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The last barrier to African Americans actually achieving the American dream has been broken. Barrack Obama has been elected president of the United States of America in a landslide win.
Obama’s decisive political sweep indicates it’s time for citizens to unify, to celebrate their similarities and to look forward to a future marked by changes. Healing [...]

by guest blogger buddhaofhollywood
I have a very good and dear friend. I can’t use her name here but let’s just call her Beth. She is a lovely lady, blonde, blue eye, a perfect poster picture of an American woman. She met this handsome man, lets call him Bob, a country boy, hard working, honest, and [...]

In May 2008, the California Supreme Court struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying sexual orientation, like race or gender:
“does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights.”
In a 4-3 120-page ruling issue, the justices wrote that
“responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the [...]

To me  women having absolute control over their medical and reproductive decisions is a civil and human rights issue.  I strongly believe that reproductive decisions are private choices made by a woman (or man where applicable) in consultation with her doctor and restrict­ing access to either abortion or contraception does not belong on the governmental [...]