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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage, arguing the prohibition is unconstitutional and denies them civil rights married couples enjoy.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on the couples' behalf in federal court in Madison, extending the organization's national push for gay marriage rights. Larry Dupuis, an attorney with the organization, said gay marriage is becoming more accepted, pointing to a U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled same-sex couples were entitled to federal benefits and a federal judge in December overturned a same-sex marriage ban in conservative Utah.
"Obviously, there has been momentum," Dupuis told reporters during a news conference to announce the Wisconsin lawsuit. "The climate is changing across the country."
The lawsuit names Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, both Republicans, as defendants. A Walker spokesman didn't immediately return a message. Van Hollen said in a statement he believes the ban is legal and promised to "vigorously" defend it. He didn't elaborate.
Wisconsin voters attached an amendment to the state constitution in 2006 banning gay marriage or anything substantially similar. Wisconsin has offered domestic registry that affords same sex couples who join it a host of legal rights since 2009, but the state Supreme Court is currently weighing whether the list violates the amendment.
The new federal lawsuit alleges the amendment violates the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection and due process clauses, saying the prohibition deprives same-sex couples of legal protections afforded married couples simply because of their sex. The domestic partner registry is "a mundane entryway to an extremely limited subset of benefits" that doesn't afford couples the recognition of marriage, the lawsuit added.
What's more, the lawsuit said, gay couples in Wisconsin can't get married in another state and return to Wisconsin legally; under state law, anyone who marries in another state to circumvent Wisconsin statutes can face up to $10,000 in fines and nine months in jail. John Knight, an ACLU attorney who specializes in gay rights litigation, said he doesn't know of anyone who has been prosecuted under the law but he's not aware of such a sanction anywhere else in the country.
"Wisconsin's refusal to recognize these Plaintiffs' committed relationships, its elimination of even the possibility of seeking redress through the state legislature, and the possibility of criminal prosecution for doing nothing more than marrying the person they love has led these Plaintiffs' to seek relief from this Court," the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit outlines the lives of three same-sex couples in Wisconsin who say the amendment denies them rights and prevents them from fully celebrating their love for one another.
Carol Schumacher, 60, and her partner, Virginia Wolf, 74, who live in Eau Claire, got married in Minnesota last year and are now worried some district attorney will come after them. Judi Trampf, 53, and Katy Heyning, 51, of Madison, claimed a hospital in New Orleans wouldn't recognize Trampf's power of attorney after Heyning went into a seizure during a 2002 trip to the city. Charvonne Kemp, 43, and Marie Carlson, 48, of Milwaukee, said they're domestic partners but want to get married so other people understand what their love means.
"We intend to fight as far as we have to go until there's a day I can walk down the aisle with my partner and my love," Carlson told reporters at the news conference.
Knight said the ACLU has filed similar lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and Oregon. Dupuis said during the news conference 48 lawsuits seeking gay marriage rights have been filed in about 20 states.
Fair Wisconsin, the state's largest gay rights group, is defending the state's domestic registry. The group's president, Katie Belanger, issued a statement saying the organization would watch the ACLU case closely but it will take more work to create real equality for gay people.
Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, the group challenging the registry, said the new lawsuit simply mirrors what the ACLU has been doing in other states. She said her group likely will attempt to join the federal lawsuit and help defend the gay marriage ban.
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Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura called for the abolition of the Democratic and Republican parties in an appearance last night on CNN, saying they are worse than violent warring street gangs.
In an interview with Piers Morgan, Ventura did not hold back, urging that "We need to abolish the political parties," and "Make them political action committees."
As he does in his new book, the former Navy Seal compared the current two party US political system to the infamous Los Angeles street gangs the Bloods and Crips.
"They call the blue states Democrats, well that is also the colors of the Crips," he explained. "Naturally, the Bloods' color is red and the Republican states are called red states."
"They're worse," Ventura continued. "Let me explain why they're worse: The Crips and the Bloods, the street gangs, while they can be devastating to a certain small part of the population, the Democrips and the Rep-bloodicans, they affect everybody in this country."
Ventura elaborated by explaining that the system has been corrupted by big money and both parties are bought and paid for, leaving no room for a third party to have any success.
Ventura suggested that presidential candidates should be "required to wear a NASCAR racing suit" to "show who owns them".
The former Governor also had some choice words for the corporate media, for not scrutinizing the political system and instead concentrating on pap.
