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3 hrs ago | TBD.com

Va. House panel endorses controversial 'personhood' bill

The Courts of Justice Committee voted 14-4 to send Del. Bob Marshall's so-called "personhood" bill to the House floor, where it will be up for a final vote Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Prince William, World News, Abortion, US News, US Supreme Court, Virginia

7 hrs ago | NewsBusters.org

NPR Slavishly Turns to EEOC, ACLU to Boost Federal Contraception Mandate

Bozell: It's 'Hilarious' CNN Suspended Roland Martin for Inoffensive Tweet; Maybe 'Lefty Loons at MSNBC' Can 'Scoop Him Up' Now Julie Rovner, NPR's on-staff shill for ObamaCare , filed an unashamedly one-sided report on Friday's Morning Edition about the controversial Obama administration mandate that forces religious institutions to include ... (more)

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Abortion, Healthcare Law

9 hrs ago | Common Dreams

ACLU: Obama Administration Reaffirms Contraception Access for All Women

February 10 - The Obama administration today announced that it would modify its policy on contraception insurance coverage.

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Related Topix: US News, Liberal Political News

13 hrs ago | Deseret News

Group wants Supreme Court to save CA war memorial

Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court rallied at the landmark on Thursday as lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, San Diego, CA, La Jolla (San Diego, CA), La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

17 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Rules Requiring Contraceptive Coverage Have Been In Force For Years

In 2002, state lawmakers in Massachusetts approved legislation requiring most employers to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law

18 hrs ago | Advocate

Op-ed: Much More Than a TV ShowA

In The Life Media celebrates 20 years, and the group's executive director says that although acceptance of LGBT people has spread dramatically since its first show, the need to tell our stories hasn't gone away.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Opinion

23 hrs ago | Boston.com

SJC: Boy accused of statutory rape may be victim of sex discrimination

A sharply divided Supreme Judicial Court said today that a teenage boy accused of statutory rape may have been a victim of gender discrimination because authorities did not charge the three preteen girls with whom he allegedly had consensual sex.

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Related Topix: Plymouth County, MA, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Tucson Post

Arizona medical Marijuana law will provide overdue relief to sick patients, says ACLU

Phoenix - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer today said she will implement the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law, nine days after a federal judge granted a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to throw out a lawsuit filed by Brewer seeking to strike it down.

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Related Topix: Medication, Marijuana, US Governors, Jan Brewer

KOAT-TV

ACLU Suing NM City Over Ten Commandments Monument

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Bloomfield residents over a Ten Commandments monument displayed at City Hall.

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Related Topix: Activism, Bloomfield, NM

Common Dreams

30,000 Domestic Drones to Fill the Sky, Civil Liberties at Risk

A bill has passed in the House and Senate this week that would increase the presence of drones in U.S. civilian airspace.

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Related Topix: US News, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation, Liberal Political News

Common Dreams

ACLU: Washington State Legislature Passes Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Doug Honig, ACLU of Washington, 326-5272 Robyn Shepherd, ACLU national, 519-7829 or 549-2666; media@aclu.org OLYMPIA, Wash.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Washington, Washington Government, Washington, MO, Activism, Gay/Lesbian

The Capital-Journal

County approves ACLU settlement

Shawnee County will pay $75,000 in a settlement with a legal magazine for the jail's policy that prohibited it and other publications.

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Related Topix: Shawnee County, KS

The Daily Advertiser

ACLU suit attacks Ville Platte curfew

VILLE PLATTE, La. - The American Civil Liberties Union has amended its complaint against Ville Platte and the city's late-night walking curfew.

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Related Topix: Ville Platte, LA, Activism

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Robarge named ACLU field director in region

Christopher M. Robarge of Worcester has been named Central Massachusetts field coordinator for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

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Related Topix: Worcester, MA, Activism, Worcester County, MA

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Anders Jacobsen's blog

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gregory Brothers, ACLU Team for Video on Photographers' Rights

Benjamin Franklin kicks an informative and hilarious rhyme about transparency and First Amendment protections for pro and amateur photographers in the latest video from Joseph Gordon-Levitt's open collaborative production company, hitRECord.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment

KVBC-TV Las Vegas

Feds to 'monitor,' not investigate Vegas police

Civil rights groups in Las Vegas are protesting a U.S. Department of Justice decision not to launch a probe of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department use of deadly force policies, at least until the department takes part in an alternative best practices review.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, US News, Activism

Hot Air

The ACLU jumps the shark

For many years, conservatives have considered the ACLU just another left-wing activist organization, cloaked in only the veneer of civil liberties.A Asked of their defense of the Constitution, more than a few conservatives would ask just when the ACLU bothers to fight for Second Amendment rights.A The ACLU protests this perception, pointing to a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law

National Review Online

The Dog that Hasn't Barked: Now this is curious: In August . . .

In August 2010, on the very day that Judge Vaughn Walker issued his ruling invalidating Prop 8, the ACLU of Southern California issued a press release hailing the "landmark" decision.

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Martinsville Bulletin

Boards: Prayers are OK locally

A federal judge's decision to bar officials in an adjoining county from having Christian prayers at public meetings will have no effect - at least right away - on how Henry County and Martinsville officials pray at meetings.

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Related Topix: Henry County, VA, Martinsville, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

SFBG Politics Blog

Local control of cops

Sup. Jane Kim has introduced legislation to the Board of Supervisors calling for a re-examination of the San Francisco Police Department's participation in some aspects of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which was created by the Federal Bureau of Investigations to do domestic surveillance.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

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