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An Opinion
January 5th, 2011
I am not a constitutional scholar. I'm not even an attorney. But I am a fairly logical person who has great respect for the intents and purposes of the US Constitution and who is troubled by efforts on both the right and the left to read into – or extract out of – the language that protects my status as a citizen.
It is my – perhaps naive – belief that the constitution differs from law in that it sets forth principles, ideals, that apply broadly and which are drafted in language that seeks to be applicable to unanticipated specific instances. It speaks to a people who communicate using computers, travel using airplanes, and associate by means of facebook as easily as it did to those who road their horse to the village pub to debate the issues of the day.
I am, I admit, uncomfortable with Supreme Court rulings that seem to create out of whole-cloth rights, privileges, or entitlements that exist outside of the document. While I treasure a right to privacy, I am perplexed that the innumerated rights to privacy that are included in the Bill of Rights have given birth to a generic right that simply is not written there. I think that the courts have in some instances erred in finding not what is written, but what they wish were written.
And in that concern, I am often accompanied by conservatives who, for example, find that the right to privacy limits their ability to restrict the freedoms of their neighbors. But I think that some conservatives, especially those most revered by the hard-core right, are even more guilty in their distortion of the Constitution. Rather than discover rights that are not clearly articulated, they seek to overlook or dismiss those which are clearly in black and white.
Constitutional Originalism is the name they give to this erasing of right, though naturally they do not articulated it as such. Rather it is phrased as though those seeking original intent are preserving the language of the Constitution. They argue that a written constitution is limited to what was meant by those who drafted and ratified it and interpretation should be based on what reasonable persons living at the time of its adoption would have declared the ordinary meaning of the text to be.
But that is neither the application they employ nor the intent of their efforts. Take, for example, this conversation between UC Hasting professor Calvin Massey and Supreme Court Justice Anonin Scalia:
Massey: In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we've gone off in error by applying the 14th Amendment to both?
Scalia: Yes, yes. Sorry, to tell you that. … But, you know, if indeed the current society has come to different views, that's fine. You do not need the Constitution to reflect the wishes of the current society. Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't. Nobody ever thought that that's what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that. If the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey we have things called legislatures, and they enact things called laws. You don't need a constitution to keep things up-to-date. All you need is a legislature and a ballot box.
To understand the context of this appeal to originalism, look at the language of the 14th Amendment:
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The amendment goes on with four additional clauses which address representative government, but this is the heart of the issue, the language which Scalia and those who share his views wish to remove from the protections granted by the Constitution.
And the language which they seek to wish away, specifically, is "any person." Scalia argues that "any person" as understood by members of the the 39th Congress in 1868 did not include either women or gay people (or anyone else to whom we could apply it) and so thus these classes of persons are not protected by the amendment.
But to do so, Scalia has to make three broad assumptions:
1. That the Constitution is not a document of guiding principles, but a law text which applies only to the specific intentions designed to address specific issues.
Depending on how literal this is taken, you can run into some rather tricky interpretations. By a strict adherence to the original intent, references to "states" would only apply to the original thirteen, the regulation of commerce among the several states would be limited to goods and services in existence in the 1780's, and citizens would be white male landholders. But, in a manner similar to scriptural literalism, originalism picks and chooses that which is bound by principle and that which is bound by "intent."
2. That the drafters of the 14th Amendment were careless.
The term "any person" seems to be rather broad. Scalia would have us believe that the intent of this phrase is "any heterosexual male person" and that the drafters simply assumed that no one would read "any" to be more broad than they intended.
But in the second clause of the 14th Amendment, these same drafters were capable of the much more specific phrase "any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States." One must either believe that they were forgetful, downright stupid, or that it was not entirely by accident that the phrase "any person" is not termed "any male person."
3. That the men who wrote and voted for the 14th Amendment could not espouse principles grander than they personally could aspire.
History, especially the founding of our nation, is full of examples of men whose beliefs exceeded their abilities. Washington, for example, was troubled by slavery, yet owned slaves for many years. His slaveholder status is not an indication that he revered the institution, but that he was limited and flawed, unable to live to the standards that his conscience told him were right.
And while Scalia would pretend that the notion of women's rights was foreign to the thinking of congressmen in 1868, the battle for women's rights was alive and well at the time. In 1848, Gerrit Smith ran for president as the Liberty Party's candidate on a suffrage platform. And indeed, it was from among the suffrage leaders that much of the support for African-American rights was championed.
It requires a willful disregard of history to declare that "I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination." That was what Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony were fighting for in that very year, one of the principle years of suffrage activism. They rightly saw the battle for equal rights to be the battle for all equal rights.
