Red Hot & Blue Politics

Oh, and in case you missed this on the blogs over the weekend, sit down and take a look at this vid. Gross sexism is alive and well in this series of product marketing images depicting violence against women. Are you buying it?

(Burn It Down was produced by GABNet NYNJ commemorating International Human Rights Day)
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Gay rights victory in Florida, Dems fall short on 60-seat supermajority, panhandlers, prostitution, and more bailout odds and ends to archive from our “Red Hot News” section. No new news here unless you are a new visitor.
Sen. Norm Coleman R-MN withdraws 650 ballot challenges in Minnesota recount … Senator Saxby Chambliss R-GA wins run-off, thwarting [...]

I moved to Florida about 15 months ago and only recently started reading our local newspaper, Florida Today. I’m proud of our paper. The editorial staff weighed in on the recent gay adoption ruling and fully supports ending the Florida ban on gay adoptions in a strongly worded editorial. Here are a few snips:
Discrimination against [...]

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled on Tuesday that a 31-year-old Florida law that bans gays and lesbians from adopting children is unconstitutional, allowing Martin Gill and his partner to adopt their two foster children that they have raised since 2004. The Orlando Sentinel reports that:
“…these children are thriving. These words we don’t often hear [...]

More general election odds and ends to archive from our “Red Hot News” section. Nothing new here, unless you are a new visitor.
“Reprehensible” is an understatement — uproar in Maine over Obama assassination sign and betting pool.

The fight over marriage equality in California continues as an online blacklist posts personal information on people who donated to support California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. Check out the video from CBS 5 in the Bay Area. I have no problem with boycotting businesses that supported Prop 8 and boycotting Utah and the Sundance [...]

Prejudice against lesbians and gays hurts everyone. States that pass discriminatory, so-called marriage protection amendments actually hurt all domestic partners, straight and gay. In Florida, millions of seniors will be seriously impacted in addition to other domestic partners, young and old alike. Florida law already bans same-sex marriage. Amendment 2 goes too far to strip [...]

If you live in Florida, and believe in domestic partner rights for straight and same sex couples, participate in the tele-town hall on Tuesday, October 14 from 6:30PM to 7:30PM (ET) to help defeat Florida’s Amendment 2.
You’ll need to register to join the call.  Here is an email I got from the ACLU with the [...]

“This is what a feminist looks like,” said Shelly Mandell, Los Angeles NOW chapter president, in her introduction of Gov. Sarah Palin at a campaign rally in California over the weekend. Mandell endorsed Palin as “an individual and a women’s rights activist” and not as a representative of NOW. ABC’s, Jake Tapper, has portions of [...]

In a survey conducted on September 2, 2008, Rasmussen asked likely voters if they would vote for a woman for President. Overwhelmingly, 85% of voters say they are willing to vote for a woman for president. According to Rasmssen’s results:
Voters by a substantial majority think a woman is likely to be elected president of the [...]