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Voting gender gap may be a chasm if GOP rams Kavanaugh onto Supreme Court
Posted on September 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
As Donald Trump and the Republican men of the Senate Judiciary Committee (and it’s a men-only club for the GOP) downplay the credible claims of Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assault of Christine Blasey Ford when they were teens, they might be feeling smug that they’re getting away with something. But women in this country aren’t […]
Short history of U.S. marriage equality on this historic day
Posted on June 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Just adding my voice — even though it’s a straight one — to the happiness of people across the country who are celebrating marriage equality. But it’s worthwhile remembering how we got here. The saga actually begins in the early 1970s. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to a ruling against a […]