That suffrage was not achieved for another half century is a sad reflection on the face of humanity's inability to let go of privilege. But I think it at least likely that in selecting "any person" the Congress was laying out principles to which it could not yet live, but which it knew were right.
As for sexual orientation, the matter is less clear. Few, if any, at the time recognized orientation as such. But surely as important to "what did they intend" would be "what would they have intended." If those who protected "any person" were aware of the intrinsic and immutable nature of sexual orientation, would they have found that gay persons can and should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law? Would they have carved out an exception and stated that gay people should indeed be denied the equal protection of the laws?
Scalia would say that this is immaterial, that they didn't intend it at the time and the principles they applied in laying down such protections should be ignored. That they addressed the rights of the often despised, uneducated, recently-enslaved negro says nothing to their attitude towards other minorities and the decency that underlies this provision has no bearing on its interpretation and all that matters is that the writers of the language were not specifically thinking at that moment of gay men and women.
To Scalia's thinking, the broad language of the constitution should be thought not in terms of principle, not in terms of even the words selected, but in terms of what Scalia's stereotype of the mindset of a mid-eighteenth century congressman might be.
Scalia simply wishes to find in the Constitution that, and only that, which confirms his own biases and sense of entitlement. Originalism is just a tool for finding it there.
January 5th, 2011
Incoming Governor Scott of Florida has issued an executive order limiting those whom will be free from discrimination.
It shall be the policy of my administration to prohibit discrimination in employment based on race, gender, creed, color, or national origin, and to ensure equal opportunity for all individuals currently employed in, and individuals seeking employment in, my administration.
These sort of orders are not truly necessary. State and Federal law prohibit employment discrimination on these bases, and executive orders only have any purpose to the extent that discrimination will be prohibited to those not overtly protected by law.
Scott's executive order is symbolic. His administration wishes to make it perfectly clear that they do not consider sexual orientation or gender identity to be worthy of protection from discrimination.
December 22nd, 2010
Grand County, Utah, home to Moab and the Arches National Park, has now passed an ordinance that protects its 9,000 or so residents from sexual orientation and sexual identity discrimination in housing and employment. (SL Tribune)
That means one in four Utahns, living in 10 communities from Moab to Logan, are protected from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Advocates for the statutes hope that groundswell of support will push the Utah Legislature to protect all Utahns.
With this decision, Equality Utah has reached its goal of ten new municipalities banning discrimination.
Salt Lake County followed Salt Lake City's lead, and Equality Utah launched an effort, dubbed "Ten in 2010," to increase the list to 10 by the end of this year. Grand County expedited the ordinances to ensure passage before the new year.
They are hoping to capitalize on the momentum and encourage the state legislature to ban discrimination state wide. As yet, this seems to be more of a grand hope than an achievable goal. However, much depends on the public stances of the Mormon Church, whose support secured the bill in Salt Lake City
December 11th, 2010
A bill to ban anti-gay discrimination has been introduced into the Philippines House. I'm not particularly optimistic about its chances, but even introducing the idea for discussion is beneficial. (Manila Times)
Rep. Kaka Bag-ao of Akbayan party-list, the principal author of House Bill 515, or the Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and providing penalties, noted that such homophobia is stirred by the fact that the country has no standing policy on human rights abuses against lesbians, gays bisexual and transgenders (LGBT).
"Here in the Philippines, you can fire a gay or lesbian employee simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and get away with it. You can expel lesbian and gay students arbitrarily or impose arbitrary rules against them and you won't face any charges. It's wrong," Bag-ao said.
June 18th, 2010
From Tulsa World
Champagne corks popped at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center on Thursday night after the City Council voted to add sexual orientation to Tulsa's nondiscrimination policy.
Oklahomans for Equality members cheered and jeered at a rally as they watched councilors discuss the issue and their votes on a large-screen TV at the center.
"As a gay, black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it's a monumental night," said Tracy Allen, incoming volunteer coordinator at the center.
Yes. The Tulsa in Oklahoma. And the vote was 6 to 3.
Which means that it's official. The Great American Culture War is over and we've won; now it's all just a matter of time.
June 18th, 2010
Utah's on quite a roll. (SL Tribune)
Summit County has snagged the No. 6 spot on a growing list of Utah cities and counties that protect gay and transgender residents from discrimination.
This week, the Summit County Council voted unanimously, with two members absent but supportive, to pass two ordinances that forbid housing and employment discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
June 3rd, 2010
Following in the footsteps of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County (unincorporated areas), Park City, and Logan, Utah's second largest city, West Valley, has now voted to ban discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation. (SL Trib)
The West Valley City Council, in a 5-1 vote, approved Tuesday an anti-discrimination ordinance similar to those recently passed in other Utah cities.
