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Old 06-18-2012, 08:14 PM   #1
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Progress is Beautiful

These started going up in the Pentagon this week.
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Old 06-18-2012, 08:33 PM   #2
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Old 06-18-2012, 08:37 PM   #3
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It's Obama's fault.
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Old 06-18-2012, 09:13 PM   #4
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I thought no one cared about this anymore....
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Old 06-18-2012, 09:27 PM   #5
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God dang! Wow, yeah.
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Old 06-19-2012, 06:35 AM   #6
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You know when the pentagon was built they made separate bathrooms for the blacks and whites.
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Old 06-19-2012, 09:36 AM   #7
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The typography of that poster bothers me...
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Old 06-19-2012, 09:38 AM   #8
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I find it curious that it has a quote from Panetta on it.
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Old 06-19-2012, 11:54 AM   #9
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I find it curious that it has a quote from Panetta on it.
Me too.

I thought panetta was a type of bread.
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Old 06-19-2012, 12:01 PM   #10
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The quote is, if I'm not mistaken, from a video Panetta recorded in support of LGB servicemembers (trans* people need not apply - they're still barred from service, even if the posters and such imply otherwise) recently for pride month.
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Old 06-20-2012, 11:22 PM   #11
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(trans* people need not apply - they're still barred from service, even if the posters and such imply otherwise)
They don't care who you're fucking, but they're real persnickety about what you wear.
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Old 06-19-2012, 12:14 PM   #12
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The typography is horrifyingly bad.

I will be excited about the idea on the poster when it is no longer needed ... celebrate humanity, people, not individual divisions of it.

I heard about this on the new conservative talk radio station. So far the only thing that is pleasing me about the new conservative talk radio station is that they have more local stuff, and Dave Ramsey. I like Dave Ramsey.
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Old 06-19-2012, 03:04 PM   #13
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What station is that Wolf?
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Old 06-19-2012, 05:47 PM   #14
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The quote is, if I'm not mistaken, from a video Panetta recorded in support of LGB servicemembers
(trans* people need not apply - they're still barred from service,
even if the posters and such imply otherwise) recently for pride month.
Ib, your link is an excellent read.
No problem in society is ever solved completely at the first try.
But there is hope.

The rock/hard place is the separateness of homosexuality from transgender.
It's most ironic that f->m transition in the military may get some benefit
in being perceived as lesbian, but the opposite is the case with the m->f transition.
We can hope that the more publicity such issues receive in the general public,
the more likely and quickly the resolutions will be.


HUD has taken the repeal of DADT to heart, and in time the military will too.
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The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination based
on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and familial status
(i.e., presence of children in the household).
The Fair Housing Act does not specifically include sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited bases.
However, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) person's experience
with sexual orientation or gender identity housing discrimination may still be covered by the Fair Housing Act.
In addition, housing providers that receive HUD funding, have loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA),
as well as lenders insured by FHA, may be subject to HUD program regulations intended to ensure equal access of LGBT persons.



Examples:
• A property manager refuses to rent an apartment to a prospective tenant who is transgender.
If the housing denial is because of the prospective tenant's non-conformity with gender stereotypes,
it may constitute illegal discrimination on the basis of sex under the Fair Housing Act.
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Old 06-21-2012, 09:31 AM   #15
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What station is that Wolf?
106.9fm. I think that it was the FM Christian Talk and Music station that even Christians didn't listen to, and before that it was the soft jazz station.

They do have a lot more local programming, and Hannity, but need to learn that more reverb does not make the talk sound better. It just sounds like it's in the bottom of a deep well. The signal strength is far better than 1210AM, and it doesn't fuzz out when I go past buildings with fluorescent lighting, so that's definitely better.

Rush Limbaugh is going to be on there in a couple of days. Next Monday, maybe?
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