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Boy Scouts of America Proposes Dropping Ban on Gay Kids--But Not Gay Adults
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, gayrights, Boy Scouts, rights, news, politics, society, interesting, culture, children, americans, law, freedoms )

Cal
- 29 days ago - motherjones.com
The Boy Scouts of America announced that it intends to end its ban on gay members, as long as its board approves the change. The organization would still, however, prohibit gay adults from serving as troop leaders or volunteers.
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Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries: Stop Telling Teens They Aren't Beautiful; Make Clothes for Teens of All Sizes!
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, society, women, fashion, discrimination )

Teresa
- 3 days ago - change.org
Please join me in this fight by adding your name to this petition and asking Abercrombie and Fitch to embrace the beauty in all sizes by offering XL and XXL sizes for women and men!
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*TAKE ACTION* Stand With Striking Chicago Fast Food and Retail Workers!
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, politics, rights, safety, society, PETITION )

Kit
- 24 days ago - fightfor15.org
We, Chicago fast food and retail workers, are striking to demand $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation. Our employers are raking in profits while workers, mostly adults with families, don't get paid enough to cover basic needs-->
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Jon Stewart and This Is CNN? Caucasian Terrorist?
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, freedoms, HUMOR, politics, society )

Kit
- 26 days ago - thedailyshow.com
Some times it's good to just let the crazy run out and laugh about the media.***HUMOR***
35 comments
Demand Government Protection For Sacred Sites in Belize... Take Action
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, corruption, crime, culture, education, ethics, environment, government, humans, law, religion, sadness, society, world )

James
- 4 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project... We demand that the government make rules and laws that will stop this happening
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Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Surge in US Inequality Continues
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, politics, Poverty, society )

Kit
- 24 days ago - commondreams.org
It was direct government support with taxpayer funds that saved the big banks and, in turn, enriched their shareholders. It's not social safety net programs that are bankrupting our country: it's the rich. -Mijin Cha, Demos
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TAKE ACTION NOW! FCC: Create a "Sexual Violence" Warning for Television Shows
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, rights, society, tv, rape, ratings, violence, movies, ethics, culture, arts, americans, law, government, freedoms, women )

Cal
- 25 days ago - change.org
Right now, millions of sexual violence survivors are at risk for re-traumatization from the television programs they watch. But there's one easy thing the FCC can do to stop that -- create a "sexual violence" content warning for television.
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The Hidden Money
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, Banking, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, freedoms, government, finance, law, politics, rights, society, world )

Kit
- 29 days ago - truth-out.org
"Hiding money in the ways and amounts lately revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Reporters is a deep kind of social corruption," writes Wolff. "It goes beyond questions of legality to the heart of modern political economy."
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Kurdish Men Dress in Drag to Support Gender Equality
Society & Culture  (tags: world, society, gayrights, Kurdistan, politics, news, interesting, culture, law, rights, women, freedoms, government )

Cal
- 20 days ago - globalpost.com
The campaign 'Kurd Men for Equality' is a response to an Iranian court's sentence for a man found guilty in a domestic dispute.
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New Abortion Restrictions Show Lawmakers' Complete Contempt for Women
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, dishonesty, education, family, freedoms, government, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, women )

Kit
- 21 days ago - commondreams.org
There comes a point in the legislative season when those of us who track anti-choice bills start to get a bit bogged down by the onslaught of new legislation. So many bills get proposed that you begin to lose track of which state is banning what.
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Slaves to Our Stuff: A Creative Vision to Break Away From Consumer Culture's Destructive Grip
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, society, politics, economy, consumer culture, interesting, family, americans, world, rights, news )

Cal
- 19 days ago - alternet.org
Billy Talen, known as Reverend Billy, talks about his new book and says, "We need to be honest with ourselves about the danger we are all in with the natural world."
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Steve Sanetti & the NSSF: Support Comprehensive Background Checks - Please Sign
Society & Culture  (tags: NSSF, Newtown, background checks, gun laws, gun lobby, violence, society, crime, culture )

Angelika
- 28 days ago - signon.org
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, located in Newtown, CT, is the number-two gun lobby in the U.S. Even after the devastating loss of innocent life right in their own town, this organization refuses to support federal universal background checks.
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Minnesota Gov. Dayton Signs Gay Marriage Bill
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, americans, law, government, freedoms, society, gayrights, usa, politics )

Cal
- 4 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered.
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Scalia Never Going to Another N.B.A. Game ~~ Andy Borowitz
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, HUMOR, gay rights, laughter, society )

Kit
- 19 days ago - newyorker.com
Justice Antonin Scalia disrupted the normally tranquil atmosphere of the Supreme Court today, bursting from his office to shout, "I'm never going to another damn N.B.A. game as long as I live!" ***HUMOR***
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