blech + rights   4

One Town's War on Gay Teens | Rolling Stone
"In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back." This is depressing.
us  rights  politics  homophobia  religion  rollingstone  from instapaper
february 2012 by blech
Jeffrey Rosen: Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era | NPR
[[ These new technologies are "challenging our Constitutional categories in really dramatic ways," says George Washington University law professor Jeffrey Rosen. "And what's so striking is that none of the existing amendments give clear answers to the most basic questions we're having today." ]]
us  privacy  rights  constitution  technology  database  npr  radio  freshair 
november 2011 by blech
Copyright law 'could be extended' | BBC News
"It's only right that someone who created or contributed to something of real value gets to benefit for the full course of their life," [culture minister Andy Burnham] said.
copyright  uk  rights  music  politics  culture  via:adrianhon 
december 2008 by blech
Gender traitors | New Humanist
Long, but it looks like it should be worth a read. It's always been a bit of a source of bafflement to me that women could not want rights; maybe this will help me understand some of the motivations.
feminism  politics  rights  election  toread 
july 2008 by blech

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