Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... )

From what I'd been reading everyone was expecting the decision to fall this way. That doesn't mean that I have to like it. The court adjudicated a very narrow technical point and sidestepped addressing the question of whether it was constitutional to deny the civil rights of so many of its citizens. It's insane to me that a simple majority could ( Read more... )

When I first heard about the LJ Boycott a few days ago, I decided not to participate. I wanted to post about my reasons for not participating, because I may or may not actually post something during that time, and if I don't get around to posting anything, I don't want my absence - or silence - to be seen as assent. I'd rather be upfront about it ( Read more... )

The weather started off being not unreasonable. Kind of damp but warm enough that there was melting going on. In mid-afternoon the temps rapidly plummeted and the wind whipped up and suddenly it was Siberia. And I mean suddenly ( Read more... )