Friday, February 6, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

Yes Chicken Little, the sky really is falling. Unemployment is at its highest point in twenty-six years. Over the next few weeks Diana Cage’ll break it all down for you. In the meantime until the two parties can stop bickering, our President is picking up some freelance at the Washington Post.
After receiving several letters requesting referrals, Cathy takes Sammy, Momma Kitty, and all of us to "MEET DR. JACK." The happy house-pets are game for a check up. Part 3 finishes up Sammy's physical exam and Cathy has some cool news for us at the end.
After attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, President Obama signed an executive order that expands the mandate of the White House Office on Faith-Based Initiatives established by former President George W. Bush. The office will now be called the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and will be headed by 26-year-old Pentecostal minister, Joshua Dubois.
The Human Rights Campaign recognizes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7) and today called for renewed efforts to address the disproportionate spread of the disease among black households. “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a wake-up call for the...
HRC's Regional Field Director Tony Wagner has a new update from Hawaii: Yesterday (February 5), the Hawai’i House Judiciary Committee voted 12-0 to move a civil unions bill to the floor of the state House for final approval by that...
Jeremy Kennedy, one of our regional field organizers, wrote in this morning with this update from Maine: I bundled up and hit the ground in Portland, Maine a week ago. The daunting task of braving the cold and snow of...

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