Equal Junction

Good week, good week people of the U.S.

In regards to advances for LGBT equality, its been quite a week.  Maryland’s senate approves same-sex marriage, DOMA is now NOT defended  and openly Gay man, Jeremy Bernard is now President Obama’s Social Secretary! We must remember to celebrate these things! Our fight does not have to be negative, celebrate these milestones, as we keep moving forward we will get that unending ring of equality.

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Love yourself!!! We feel that we are taking on obstacles from places that were once thought to be peaceful and non-attention getting.

THE BAD

INDIANA: our former neighbors, please read this courtesy of Bilerico

ARKANSAS: state of many quakes are baffled by THIS

WYOMING: a state once of progress; we all know now its erupting with inequalities

THE GOOD

HAWAII: Governor Abercrombie to sign Civil Unions into Law

CALIFORNIA: “The California Supreme Court has announced it will take up the case of Proposition 8, delaying the outcome of the decision on same-sex “marriage.” We hope it goes in favor of our brothers and sisters.

Many unfinished business to take care of that will effect the lives of everyone in the country. We should have the power to complete…it is up to all of us to fight for what is right and due.

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Presidents’ Day is a U.S. holiday celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February. It honors two U.S. Presidents: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both men were elected to a position that encouraged them to create change to form a more perfect union.

Presidential Trivia:

• The first president to say “So help me God” at the end of his inaugural oath was actually our first president George Washington.
• At the White House, many Presidents, First Ladies, diplomats, and staff have claimed to have seen Lincoln’s ghost in the Lincoln Bedroom, Oval Office, and hallways.
• Due to his fashion sense, President Chester A. Arthur was nicknamed “Elegant Arthur”
• First Lady Edith Wilson is considered “the Secret President” and “the first woman to run a government” due to her overseeing the government and making presidential decisions while her husband, President Woodrow Wilson was disabled due to a stroke.
• Bill Clinton was the first president to be a Rhodes Scholar
• One morning, George W Bush, under the 25th amendment, made Vice President Cheney ‘acting president’ when Bush had to be sedated for minor surgery. Bush retrieved those powers later that day after he returned from the hospital.
• President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and 2 Grammy Awards for his books.

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The people of Egypt won! Their government is a clean slate. May Egypt’s future gain peace and continue its legacy of succeeding from oppression.

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