"I think it's awful. It's terrible. You know, the news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision. All these shows are nothing but opinion moderators. They're hired guns to push an agenda. I think it's horrible." Ventura said.
"When our forefathers created this country, the media was supposed to be the fourth branch of government, the unwritten branch." Ventura added.
"Their job was to keep track of what the other three were doing and report it to the American people so the American people could judge it accordingly. What you have now is nothing but a media with opinion and a media that I remember the death of Anna Nicole Smith. It was the headline for a month — a month. And yet the meat and potatoes of running our country gets cast aside because why? The media today is not in to reporting the news, they're in to creating it, and that is very, very dangerous."
"Because the light went on with "60 Minutes". They found out the news could make money. So the bean counters came in. Now the news is nothing but entertainment. It's done to get ratings." Ventura urged.
"Where in the old days of Walter Cronkite, the news took a loss and they accepted that and they made up for it in their entertainment division. Not today. Today, the news is expected to get ratings and expected to generate money and that is horrible." he added.
Ventura also revealed that he believes he has been banned from appearing on FOX News and MSNBC, and that Don Imus would not interview him because he had requested the radio host play a Rage Against the Machine song during the appearance.
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In a further appearance on CNN this morning, Ventura repeated some of these key points, adding that voters would be encouraged to educate themselves more about candidates if party names, which are used in much the same way as gang symbols, were removed from ballots.
"The one simple reform would be on every ballot, don't list the gang names or the gang symbols." Ventura stated.
"They make it far too easy. If you're conservative, you don't have to know the candidate's name. You walk in and look for Republican. If you're a liberal, you don't need to know the candidate's name. You look for Democrat. How about removing all of that and just print the candidates' names? Then, it becomes to the voter. The voter must then educate themselves. What does John Smith stand for? Make the parties like political action committees. They can still endorse the same as the teachers union, the police union, fire, whoever. They can endorse candidates. But let's remove the party names from the ballots."
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Ventura will appear on the Alex Jones Show for a full hour today to discuss these issues in more detail, as well as his ongoing lawsuit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle over Kyle's claims that he punched Ventura in a bar for insulting a dead U.S. soldier.[youtube height="400″ width="550″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWL6WF__4Nc[/youtube]
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When the mail came, my wife and I may as well have been reading two different cards. She saw an invitation to a wedding in Goa, India; what I read was: "Please join us for four days of feasting on some of South Asia's most unique cuisine."
Nestled along a 63-mile stretch of the narrow Malabar Coast, by the Arabian Sea, Goa has long been culturally disparate from much of India. While Britain was the region's dominant power for centuries, Goa remained a last bastion of Portuguese colonialism until 1961 (14 years after the rest of India gained independence). More than half a century later, Goan culture and cuisine still combines South India with staples brought by Portuguese ships from Africa and Brazil.
Perhaps no item better symbolizes this union than the cashew. Introduced to India by way of Goa hundreds of years ago, cashew trees thrived on the region's red loamy soil and warm climate. Today, the juice of cashew apples is fermented to make the region's marquee spirit: feni. The clear liquor's strong, nutty flavor and piquant aroma makes it an unmistakable mainstay at many Goan parties. "At traditional Goan events, feni is on the bottom of every drink, even water," one of the bride's relatives told me.
Thankfully, that tradition wasn't followed at this wedding. If it had been, we might not have survived. The events were long leisurely affairs that followed the Goan custom of susegad, a Portuguese-influenced motto that's used to describe Goa's particular brand of laid-back attitude.
The festivities kicked off with the mehndi celebration, during which the bride, bridesmaids, and other women involved in the wedding are traditionally given elaborate henna tattoos, which fade away after a week or two. In this case, the women spent hours the night before getting henna'd, so that during the mehndi celebration they could dance, catch up with relatives, and dine on a family-style spread of classic Indian dishes, including pulao (similar to rice pilaf, but spicier), boondi raita (tender gram flour balls seeped in yogurt), and aloo gobi ki sabzi (a blazing hot cauliflower and potato stir fry).
It was a solid feast, but it only hinted at the marathon of eats awaiting us. The next night's event, the sangeet, was the kind of party that puts American weddings to shame. At the sangeet, women wear colorful, flowing saris bedecked in jewels, and men wear ornately patterned kurtas. Friends and relatives come prepared with elaborate dance numbers to perform for the bride and groom. Shortly after my wife and more than a dozen bridesmaids and groomsmen performed an 18-minute-long Bollywood-style dance skit, my own personal performance began.
