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I found this via Pandagon, but it seems a cool enough resource to share with folks:
Mapping Our Rights: Navigating Discrimination Against Women, Men and Families
Leila Hessini, Ipas senior policy advisor, said: “Historically, the United States has represented ideals of liberty and equality for much of the world. But, as this project demonstrates, that freedom often depends on the state you call home.”
The clickable, online map uses more than 20 indicators to rank the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including:
* Public funding for family planning and abortion
* Whether health-care providers can deny medical services because of their beliefs
* Whether same-sex couples can adopt
* The use of abstinence-only curricula in schools
* Whether states have anti-discrimination clauses that explicitly protect gays
…Jason Cianciotto, research director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, said: “With the launching of Mapping Our Rights, the relationship between reproductive rights and the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is clear. From the right to control our own bodies, to access to fertility technology, to the application of scientifically based approaches to HIV/AIDS, people of every sexual orientation and gender identity share the most basic human concerns and goals.”
And here's a little something to brighten your day:
President Bush is the worst president in the last 61 years, according to a new national Quinnipiac poll. Bush is named by 34%, followed by Richard Nixon at 17% and Bill Clinton at 16%.
Meanwhile, Bush's approval rate remains unchanged from last month at 38%, with 62% disapproving of his job performance. Said pollster Maurice Carroll: "Bush's job approval numbers remain in the cellar. But he might finally have hit bottom."
It sounds to me like Mr. Carroll is really misunderestimating Captain Codpiece, I'm sure that the next two + years will offer all kinds of opportunities for him and his administration to fuck up far more eggregiously. At this point I'm just not convinced that the bottom is even within site yet.
Mapping Our Rights: Navigating Discrimination Against Women, Men and Families
Leila Hessini, Ipas senior policy advisor, said: “Historically, the United States has represented ideals of liberty and equality for much of the world. But, as this project demonstrates, that freedom often depends on the state you call home.”
The clickable, online map uses more than 20 indicators to rank the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including:
* Public funding for family planning and abortion
* Whether health-care providers can deny medical services because of their beliefs
* Whether same-sex couples can adopt
* The use of abstinence-only curricula in schools
* Whether states have anti-discrimination clauses that explicitly protect gays
…Jason Cianciotto, research director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, said: “With the launching of Mapping Our Rights, the relationship between reproductive rights and the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people is clear. From the right to control our own bodies, to access to fertility technology, to the application of scientifically based approaches to HIV/AIDS, people of every sexual orientation and gender identity share the most basic human concerns and goals.”
And here's a little something to brighten your day:
President Bush is the worst president in the last 61 years, according to a new national Quinnipiac poll. Bush is named by 34%, followed by Richard Nixon at 17% and Bill Clinton at 16%.
Meanwhile, Bush's approval rate remains unchanged from last month at 38%, with 62% disapproving of his job performance. Said pollster Maurice Carroll: "Bush's job approval numbers remain in the cellar. But he might finally have hit bottom."
It sounds to me like Mr. Carroll is really misunderestimating Captain Codpiece, I'm sure that the next two + years will offer all kinds of opportunities for him and his administration to fuck up far more eggregiously. At this point I'm just not convinced that the bottom is even within site yet.