About 60 people attended the meeting at City Hall. Rep. Janice Fisher, D-West Valley City, and about seven others spoke in favor of the proposal to protect gay and transgender residents from housing and employment discrimination. No one spoke publicly against it.
It does appear that opposition to employment and housing discrimination against LGBT people may be becoming part of Mormon values.
May 26th, 2010
ExxonMobil really, really, doesn't appreciate its gay employees or customers.
Before 1999, Mobil Corporation had a non-discrimination policy which included sexual orientation. They also provided benefits to domestic partners of employees. But that all changed on November 30, 1999 when Mobil merged with Exxon Corporation to become the world's largest oil company.
Generally, merging companies adopt the more progressive and customer/employee friendly of corporate policies. But though Mobil had reported no problems with their non-discrimination policies nor any concern that employee benefits were cost prohibitive, the merged company did not choose to continue Mobil's policies.
Instead, ExxonMobil removed "sexual orientation" from their non-discrimination list, earning the dubious distinction of being the only major corporation ever to reauthorize discrimination against gay people. And lest there be any confusion about their intent or attitude, they restricted partner benefits to those already in the policy, refusing to allow new employees to register their partners.
ExxonMobil claims that it doesn't need to protect gay employees from discrimination because it bans discrimination against "everyone". In fact, on their website they claim:
Any form of discrimination by or toward employees, contractors, suppliers, and customers in any ExxonMobil workplace is strictly prohibited. Our global, zero-tolerance policy applies to all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
But that simply doesn't ring true. And, in fact, their very next statement clarifies that this is nothing but nonsense and word games.
We provide all employees with a competitive package of benefits and programs, which varies based on the legal requirements and culture of countries. Benefit coverage for spouses is based on legally recognized spousal relationships in the individual countries where we operate. In the United States, we have adopted the definition of spouse used in federal law, which provides benefits to heterosexual couples. Employees in countries where national law recognizes same-sex relationships are provided spousal benefits under the ExxonMobil programs.
Ah. I see. In the US you "provide provide benefits to heterosexual couples based on legally recognized spousal relationships", but you oppose "any form of discrimination". Un-huh. Did you have Mat Staver write that up for you?
And the "we cover everyone" excuse does not seem to extend to other groups historically subject to employment discrimination. Their Standards of Business Conduct (which serve as their non-discrimination policies) state:
It is the policy of Exxon Mobil Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in conformance with all applicable laws and regulations to individuals who are qualified to perform job requirements regardless of their race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or other legally protected status.
But gay folk… well, they don't need inclusive language. Sorry, but that just sounds like nastiness wrapped up in pretty shiny paper.
Now, it's not like I'm picking out ExxonMobil for special criticism and ignoring other major corporation. Because most other major corporations do provide real and legitimate non-discrimination policies. All of the other major oil companies, along with 93% of Fortune 100 and 84% of Fortune 500 have not found any reason to tell their gay employees that they are not valued. And the vast majority also offer partner benefits.
But ExxonMobil is determined. Year after year the shareholders (mostly by management-controlled proxy) vote to deny dignity to gay employees. This year, the vote was 78% against equality.
May 19th, 2010
Congratulations to residents of Logan, Utah, whose city council on Tuesday night banned employers and landlords from discriminating against gays, lesbians or transgender people (SL Tribune)
Modeled after anti-discrimination laws recently adopted in Salt Lake City, Logan's housing and employment ordinances passed with four votes and one abstention, by Councilman Dean Quayle. A crowd, which filled the City Council Chambers halls and an overflow room, was mostly subdued throughout a one-hour public hearing. Following the tally though, the crowd erupted in applause and rewarded the council with a standing ovation.
On Tuesday night, Monson defended his support of the ordinances and clarified the stance of the area's largest church after calling the LDS headquarters in Salt Lake City on Monday.
"The [LDS] church supports nondiscrimination ordinances, period. Certainly, I was told that this applies to Logan as much as any other place in the world," Monson said Tuesday before calling for the vote. "They do and I do and I agree that this is not the answer for everything … But it is a step in the right direction and it is long overdue in my thinking."
It looks like the church may be on a "see, we don't hate you" campaign. And if so… I welcome it.
March 11th, 2010
One week after Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) ordered state universities to drop sexual orientation from their nondiscrimination policies, and nearly a month after Gov. Robert F. McDonnell signed an executive order dropping sexual orientation from the state's anti-discrimination policies, Gov. McDonnell has now reversed his position, but not his executive order.
Gov. McDonnell's new directive states:
We will not tolerate discrimination based on sexual orientation or any other basis that's outlawed under state or federal law or the Constitution, and if it is reported, then I will take action, from reprimand to termination, to make sure that does not occur. I believe this properly takes care of it and assures the good people of Virginia that we will absolutely not have discrimination in this state."
