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NHL, players join with You Can Play to fight homophobia in hockey
Maybe it really is as simple as it sounds. That for the NHL and its players, establishing a partnership with the You Can Play project — which fights homophobia and advocates for the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual athletes in...Tags: Football, Donald Fehr, National Football League, Gays and Lesbians, Baseball
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Bill O'Reilly's bigotry
Why does the bigotry of Bill O'Reilly deserve the exposure of a regular column in your paper? The defense of Catholicism has a new leader in Pope Francis I, who has more than enough to cope with within the Curia. O'Reilly writes, "The prince of peace... -
School-closings controversy needs some reality checks
Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West sides, the children affected aren't black. Let's not pretend that's not racist. ... Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaking at a protest rally Wednesday As long as we'...
Tags: Gucci Group NV, Students, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Justice and Rights, Chicago Public Schools
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As times change, will tolerance for tradition be tolerated?
With the issue of same-sex marriage argued before the Supreme Court and raging elsewhere in America, a question: Is it possible to be a traditional Christian or Muslim or Orthodox Jew — and hold to one's faith on what constitutes marriage —...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Civil Rights, Television Industry, Christian Orthodoxy, Justice and Rights
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Daum: Cure for homophobia? It's personal
The other day, I stumbled across a conversation about homosexuality on a local Christian radio station. There were three people talking, and after the predictable hemming and hawing about loving the sinner and hating the sin (though in this case, the...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama
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Is your workplace ageist?
Suppose I'm a business — and what a handsome business I'd be! — that's interviewing people for a job opening. There are two finalists, one 27 years old, the other 52. They have similar qualifications, albeit the older candidate has more...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Cure for homophobia? It's personal
The other day, I stumbled across a conversation about homosexuality on a local Christian radio station. There were three people talking, and after the predictable hemming and hawing about loving the sinner and hating the sin (though in this case, the...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama, Barney Frank
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Americans risk losing our most sacred right
It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It's a no-brainer. Violence against women, all women, is wrong. Only...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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A Justice league of their own
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down. As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court's...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Samuel A. Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Justice System
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Eagle Scout returned his medal over gay policy
You probably won't be surprised to learn that some readers disagreed with my recent column about the Boy Scouts of America. I suggested that the Scouts are on the wrong side of history as they cling to their traditional position that gay people aren't...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations, Awards and Prizes, Boy Scouts of America
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Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker advocates paying parents for student performance
Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker could never win an election in this town. In a 30-minute speech Thursday to The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the 82-year-old University of Chicago economist proposed that keeping "the American dream alive" would...
Tags: Melissa Harris, Nobel Prize Awards, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Charter Schools, Students
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Sanitized society puts hygiene hypothesis to the test
Is the American body politic suffering from an autoimmune disease? The "hygiene hypothesis" is the scientific theory that the rise in asthma and other autoimmune maladies stems from the fact that babies are born into environments that are too clean. Our...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Prosecution, here! (tv network), Allergies
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