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Looks like the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) is set to vote on 5 resolutions against Israel this coming week, including one which calls for boycott and sanctions - from Haaretz: UN body to vote on resolution to boycott Israeli settlements - Diplomacy and Defense Israel News | Haaretz

Good grief ... have these people no shame ?

Here's what I see as the real crackup (humor) of this whole thing, at least from my meager understanding of the issue: 1. People - wherever they are on the issue of marriage between homosexuals - will usually concede that homosexuals cannot really legally be denied the comparable substantive...

Royal Institute of British Architects proposes boycott of Israeli Association of United Architects over Palestinian settlements: Israeli architecture association faces ban from international forum | World news | theguardian.com

Yup - looks like we, as a nation, do it - from Connor Freidersdorf @ The Atlantic: Details of Illegal Torture That the CIA Doesn't Want You to Know About - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic

But if I recall correctly, you yourself have stated that definitions of words change over the years to keep up with the times ... ;)

From John Glaser @ Anti-War.com: ACLU: NSA's PRISM Program is Doubly Illegal « Antiwar.com Blog

Actually, it could be argued that denying homosexuals the right to marry creates an (unwarranted) "special protection" ... for heterosexuals. The issue will ultimately be decided on the basis of "equal protection of the law" (as it was in Michigan) ... and I suspect that it will be decided a...

Oh good ... now I have some company ...

He served in both the PA House and Senate.

... in a special election ... Give us a holler if he manages to get re-elected in the normal election.

Probably only if you are one of the ones watching it ... ;)

Also from San Diego State University SJP, from late yesterday:

Looks like Loyola University is the first Catholic University to have their student government pass a resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that are profiting from Israel's occupation of Palestine - by a landslide vote, with no one voting against, no less. From Sixteen...

FWIW, an additional point: It is one thing to say that homosexual conduct does not further the survival of the species ... but it is something altogether different to say that people who have engaged in that conduct are incapable of furthering the survival of the species. Basic fairness would...

This is not necessarily true - unless one is looking at furthering the survival of the species from strictly the likelihood of the act of procreation (which is a rather simplistic view of what all might constitute the furtherance of "survival of the species") ... and even then it's questionable...

I wouldn't be at all surprised if willful non-compliance rears its ugly head ... given the level of arrogance already demonstrated by public officials. Yup - a part of the way of life there being casual and knowing violation of the US Constitution on an almost daily basis apparently ... I...

Apparently somebody with some sense told them they didn't have a snowball's chance and they had better settle it ... Article: Buddhist Student, Religious Liberty Prevail In Louisiana From the consent degree it looks like they got slapped down pretty hard. PDF of Consent Decree...

Jus' call me ... Mr. Buzz Kill ...