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I am so proud

Thank you, America!!!!

finally!!!

From N.O.W.

Friends and compatriots,

We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce—on the part of a pandering and rudderless Presidential candidate—that has a real possibility of becoming fact.

We will post your responses on a blog called “Women Against Sarah Palin,” which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please send us your reply at your earliest convenience-the greater the volume of responses we receive, the stronger our message will be.

Thank you for your time and action.

VIVA!

Sincerely,

Quinn L. and Lyra K.
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com

tech rehearsal, London

vote

it’s my right to be a witch, bitch.

palin’s church

I’m on my way to sleep

but thought i’d check in first…

i’ve never felt so blessed to have had my particular upbringing than i do now.

a cavalcade of religious monstrosities pelted at me

day after day

week after week

year after year.

it gave me the tools to survive any weather

and to understand the current political climate.

sarah palin is a member of the assembly of god church,

the church of my own upbringing.

my parents, brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins

are all “upstanding” members of the church.

i’m pretty sure they’ve dropped my membership by now.

and in this church, here are some things I learned:

i learned to identify the ways of the world community

(the UN was considered a nation constructed by the ‘evil’ world),

and to identify this world community’s ideals as “other than” or “wrong.”

i learned to be ready for a spiritual war that was brewing,

a war that would come soon and one that we would lead.

they taught me to be ready to die for the church,

to kill for the church,

and to teach others to do the same.

i was taught to not question authority.

i was taught that the gay community is to blame for AIDS.

i was taught that condoms don’t work.

in my early teens, the entire youth group was brought up onto the platform (stage)

and persuaded (forced) to sign a contract with god,

stating that we would save ourselves for marriage.

my sex was exploited. my life was expendable. my identity was raped.

in this church, i learned to hate my queer-self along with the world around me.

fast-forward through years of great friendships, wonderful support groups, an amazing therapist

and a career that’s allowed me to see the world for it’s diverse beauties…

now i can say i love who i am, and i love the world around me.

but what about those who weren’t able to escape

the pelting cavalcade of religious monstrosities

know as the ‘assembly of god’ church?

what about those who fit into the tidy teachings of their ‘conservative values’?

sarah palin seems to have gone from one of their victims to one of their leaders,

as most abuse cycles turn-out.

a woman who will unleash this mental un-health onto the rest of the nation

if she gets into office.

god, assembly or not… help us all.

Transgendered Woman Wins Sex Discrimination Case

A transgendered woman, who lost a job offer because of her sexual status, has won a potentially groundbreaking federal sex discrimination lawsuit.

A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled today that the Library of Congress discriminated against Diane Schroer when it offered her a job and then rescinded it after learning she was transgendered.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Schroer, said Judge James Robertson’s ruling is the first to hold that the federal sex discrimination statute, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, applies to transgendered people.

Other courts that have considered the issue have said Congress only intended for the anti-discrimination statute to protect men and women, but not people who change their sex, the ACLU said.

Robertson disagreed, saying Schroer’s case “was discrimination based on sex.”

“It is tremendously gratifying to have your faith in this country, and what is fundamentally right and fair, be reaffirmed,” Schroer said. “I very much hope that this ruling will help to eliminate the all-too-pervasive discrimination against sexually nonconforming people in all areas.”

She added, “I hope, too, that employers, family members, friends and co-workers will begin to understand variations in sexual orientation and identity from a basis of knowledge and not fear.”

Schroer said she applied for, and was offered, a job at the Library of Congress as David Schroer.

When David went to his first meeting with his soon-to-be boss, Schroer told her that he would be transitioning to a female before starting the job. The next day, the job offer was rescinded, Schroer says.

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