Gov. McDonnell's executive order last month dropping sexual orientation from the state's nondiscrimination policies has the effect of law among state employees, including state universities. But Gov. McDonnell's new directive does not. It merely states the formal position of the governor himself. This gives the Attorney General all the legal maneuvering room he needs to issue this statement "applauding" the governor's directive:
"I will remain in contact with the Governor and continue to work with him on issues important to Virginians," Cuccinelli's statement continued. "I expect Virginia's state employees to follow all state and federal anti-discrimination laws and will enforce Virginia's laws to the fullest extent."
In other words, Cuccinelli recognizes that the governor's latest statement does not have the force of law, but merely "sets the tone." As Delegate Robert G. Marshall (R-Prince William) said, McDonnell's directive carries no force and is no more than a "press release with fluff around it."
There is some speculation that this fig leaf was put in place to try to impress the defense giant Northrop Grumman, which is considering moving its headquarters from Los Angeles to the Washington, D.C. area. Maryland, Virginia and the District are actively competing to win the company's favor. Northrop Grumman enjoys a 100% rating in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index. Among the many considerations that Northrop is facing is that Maryland's policies are more in line with the company's own policies. Says Maryland State Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (D-Montgomery):
Here in Maryland, we value our gay and lesbian citizens as part of a diverse population that makes the state strong. Virginia is doing the opposite and letting its LGBT citizens — and those considering whether to move and work there — know that they and their families are unwelcome second-class citizens. And they are counting on corporations like yours not to care.
Indeed, while there are efforts in Virginia's legislature to pass a nonbinding resolution expressing the opinion that Virginia "maintains an ecumenical atmosphere in its sexual orientation hiring policies in the private and public workforce," that resolution would not have an effect on Virginia's nondiscrimination law. And even that nonbinding statement, which passed in Virginia's Senate as part of a package of incentives intended to lure Northrop and other employers, is being stymied in Virginia's lower House.
March 9th, 2010
Tonight the West Valley City Council will discuss (and likely pass) employment and housing protections for their gay and lesbian residents. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Freshman Mayor Mike Winder urged the council, during a planning retreat in January, to take up the issue in 2010. On Monday, he said, residents have shared with him their experiences of being "evicted or fired" because of their sexual orientations.
"I'm a proud Republican and a proud American," Winder said. "When I recite the Pledge of Allegiance and say 'with liberty and justice for all,' I mean what I say."
Let's hope that Winder continues to listen closely, and is joined by many more Christian Republicans who will listen closely to the words they pledge with their hand over their heart.
March 5th, 2010
Several colleges and universities in Virginia have policies against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has a unique interpretation of law: unless you are specifically instructed by the legislature to avoid discrimination against a group, you cannot voluntarily choose to do so (Washington Post):
"It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including 'sexual orientation,' 'gender identity,' 'gender expression,' or like classification as a protected class within its non-discrimination policy absent specific authorization from the General Assembly," he wrote.
But is this the same as, "you must allow discrimination against gays?" In Virginia, yes.
Currently the political and cultural attitude of this state are extremely hostile to gay residents and visitors. And even in the most encouraging of states, there will be administrators or teachers who believe that their own personal religious beliefs entitle them to mistreat others.
There is no question whatsoever that there will either be deans who make or deny promotions based on sexual orientation, teachers who will assign work that is intended to advance an anti-gay viewpoint, or other school based preferences and punishments that are doled out based on anti-gay animus. It is almost a certainty that administrators will deny housing, funded organizations will deny membership, and fraternal organizations will throw parties with themes that mock gay students.
And this will increase. Because statements like those of Cuccinelli not only give permission for anti-gay discrimination, they encourage such behavior and provide it with the imprimatur of the state. And the educational institutions will be powerless to oppose such actions.
This decision of Cuccinelli does not stand alone.
Last month, newly elected Governor Bob McDonnell (R) signed an executive order that removed non-discrimination policies for gay state employees. He argued, similarly to Cuccinelli, that unless gay folk were specifically protected by the legislature then he had no "authority" to include them.
These arguments are specious. Protections are not always limited to those itemized, but can be (and have been for decades) administered where they were needed.
These acts are not based on principle, but prejudice. I have little hesitation in asserting that McDonnell and Cuccinelli oppose non-discrimination policies against gay people primarily because their sympathies lie with those who wish to to discriminate.
Virginia is a very hostile state, at present. Gay people, and their friends, family, coworkers, and those who love them, should avoid setting foot in the state whenever possible.
