Holy Awesome, Batman! Half of the Civil Rights page on the new White House site is devoted to “Support fo the LGBT Community”: Expand Hate Crimes Statutes: In 2004, crimes against LGBT Americans constituted the third-highest category of hate crime reported and made up more than 15 percent of such crimes. President Obama cosponsored legislation [...]

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OK, folks, live-blogging the inauguration from Alana’s house, where she is graciously fixing up an amazing celebratory breakfast! 08:13 AM PST Jana and Meryl: Why are the senior Bushes wearing purple and yellow? Me: Signifies royalty! 08:14 PST Carter looks pretty happy. Jana: I guess after you retire from the presidency you’ve got to attend [...]

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