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Following Tuesday’s narrow rejection of same-sex marriage in Maine, the latest front in the battle over gay rights has moved to New Jersey. The Democrat-controlled legislature in New Jersey, which currently recognizes same-sex couples in civil unions, is under pressure to pass a bill that would authorize gay marriage before Jon Corzine ends his term in mid-January. Corzine, who was [...]

Obama reaffirmed his campaign pledge to end the ban on open homosexuality in the military in a speech at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign.
“We should not be punishing patriotic Americans who have stepped forward to serve the country,” said Obama. “We should be celebrating their willingness to step forward and show such [...]

Paul Bruno and Erick Raules, two professionals who happen to be romantically involved, say they started kissing and hugging right after they got in the car at 13th and 1st Avenue.
After just two blocks, the two men say driver, Medhat Mohamed, said something about “no hugging” and tossed them out.
Ruales and Bruno reported the driver [...]

The Legally Kidnapped blog is dedicated to exposing the Child Protective “Industry” for what it really is. It also has a state-by-state directory of resources – The Legally Kidnapped Help Desk -  for parents who are accused of child abuse or neglect, families fighting to get their children out of foster care, and family rights [...]

Peoria, Arizona — 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki died Monday, two weeks after being run over by her father for becoming too “westernized.”
Peoria law enforcement officials investigating the case have stated that they expect to change the original charge of aggravated assault against the father, Hassan Almaleki, 48, to more severe counts after meeting with prosecutors. [...]

Miami, Florida — On October 12, five teenagers set fifteen-year-old Michael Brewer on fire with rubbing alcohol in a dispute over $40 and then laughed as he jumped into the pool to extinguish the flames. According to witnesses, the boy had been fully engulfed in flames.
Now he is fighting for his life at the University [...]

Los Angeles, California — Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, a 32-year LAPD veteran, has been chosen to replace Chief William Bratton, the L.A. mayor’s office said Tuesday.
Bratton’s resignation was announced in August and became effective Saturday. He will be taking a job training police in developing nations. He was the top police official in New York [...]

The search continues for three Dickinson State University softball players after a friend received a hysterical phone call from one of them in which they mentioned water. Two calls were made to the friend but both ended abruptly.
Authorities do not suspect any foul play. Instead, one of the girl’s father, Lenny Gemar, believes that it [...]

Human Rights

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center was founded in 1988 on the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is a fitting birth date for one of the premier human rights organizations in the nation.
Professor David Weissbrodt founded the Center with a mission to “provide training, educational materials, and assistance [...]