Civil Liberties 110 items | updated Nov 20 2009
New York to Legalize Gay Marriage Next?
That would make me proud. New York Governor David Paterson (D) is pushing lawmakers to approve a law legalizing same-sex marriage. AP's Ted Shaffrey reports.
Salt Lake City passes gay-rights ordinances with...
With a historic endorsement from the Mormon church, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously passed a pair of ordinances making it illegal to discriminate against...
Military Sexual Assualt Rate Higher than in the...
Pascale Bourgaux talks about her film, Rape in the Ranks: The Enemy Within, recently screened in New York, as we see clips form the film of women talking about...
Lieberman 9 Arrested in D.C. Senate Office: Raw Video
Over 50,000 die every year for lack of health care and more for denial of care despite having health insurance. That's well over 100 deaths per day. 50 million...
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Court Upholds Right To Challenge Gene Patents
A federal district court ruled today that patients and scientists can challenge patents on human genes in court, allowing a... more-
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Stop CitiBank/ Close your accounts
Did you get this letter too? Open ALL of your mail from banks and credit cards and read it! If you can, Close your credit... more-
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Justice who refused to wed interracial couple resigns
A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday.... more-
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115 Arrested in 18 Cities this Week
115 arrested in 18 cities this week despite Pelosi's announcement on a public option bill. Hey Nance, public option... more-
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Doctor arrested at CIGNA Sit-In Protest for Healthcare
Dr. Matt Hendrickson, MD MPH was arrested Thursday 10/28/2009 in Glendale for joining with others at a CIGNA sit-in, while Grigor... more-
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Judge rules Feds can search e-mail without notice
No matter how much of our personal lives exist in e-mail services such as Gmail, a U.S. District Court judge says if the... more-
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Nataline Sarkisyan: Killed by CIGNA
Hilda Sarkisyan holds a picture of her daughter, Nataline Sarkisyan, killed by CIGNA when they denied treatment for her condition... more-
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Sit-In Protesters Spend the Night at Humana
“We’ll stay here. I guess we’ll just stay overnight. I think this is a life and death issue,” she says.... more-
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Barack Obama lifts HIV/AIDS US travel ban
Barack Obama said that a US travel ban against people infected with the HIV virus will be overturned early next year. The order... more-
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Scholars reject Obama's Stance on Warrantless Cellphone Recording
The Obama administration’s position that the government can force mobile carriers to hand over cellphone tower location... more-
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Rape in the Ranks: The Enemy Within
This is a synopsis of the 28 minute French film by Pascale Bourgau who interviewed US military women raped on duty. It's been... more-
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Legalize Drugs Now!
by Conor Friedersdorf The raids on Mexican drug cartels and the violence in Rio are just the latest examples of America’s... more-
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Subway fires gay porn employee.
I find it funny that the gay porn actor handles meat in both jobs, but still, it's a strange reason to be fired. Especially... more-
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Oklahoma abortion law to put women's details online
A new law to take effect in will require doctors provide detailed information about women who have abortions, information to be... more-
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Sam Pullen Arrested at Health Care Sit-In Remains in Jail to End Insurance Abuse
Washington DC – Chanting “patients not profits,” citizens and health care providers held rallies and sit-ins at... more-
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Interracial couple denied marriage license
HAMMOND, La. - A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of... more-
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