpacks etc for sheriff's deputies to search, really ransack, at will. No reasonable...

State of Alabama might kill an innocent man, and it doesn't care

Death row inmate Thomas Arthur might be innocent, but it does not matter to the state of Alabama. They are going to kill him anyway. His defense is willing to pay for a DNA test to prove his innocence, after his conviction 30 years ago. So, there is no cost to the state of...

Ellen fired because of anti gay group and masturbation illegal?

Ellen DeGeneres, a gay talk show host is a spokeswoman for the retailer J.C. Penny. Fine, right? Not if you are a rabidly anti-gay organization. An organization called One Million Moms, which also objected to Chaz Bono dancing on  Dancing with the Stars, is demanding...