February 18th, 2010
On Tuesday, Mrs. Jones told her pupils, "Hello class, I've noticed that you've been picking on a few of the children. It must stop, so I will not tolerate any abuse towards Alice, Bobby, or Carlos."
The Washington Post is reporting on a change in state hiring policy enacted by new Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has signed an executive order barring discrimination in the state workforce on grounds that include race, sex, religion and age, but not sexual orientation.
Previous governors included sexual orientation.
There really is no way to translate this action other than that McDonnell believes that sexual orientation, in and of itself, can and should be used as a sole cause for firing state employees or denying promotion. This action by their governor is an open invitation for supervisors or managers to fire or demote employees. And it is likely to happen.
But what is even more likely to occur is abuse, harassment, and antagonizing of gay people. If a coworker calls someone a "damn pervert", that's not going to be punished. If the morning meeting is started by a daily f*ggot joke, there's no recourse. If a state employee shares how they lost the paperwork of the "flaming queen in my line" to gales of laughter, that will not be illegal discrimination. And posting big signs quoting Leviticus or "protecting marriage" will not be an indication of a hostile workplace.
How can there be any respect or consideration, any objection to abuse, if the official state policy is "it's OK to fire the queers!!"
February 5th, 2010
Last July we reported that Albania, a secular Muslim Balkan nation, was considering legalizing same-sex marriage. The Prime Minister announced his party will propose a law making the change.
Sadly, this did not come to be. However, a law was passed which outlawed discrimination. (PinkNews)
A gay rights law passed in Albania yesterday will outlaw homophobic discrimination but will not allow same-sex marriage.
The law gives protection to citizens against discrimination on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
This change, though disappointing, was welcomed. (Reuters)
'This law is not simply a fulfilment of requirements that Albania has undertaken for European Union integration and visa liberalisation. Above all, it is a victory for democracy and for human rights for all Albanians,' the LGBT community said. The group hoped that Berisha would eventually keep his promise to legalise same-sex marriage.
Altin Azizaj, who runs the Children Rights Centre and had fought with parliamentarians over the role of a commissioner to monitor the law, said public and, most importantly, private institutions were now bound to respect human rights.
December 23rd, 2009
Last week we informed you of three churches in Kalamazoo who chose to stop participating in an ecumenical effort to care for the homeless due to other participating churches having supported non-discrimination against gay people.
In the spirit of Christmas, the three churches who are disassociating with Martha's Table delayed their exodus until after the annual Christmas feast, hosted by the United Methodist Church in Edison and First Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown. (Mlive.com)
The two locations combined drew more than 2,000 people.
Joanie Burke, a coordinator of the event at Stockbridge Avenue United Methodist Church, said it is true that more people than ever are in need of a warm meal and new clothes.
There is, however, a feel-good spin to the story.
"The need may be unprecedented, but the upbeat is the amount of donations for this event has increased amazingly … we have so many new toys that were donated, it looks like Santa\'s workshop around here," Burke said.
Burke said more than 150 people volunteered at each location to help serve meals, clear tables, oversee the distribution of clothes and toys "and basically direct traffic through our narrow halls."
Burke said the meal and distribution of clothes, blankets and toys draws parishioners from more than 15 churches in Southwest Michigan.
While it is sad that three churches have chosen to value their anti-gay animus over their charitable instinct, the good news is that others are stepping in to fill the gap. (WWMT)
The four new members of Martha\'s Table, Laney said, are: People\'s Church, Unitarian Universalist, in Oshtemo Township; United Campus Ministry/Kalamazoo, a nondenominational service-learning program for higher-education students; Disciples Christian Church, on Winchell Avenue; and Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, on Oakland Drive.
"And several others are leaning toward coming aboard," said the Rev. Matt Laney, of First Congregational United Church of Christ, whose support of civil rights for gay and transgender people prompted Centerpoint Church, Word for Life Church of God and Agape Christian Church to leave Martha\'s Table.
There is no word yet on whether the three disassociating churches plan to start their own charitable effort of if they are so strongly opposed to gay people being able to work and have housing that they've given up entirely on caring for the needy.
The churches who stayed in Martha's Table are:
First Congregational Church of Christ
Third Christian Reformed
St. Luke\'s Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
First United Methodist Church
Those who left are:
Centerpoint Church
Word for Life Church of God
Agape Christian Church
Those joining are:
People\'s Church, Unitarian Universalist
United Campus Ministry/Kalamazoo
Disciples Christian Church
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
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The new measure of poverty takes into account medical, commuting and other living costs. Doing that helped push the number of people below 200 percent of the poverty level up from 104 million, or 1 in 3 Americans, that was officially reported in September.
Broken down by age, children were most likely to be poor or low-income — about 57 percent — followed by seniors over 65. By race and ethnicity, Hispanics topped the list at 73 percent, followed by blacks, Asians and non-Hispanic whites.