One by one, I ate my way through 20 food options. The bride and groom, themselves food enthusiasts, had settled on an array of stands designed to give the ambitious eater a one-night tour of Indian cuisine, ranging from Goa and Maharashtra—where the groom's family is from—to a stand dedicated to Mumbai street food.
When Maharashtra's chicken kolhapuri (a thick, bold curry) set my mouth ablaze, I doused the fire with pani poori (a paper-thin pastry ball, filled with sweet water) from Mumbai. A South Indian dosa (rice batter crepe) was followed by an artfully folded paan (like a homemade breath mint, made of candied fruit and betel leaf). It was the kind of meal that might warrant a day's respite, but just past midnight, as the party was winding down, we were already setting our alarms for the next event.
The sangeet was a parade of food. The baraat, which began at 8 a.m., was a real parade. From atop a horse, the groom watched over a procession that included a small marching band and dozens of dreary-eyed yet enthusiastic guests, dancing their way toward the wedding ceremony. By lunch, the bride and groom were officially married, and a spread of traditional temple food was waiting.
Hindu temple food is eaten during religious ceremonies and varies from region to region, but there are certain common rules: the food is vegetarian, the ingredients are bathed before cooking, and there's usually no onion, garlic, or mushrooms. The dishes—including usal (beans with rice) and potato bhaji (curried potato)—were hearty and strongly flavored nonetheless.
A few hours later we were at the reception, the event that most resembled its American counterpart. More dancing, more great food—for this event, a something-for-everyone selection that included pasta and Manchurian chicken, a popular Indo-Chinese dish. As the DJ blended American and Indian pop, we drank tamarind martinis and fresh lime soda, a local favorite.
By the fourth afternoon, the late nights and endless feasts were beginning to catch up to us. Whiling away the hours with a few Kingfishers (India's beer of choice), we steeled ourselves for the finale, an intimate event during which the bride's family welcomes the newly married couple home for the first time. If the other meals were designed with the knowledge that Americans with weak palates would be among the guests, this was the event for true Goans. The state's seafood specialties—prawn and kingfish (a species of mackerel, but not to be confused with America's king mackerel)—were draped in a tongue-melting blanket of spices.
Had I eaten these dishes a week earlier, I might not have been able to get past the fiery burn to appreciate the distinct Goan flavors. But as I hiccuped from the heat of the peppery seafood, I noted how the kingfish marinade infused the thin fillets with chili and turmeric before a quick deep-fry sealed them in. And I marveled at how the prawn curry and stewed vegetable kadai seemed to adopt the terracotta hues of the serving pots, which were likely formed from the same red soil that was so inviting to the cashews upon their arrival centuries ago.
Then again, maybe I just had one too many servings of feni.
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"If Amazon.com won't contribute to California, then we won't contribute to Amazon," said Jessica Lehman.
Lehman represents Community Resources for Independent Living - one of several nonprofit groups calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to charge a state sales tax.
In June California lawmakers approved a measure to expand collection of California sales tax to more Internet retailers, estimating it would bring in at least $200 million a year.
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Amazon.com Inc. is activiely trying to repeal that law. So far, the online retailer has spent $3 million in its efforts to allow voters to decide.
The law makes online retailers collect California sales taxes by expanding what it means to have a physical presence in the state. The requirement now kicks in if an online retailer has a related company, such as a marketing arm, or affiliates in California.
The tax revenue that Amazon could collect could restore home assistance for disabled Californians that help them go to work rather than languish in expensive nursing homes Lehman told the Associated Press.
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The following is a press release from The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America:
NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) announced today the passing of co-founding member and philanthropist, Suzanne Rosenthal. Ms. Rosenthal was a fearless, determined and courageous woman who turned her diagnosis of Crohn's disease in 1955 into a legacy that has gone onto to help hundreds of thousands of people over the years.
She dedicated her life to spreading awareness about Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, supporting and educating patients and funding research to find cures. In 1967, along with her husband, Irwin M. Rosenthal, William D. and Shelby Modell, and Henry D. Janowitz, MD, she founded the National Foundation of Ileitis and Colitis, now known as the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
"There are no words to clearly express our gratitude to Suzanne for all that she has done for the 1.4 million people who suffer from these diseases," said Richard Geswell, President of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. "She will be greatly missed. Her legacy will live on and we will not stop until we find cures."
