Obama to NAACP: “Our Gay Brothers And Sisters, Still Taunted, Still Attacked, Still Denied Their Rights”

“President Barack Obama on Thursday traced his historic rise to power to the vigor and valor of black civil rights leaders, telling the NAACP that the sacrifice of others “began the journey that has led me here.” The nation’s first black president bluntly warned, though, that racial barriers persist.” See Obama to NAACP: “Our Gay Brothers And Sisters, Still Taunted, Still Attacked, Still Denied Their Rights”

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Fighting AIDS in Africa may be Bush’s legacy

(Cape Town, South Africa) In her AIDS-scarred South African township, Sweetness Mzolisa leads a chorus of praise for George W. Bush that echoes to the deserts of Namibia, the hills of Rwanda and the villages of Ethiopia.

Like countless Africans, Mzolisa looks forward to Barack Obama becoming America’s first black president …

Register-Guard begins publishing birth announcements for same-sex …

EUGENE, Ore – During a year when the nation nominated the first black president and one year after the state of Oregon passed a Domestic Parntership Law, one might say it’s a victorious time to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

“The important thing is to actually have human rights practicing in our own community,” says Ken Neubeck with the Coalition for the Advancement of Human Rights.

In Eugene, The Register-Guard newspaper reports it will begin publishing names of same-sex couples in birth announcements. This is something the paper has refused to do in the past, which prompted protests from some members of the community. See Register-Guard begins publishing birth announcements for same-sex …
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