Even by traditional measures, many working families are hurting.
Following the recession that began in late 2007, the share of working families who are low income has risen for three straight years to 31.2 percent, or 10.2 million. That proportion is the highest in at least a decade, up from 27 percent in 2002, according to a new analysis by the Working Poor Families Project and the Population Reference Bureau, a nonprofit research group based in Washington.
Among low-income families, about one-third were considered poor while the remainder — 6.9 million — earned income just above the poverty line. Many states phase out eligibility for food stamps, Medicaid, tax credit and other government aid programs for low-income Americans as they approach 200 percent of the poverty level.
The majority of low-income families — 62 percent — spent more than one-third of their earnings on housing, surpassing a common guideline for what is considered affordable. By some census surveys, child-care costs consume close to another one-fifth.
Paychecks for low-income families are shrinking. The inflation-adjusted average earnings for the bottom 20 percent of families have fallen from $16,788 in 1979 to just under $15,000, and earnings for the next 20 percent have remained flat at $37,000. In contrast, higher-income brackets had significant wage growth since 1979, with earnings for the top 5 percent of families climbing 64 percent to more than $313,000.
A survey of 29 cities conducted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors being released Thursday points to a gloomy outlook for those on the lower end of the income scale.
Many mayors cited the challenges of meeting increased demands for food assistance, expressing particular concern about possible cuts to federal programs such as food stamps and WIC, which assists low-income pregnant women and mothers. Unemployment led the list of causes of hunger in cities, followed by poverty, low wages and high housing costs.
Across the 29 cities, about 27 percent of people needing emergency food aid did not receive it. Kansas City, Mo., Nashville, Tenn., Sacramento, Calif., and Trenton, N.J., were among the cities that pointed to increases in the cost of food and declining food donations, while Mayor Michael McGinn in Seattle cited an unexpected spike in food requests from immigrants and refugees, particularly from Somalia, Burma and Bhutan.
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Ukshin Hoti (1943–1999) was a Kosovo Albanian philosopher and activist. Hoti was a professor of international law and later philosophy at the University of Pristina and founder of UNIKOMB, a political party of Kosovo. Since 1982 he had been arrested several times by Yugoslav authorities. In 1994 he was convicted to five years in the Dubrava prison. In May 1999, when his sentence ended and he was to be released, guards of the prison relocated him.[1] His whereabouts are unknown and many human rights activists consider him dead.
Ukshin Hoti was born in the village of Krushë e Madhe/Velika Kruša in the Rahovec/Orahovac municipality at the time part of Yugoslavia. He studied political science at the University of Zagreb and the University of Belgrade and had postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the University of Washington in international relations and political science.[2] From 1975, Hoti taught international law at the University of Pristina and held an administrative position at the parliament of Kosovo.
In 1982 he was sentenced by a Yugoslav court and spent three and a half years in prison for his support to the 1981 protests in Kosovo, although he was not charged with the use or advocacy of violence.[2][3] In 1983 Amnesty International declared him a prisoner of conscience.[3] On 28 September 1994, he was sentenced to five years in the Dubrava penitentiary for "endangering the constitutional order of Serbia".[2] On May 16, 1999 the day he was to be released, he was last seen alive by three inmates.[4] Rather than be released, he was transferred to the prison of Niš, and from then, he went missing.[2]
- Cold War and Detant (Lufta e ftohtë dhe Detanti)
- Political philosophy of the Albanian Cause (Filozofia Politike e Çështjes Shqiptare)
- Talk through the prison bars (Bisedë përmes hekurash)
His works include the treatise, the Philosophical Politics of the Albanian Cause (Albanian: Filozofia politike e ceshtjes shqiptare), published in English in 1998.[2] He was also nominated for the Sakharov Prize in 1998.[5] His brother Afrim, a member of Vetëvendosje was elected a deputy of Kosovo in the Kosovan parliamentary election, 2010.
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- ^ "Pan-Albanianism: How Big a Threat to Balkan Stability?" (PDF). International Crisis Group. February 25, 2004. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical dictionary of Kosova. Scarecrow Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-8108-5309-4.
- ^ a b Amnesty International report. Amnesty International Publications. 1983.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (November 2001). Under orders: war crimes in Kosovo. Human Rights Watch. p. 245. ISBN 1-56432-264-5.
- ^ "Official Journal of the European Communities". Europa. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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Mexico Peso Bonds Fall on Speculation Fed to Defer More Stimulus
Mexico's peso bonds posted their biggest drop since March, following Treasuries lower, on bets the Federal Reserve will put off more stimulus measures as the world's largest economy shows signs of strength.
