   | Jillian Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister,Victoria Soto,a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown,Conn. on Friday,after a gunman killed more than two dozen people,including 20 children. Victoria Soto,27,was among those killed. (Jessica Hill/AP) The already absurd,outdated,and grasping statements [...] Today,a reminder of the imperative that all families be treated equally under the law WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign,the nation’s largest lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization celebrated the issuance of marriage licenses for gay and lesbian couples in Washington State. After the passage of [...] Huge Pork discovered right in the middle of the road for Republicans….. Sometimes when you find a piece so perfect –you have to share it! (From the newyorker.com) continue reading at newyorker.com The following is a piece from NWCN.com—we’re sure they didn’t mean it to be –but to us it’s fluff. We’re in the middle of preparing a story on what some (not all) floating home and houseboat owners do with their wastewater–and it’s certainly not as benign as some of the owners quoted here [...] Lake Union Beat says YES to Marriage Equality A new SurveyUSA poll shows support for Referendum 74,the marriage- equality bill,to be at 56-38 percent in Washington. That’s quite an honor,to live in a state where a majority favor equality. Let’s keep the momentum going. We will be the first state to arrive [...] The Lake Union Beat announced that today was the turning point,when the tilt shifted irrevocably: Obama will be re-elected. The Harry Reid/taxes thing is not going to end well for Romney. (Do you have a Mike Wang story to share? Please email editor@lakeunionbeat.com) They’d ask me why the people in my photos weren’t smiling. I’d tell them it’s ‘cause they’re not happy. I just got the picture. - Mike Wang;on colleagues’ responses to some of his documentary photography work [...] |      |
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