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truth-has-a-liberal-bias:

… Romney met with his own cadre of right-wing leaders, including former Attorney General Ed Meese and Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner.
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Politico reported that in last week’s summit with Meese and Feulner, the talk was not of the primary, but rather of the general election and the Supreme Court.


Perhaps the elders came away satisfied that a President Romney would appoint justices in the mold of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. […]

truth-has-a-liberal-bias:

… Romney met with his own cadre of right-wing leaders, including former Attorney General Ed Meese and Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner.

Politico reported that in last week’s summit with Meese and Feulner, the talk was not of the primary, but rather of the general election and the Supreme Court.
Perhaps the elders came away satisfied that a President Romney would appoint justices in the mold of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. […]

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todaysdocument:

Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!
February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906
Convicted for Voting
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the election of 1872 in Rochester, New York. As planned, she was arrested for “knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States,” convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100.
There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.––Susan B. Anthony, 1897

U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Record of Conviction, 06/28/1873

todaysdocument:

Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906

Convicted for Voting

Suffragette Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the election of 1872 in Rochester, New York. As planned, she was arrested for “knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully vot[ing] for a representative to the Congress of the United States,” convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.––Susan B. Anthony, 1897

U.S. vs. Susan B. Anthony, Record of Conviction, 06/28/1873

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

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Anti-Equality Advocates Brag About Flipping Polls Against LGBTs

Anti-queer activists in NJ are bragging about their ability to mobilize their base to flip polls that show support for marriage equality.

Show them that we’re just as motivated!

Below quote from an email by the New Jersey Family Policy Council:

The press is still polling! In response to our alerts, you all have helped to turn polls on the subject of same-sex “marriage” from for to against. At the Star-Ledger, marriage supporters flipped an online poll from 52% in favor of same-sex “marriage” to 60% against. At NJ 101.5—which has been hearteningly pro-marriage in its coverage of this legislation—marriage supporters turned the poll from a near tie to stand 71.6% in favor of marriage as one man and one woman. Now the Asbury Park Press is hosting yet another poll, this time giving respondents a chance to pick a reason for their answer. Opponents of marriage currently dominate that poll at 53% compared to our 30%. Vote for marriage now!

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The fact of the matter is,” he said, “I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South.

-Governor Chris Christie of NJ who wants to put marriage equality on the ballot instead of passing it through the legislature (via lesbianoutlaw)

Stupid black people fighting for their rights - why didn’t they just ask the white people to vote for black civil rights?

Oh…I know why. Because if there had been a popular referendum, there would still be segregation.

(via khairete-ailourion)

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