Yields on peso bonds due in 2024 increased 10 basis points, or 0.10 percentage point, to 5.54 percent at 4 p.m. in Mexico City, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The price fell 1.08 centavo to 139.84 centavos per peso. The peso appreciated 0.3 percent to 13.1342 per dollar.
Mexico's peso bonds slid along with Treasuries after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said yesterday that the Fed will hold off in September from a third round of bond buying known as quantitative easing. Industrial production in the U.S., the destination of 80 percent of Mexican exports, gained last month more than economists forecast, the Fed reported today.
"The Treasury trade being unwound in my eyes definitely has to do with people that were overly enthusiastic about the idea of getting quantitative easing," said Alex Silva, who manages and advises on about $800 million of emerging-market assets including Mexican bonds at Silva Capital Management in Chicago. "Then there's the ripple effect into other markets."
The 15-day correlation coefficient between 10-year Mexican government bonds and similar-maturity Treasuries today rose to 0.80, the highest level since 2004. A reading of 1 means the two securities move in lockstep while -1 indicates they move in opposite directions.
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The peso's advance today boosted this year's rally against the dollar to 6.1 percent, the biggest among the 16 most-traded counterparts tracked by Bloomberg. Mexico's currency gained 0.7 percent against the yen today.
The central bank held its 2012 gross domestic product forecast at 3.25 percent to 4.25 percent, according to a presentation posted on its website today. It also left its 2013 growth forecast unchanged at 3 percent to 4 percent.
Banxico, as the central bank is known, said consumer prices will rise 3 percent to 4 percent this year and next even after inflation accelerated above that target, with prices climbing 4.42 percent in July from a year earlier. Rising global prices for corn following a drought in the U.S. and an outbreak of avian flu may keep some food prices high in the third quarter, Banxico said.
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Female soldier wounded after Jerusalem stabbing attack
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An Israeli soldier is recovering in hospital after she was stabbed on a train in Jerusalem.
The soldier, 19, was on the way to her army base and was leaving the city's light rail train when an attacker stabbed her in the chest and arm. She was treated at the scene and then taken to hospital.
According to the Jerusalem Post the stabber was a young Arab. Police are questioning a suspect in relation to the incident.
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Go read this.
It is an eloquent post detailing a healer plight-and it also explains why I've been going nuts.
It would help, I think, if there weren't those couple of fights still in Naxx 10 where we "need" 3 healers. Then we could just bring two, and not be bored, and get cranky when other healers step on our toes because they, too, are bored.
I will try to do a post of my own later, but I had to share that with you.
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- 2 spring onions (scallions chopped)
- 1⁄2 cup cheese (grated)
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- Wrap each potato in aluminium foil and put on a shallow tray and put in the oven and cook for 1 hour or until tender.
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These were so easy and so yummy!!! I loved the tuna filling and serving the rest of it on the side was spot on, as we poured all of it over our potatoes. I made my mornay sauce from scratch and added some gruyere cheese to the sauce as well as sprinkling some over the potatoes. A great combo Pat and it makes for a very delicious meal with minimal effort and maximum taste.
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MNGOP Sen. Sean Nienow says Dayton "duped" public about e-pulltabs, demands investigation
Nienow wants answers about "how the Dayton administration provided estimates that are so amazingly wrong and how Minnesota won't be duped again."
The e-pulltabs that are supposed to fund the state's $348 million contribution for the new Vikings stadium were initially projected to generate $35 million by the end of this year. As the Star Tribune reported last Sunday, that projection was largely the handiwork of the very gambling companies that stood to profit if e-pulltabs were approved, while the organizations that have actually run charitable gambling operations in the state for decades weren't consulted.
SEE ALSO: Vikings stadium e-pulltabs: Per-machine revenue falling far short of expectations
But thanks to a slow rollout and less-than-enthusiastic interest in the machines, the most recent projection has sliced the end-of-the-year number all the way down to a measly $1.7 million. And Sen. Sean Nienow, R-Cambridge, wants answers.
In a statement released yesterday, Nienow writes that "Citizens of Minnesota were duped by the Dayton administration, and now taxpayers are going to be on the hook for tens of millions every year for thirty years." And in a separate letter, Nienow demanded that Finance Committee Chair Sen. Dick Cohen, D-St. Paul, hold "oversight hearings as soon as the legislature returns from recess next week" to get to the bottom of the yawning gap between the e-pulltab projection and reality.
Here's Nienow's entire statement, along with his letter to Cohen and other documents:
But in comments made to reporters earlier this week, Dayton said it's too early to panic about disappointing e-pulltab proceeds, adding that it's inappropriate for Republicans to try to use the issue to score political points.
