Proposition 8 “served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationship and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.”

Al Kamen in the Post points out a startling statement from Newt Gingrich in 1994: “If there is a Social Security problem, it is somewhere around 25 to 30 years from now,” Gingrich said. “The problem of  [more...]

Another last-minute twist courtesy of the current occupant: The Bush administration today issued a sweeping new regulation that protects a broad range of health-care workers — from doctors to janitors — who  [more...]