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Sarah Morrigan
on a related note the Senate bill also seeks to prevent undocumented immigrants from purchasing health insurance, even if they paid out of their own pocket. it also will effectively make all insurance companies, doctors and hospitals an immigration police, just like REAL ID did to all state DMVs. http://www.congress.or...g/news/2009/11/19/senate_bill_excludes_i llegal_immigrants
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Sarah Morrigan
apparently there is a new 5% federal sales tax on sex changes proposed in the Senate version of health care bill. http://www.congress.org/news/2009/11/23/ seven_quick_fixes_to_health_care

Jack Elliott Here's a personal project I am working on. How would you rate your city for living in, as a gay person?

Basic Rights Oregon Today is Transgender Day of Rememberence. 6-9PM PSU Smith Memorial Union Rm 228 visit www.qrc.pdx.edu for more information.
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The number of Transgender Deaths has doubled within one year. As of Oct 22 2009 there has been 95 deaths calculated the year year before there were 47. We are people, We have faces, We have families, ...

Shannon Michael What do people think about a BRO/queer night at a Vote Yes for Oregon phone bank?

Basic Rights Oregon NY will continue to recognize same sex marriages from other states. They stopped short of legalizing marriage, leaving it up to the legislature.
NY High Court Upholds Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages - Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay me
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A challenge to New York's recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere has failed in a 4-3 ruling by the state's highest court, the Ithaca Journal reports:

Basic Rights Oregon Appearently, putting marriage equality up for a vote is a violation of D.C.'s Human Rights Act. This is amazing.
www.usatoday.com
A measure to let voters decide whether to ban same-sex marriages in D.C. cannot go on the ballot because it would violate a city human rights law, the Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday.

Scott Anthony Evans BRO, I need your help! Jeanna, Alex, whoever can help me with a Portland vigil for Steven Mercado, please contact me. I have a number of cities participating, and I need to show the people of Puerto Rico that we are with them. See my page for the vigil info, and contact me to help!

Basic Rights Oregon Is this a trend? This already happened in AZ. Stripping people of DP benefits seen as a cost saving measure.
www.gadsdentimes.com
An Alabama legislator is picking up support for his bill to stop the states public universities from offering employee benefits to same-sex couples.Rep. DuWayne Bridges, R-Valley, said he has prepared a bill for the

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Basic Rights Oregon Marriage Equality may pass next month in D.C., despite threats from the Catholic Church.
www.nytimes.com
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church from the law, but so far city council members aren't budging.

Basic Rights Oregon In the middle of a great marriage training session in Cottage Grove for small town community leaders.

Basic Rights Oregon Hey Eugene in two days we received 50 fans! Let's see if we can make it 100 by the end of the weekend. Suggest BRO to 5 people today!

Basic Rights Oregon Gay political party in the Phillipines is rejected on grounds of immorality. Commission states "gays are a threat to youth."
www.abs-cbnnews.com
MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday rejected Ang Ladlad for party-list accreditation on the grounds that the party advocates "sexual immorality" and "immoral doctrines."

