Ms. Rosenthal held many key volunteer positions at CCFA. She was a former president of the Greater New York Chapter and served as National Chairperson of the Board from 1987 to 1991. She served as Chairperson Emeritus of CCFA's Government Affairs Task Force, and was a champion in all advocacy efforts of the foundation. Suzanne received CCFA's distinguished Public Policy Pioneer Award for her tireless advocacy efforts on behalf of IBD patients everywhere. The award was presented at CCFA's First National IBD Advocacy Conference, held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003.
Ms. Rosenthal traveled throughout the country to visit many of CCFA's chapters and to help establish new chapters. She made numerous media appearances to raise public awareness of these inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). During her tenure as President of the Greater New York Chapter, she initiated the support group model that has since been implemented as CCFA's national network of support groups.
Additionally, Ms. Rosenthal was the Founder and past President of the Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC). The DDNC comprises more than 32 lay groups and professional societies, representing the research and healthcare legislative interests of people who suffer from digestive disorders. In addition, she was an active leader in many digestive disease-related health forums and committees, holding the following positions: member, Advisory Council, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH); chairman, Workgroup on Education of Public and Patients and Supporting Resources of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases; and member, Advisory Committee, and current member, Executive Committee of the National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse.
The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Staff and volunteers extend our deepest sympathy to Suzanne's family. She is survived by her husband Irwin, daughters Karen Rosenthal and Robin Mehler, son-in-law David Mehler, grandchildren Jenna, Jack and Abby, brother Donald Sigman and sister-in-law Myrna.
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Andrea Bocelli, who describes himself as "a modern but old-fashioned tenor" in a highly successful career mixing opera with classical and popular music, received the 2,402nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.
Born Sept. 22, 1958 in Lajatico in Tuscany, Bocelli grew up on his family's farm and began studying piano when he was six years old, later learning to play the flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, harp, guitar and drums.
Bocelli had problems with his sight from birth and was eventually diagnosed with glaucoma. When he was 12 years old, he completely lost his sight after an accident at a soccer game.
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Despite his blindness, Bocelli won his first song competition at the age of 14 and went on to complete law school. He spent a year as a court-appointed lawyer, earning extra money performing evenings in piano bars.
In 1992, the Italian rock star Zucchero held auditions for tenors to make a demo tape with him of the song "Misere," from his album of the same name to send to Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. After hearing Bocelli on tape, Pavarotti urged Zucchero to use Bocelli instead of him.
In 1994, Bocelli made his opera debut in Verdi's "Macbeth" in the role of Macduff. Bocelli's 1996 recording of "Con te Partiro" and its later arrangement as a duet with Sara Brightman with the title "Time to Say Goodbye," was a worldwide hit. In Germany, the duet became the best-selling single of all-time.
Bocelli's subsequent opera roles would include Rodolfo in Puccini's "La Boheme" in Cagliari; "Carmen" at the Rome Opera; Puccini's "Messa di Gloria" in Padova; and Turiddu in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at Berlin's Deutsche Opera.
Bocelli's classical recordings include "Viaggio Italiano," "Aria -- The Opera Album," "Sacred Arias"; "Il Trovatore" and Massenet's "Werther."
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Having attended more than one Tea Party gathering, I can assure everyone that the amount of disinformation regarding the Tea Parties is astounding. The amount of fear mongering and lies being told by the liberal media is quite sad, almost to the point of laughable. Instead of focusing on what the movement stands for and who the people are that are involved in the movement, it seems to be much more popular to highlight the extremely small fringe (I would say less than 1% of those involved) and
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People of all political persuasions are starting to wake up to how big our government has become and it's frightening. I consider myself to be a fiscal conservative but socially liberal, so I don't fit into a neat little label that you may want to place on me. I'm a firm believer in the Constitution and the powers it both declares and takes away from government. But I've reached a point to where enough is enough. The Constitution has been spit on, pissed on, **** on and disregarded for far,


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NBA Caucus: Is LeBron James on NBA's Mount Rushmore?
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Each week, USA TODAY Sports asks its NBA experts from around the country three questions about a current hot topic. This week, we take on Miami Heat star LeBron James' comment that he will go down on the NBA's version of Mount Rushmore.
So, is James right?
