Autism in air quotes? Sharron Angle’s snub to Special Needs children
A recent video of Nevada’s Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has the Autism community buzzing. In it, she referred to “Autism” with air quotes, stating her efforts to repeal Nevada’s bill that requires insurers to pay for the necessary ABA Therapy that children with Autism need to progress. Maternity Leave was also in her crossfire as “I’m not going to have any more babies but I sure get to pay for it on my insurance.”
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Court Rules Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Is Illegal
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said the state will stop enforcing its law banning adoption by gay people after an appeals court on Wednesday ruled it unconstitutional.
Barack Obama heckled in Manhattan
NEW YORK – President Barack Obama was heckled multiple times during his speech at a Democratic fundraiser in one of the country’s most Democratic cities.
Demonstrators held signs that said “Broken Promises” and interrupted his speech to protest AIDS funding and the stalled repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy banning gays from serving openly in the military that Obama has promised to lift.
Tea Party Values
According to Julie Ingersoll, associate professor of religious studies at the University of North Florida, this view on government's limited role is based on Christian Reconstructionism, a fundamentalist movement that advocates for the rule of Biblical law (which includes imposition of notions of "traditional family") and which holds that God ordained government with limited (essentially law enforcement) authority. Some activists, ranging from religious right figures to pro-gun and militia groups and secession advocates, emphasize a divine edict to rise up against what they characterize as the federal government's "tyranny" when it exceeds the authority God granted it.
At his conference, Reed said in a speech, "people have not only the right but the have the duty and the obligation to overthrow that government, by force if necessary," if government violates those God-given rights. Reed quickly backtracked, claiming he wasn't advocating a government overthrow but rather voting in the midterms.