Ian Levy,Hickory-High.com: Assuming he continued on his current track, LeBron will almost certainly retire with one of the four most impressive statistical resumes in NBA history. But you don't get your face carved into the side of a mountain just for piling up numbers. If inclusion on Mount Rushmore is weighted by championship success, I'm not sure LeBron will ultimately have enough rings to cut Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Shaq in line. If inclusion on Mount Rushmore is weighted by overall impact on the game, helping establish its place in the cultural and sporting landscape, I think there are a slew of players who would be slotted in front of LeBron. He will certainly finish his career among the NBA's greatest, but deciding exactly what kind of monument is appropriate for recognizing that greatness has a lot to do with which aspect you're trying to celebrate.
Jorge Sierra,HoopsHype.com: It's a bit arrogant for him to say that about himself, but I do think it's an accurate statement. At 29, he's a two-time NBA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time NBA MVP with monster stats having been No. 1 guy on every team he's played for since his rookie year. LeBron may be a Top 5 all-time player already and he's just entering the second half of his pro career. So you do the math.
Adi Joseph, USA TODAY Sports: Well, one of the issues we'll tackle later is parsing the exact top four, but I think he may be on to something, yes. Still, championships define players. Right now, I can't put him above Bill Russell despite his superior stats because he only has two titles to Russell's 11. And he doesn't need 11 or even six (which would tie Michael Jordan). But four or five titles is pretty much a requirement when we move this far up the ladder.
If you were to build a Mount Rushmore based on today's players what players would you choose?
Levy: If we define "today's players" as including a few seasons of recent past and a few seasons of impending future, I think you'd clearly be starting work with carvings of LeBron, Kevin Durant and Chris Paul. After that, it gets a little murky. As hundreds of brave artisans are shaping the rock into likenesses of those three, I'll keep my eye on Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis to see who I want to put into that fourth slot.
Sierra: LeBron James, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant are absolute locks.
No. 4 would be up for grabs. Could be Dirk Nowitzki or Kevin Garnett based on their excellence through a long period of time. But Nowitzki and Garnett at their best never were as good as Kevin Durant is now. Ask me the same question in a couple of years and I'm sure I would pick Durant — championship ring or not.
Joseph: The four best players in the league right now are James, Durant, Paul and whoever feels good at the moment. I think Russell Westbrook had some momentum in that spot before going down again with a knee injury. Dirk Nowitzki impressively could be on both lists, too, as he's been terrific this season. On the career-based list, I'll agree with Jorge but go with Garnett over Durant and Nowitzki fro that last spot.
Who is on your all-time Mount Rushmore?
Levy: Mixing together the elements of cultural impact with personal and team success, my all-time Mount Rushmore would be Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Bill Russell. Not much controversy here.
Sierra: Michael Jordan's face would be sculpted in the mountain first. Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would come next. Then I'd go with Magic Johnson, although I think we would soon have to replace him with LeBron James pretty quick.
Joseph: Let's take a look at how the actual Mount Rushmore lineup was landed upon: You need an early superstar (George Washington), a trail-blazer who pushed the league to new size (Thomas Jefferson), the defining figure of a defining moment (Abraham Lincoln) and the biggest personality of the recent past (Theodore Roosevelt).
So there's about a dozen ways to align NBA history to fit that narrative. One might argue George Mikan is the ideal Washington, as the NBA's first true superstar, but I'm snubbing him as more of a pre-Revolution patriot in this case. So Russell gets my Washington spot, as he came in as the league was getting itself together and dominated and is generally beloved.
That leaves an obvious pick for Jefferson: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had a long tenure just as Jefferson influenced the nation for years before his presidency. He's the all-time scoring leader, and Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase could be seen as a record-holder of its own in terms of the country's expansion.
Michael Jordan gets the third spot because he was the principle engine behind the league's skyrocketing popularity rush of the late 1980s and early 1990s as well as its globalization. Lincoln has a good stake as the greatest president ever, and Jordan has that run as the greatest player ever.
Now, Theodore Roosevelt isn't even the most important president with his own last name, so let's debunk the theory that greatness is the No. 1 ingredient in this choice. Shaquille O'Neal had the same type of enormous personality as Roosevelt, and he would fall similarly in the seven through 15 range when discussing the most important players/presidents. But ultimately, this is the spot James seems destined for. Maybe he'll prove more sensible of a choice than Roosevelt, not that we don't have a tremendous amount of respect for the 26th president.
I obviously have thought a lot about this.


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