"We'll work this out," Dayton said. "It's not about pointing fingers about what happened last spring .... Unless somebody can prove conclusively otherwise, I would say everybody -- the Gambling Control Board, the Department of Revenue, the Legislature, Republicans and Democrats, and my administration -- everybody acted in good faith, and has applied their best judgment to a totally unprecedented situation."
Dayton said he expects e-pulltab revenue to increase as more bars and restaurants make the machines available to patrons. But even if it doesn't, Dayton pointed out that the Vikings stadium bill contained fallback funding mechanisms, such as a stadium suite tax and sports-themed lottery.
Cohen, meanwhile, doesn't sound like he plans to hold Nienow's desired hearings any time soon. According to an MPR report, Cohen said holding a hearing now would be "premature." The e-pulltab machines are still being introduced -- only 200 bars and restaurants currently offer them, though the prevailing projection at the time the Vikings stadium bill was approved foresaw 2,500 establishments offering them by now -- and the state doesn't have a pressing need for the money it expected to take in from e-pulltabs this year.
"We're going to have to see where it leads but if we're going to do it an intelligent way, we'll do it substantively and not in a free-for-all committee hearing," Cohen said, according to the MPR report.
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European Union leaders announced late Friday the indefinite postponement of a key summit with Japan intended to launch crucial free trade negotiations next week because of the mounting debt crisis in bankruptcy-threatened Cyprus.
"It is with regret that we have decided to postpone next week's EU-Japan summit," EU Council and Commission heads Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso said in a surprise statement.
"The ongoing efforts to find a solution for the financial situation of Cyprus require our presence in Brussels," the pair said, as three separate sources confirmed the staging of a face-to-face meeting of eurozone finance ministers from 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) on Sunday in Brussels.
"We reiterate the importance of EU-Japan strategic relations and would like to thank Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe for expressing his understanding," the permanent Brussels figureheads said in the release.
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht will maintain his diary date in Tokyo on Monday, the duo underlined.
"We look forward to the rescheduling of the summit at the earliest possible opportunity," they added.
The EU is feverishly trying to broker bilateral trading agreements with its major global rivals and leading world economies the United States and Japan, but the threat of default and eurozone expulsion for little Cyprus has raised the spectre of major contagion across financial markets.
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I'm a Spanish teacher too... Where can I get some help integrating technology into my classroom?
Resources for everyone
Professional journals
Language Learning and Technology: a refereed journal for second and foreign language educators - http://llt.msu.edu/
Education Week - http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
Education World: Technology Integration - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/
International Society for Technology in Education - http://www.iste.org/
Tech and Learning - http://www.techlearning.com/
Professional Assocations
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages - http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Maryland Foreign Language Association - http://www.mflamd.org/
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) - http://alpha.dickinson.edu/prorg/nectfl/
National U.S. Based and International Associations from NECTFL - http://alpha.dickinson.edu/prorg/nectfl/assocnational.html
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese - http://www.aatsp.org/
National Exam Information
National Spanish Examination - http://www.nationalspanishexam.org/
College Board (Advanced Placement Exams) - http://www.collegeboard.com/
Test of English as a Foreign Language - http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.fab2360b1645a1de9b3a0779f1751509/?vgnextoid=69c0197a484f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD
Government sites - national and state
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/os/technology/index.html
Maryland State Department of Education Office of Information Technology - http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/IT/
Teacher resource sites for Spanish teachers
I have moved all of the general technology sites that was here before to the side navigation bar on the following resources:
- blogs - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Blogs
- discussion boards - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Discussion+Boards
- podcasting, vodcasting and music - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Podcasting%2C+vodcasting+and+music
- RSS feeds - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Podcasting%2C+vodcasting+and+music
- searching for reliable sources online - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Searching+for+reliable+sites
- social bookmarking - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Social+bookmarking
- wikis - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/Wikis
There is also a "General ways to add technology" page on the side navigation bar as well, that is useful to all teachers, not just Spanish ones - http://sgallagherdecol.wikispaces.com/General+ways+to+add+technology
4Teachers: Teach with Technology - http://www.4teachers.org/?PHPSESSID=04ef9113d6e20b4be9d7a28bd0734cff
4Teachers: Teach with Technology: 4Teachers en español - http://www.4teachers.org/archive/index.php?cat=7&PHPSESSID=ff6894160216b5d5140d6380ea704692
TeAchnology: The Online Teacher Resource - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/languages/spanish/
Materials and Other Resources from NECTFL (Great links to teaching with technology can be found here) - http://alpha.dickinson.edu/prorg/nectfl/assocmaterials.html
Songs for Teaching: Using Music to Promote Learning: Spanish songs (some of this site is not free) - http://www.songsforteaching.com/spanishsongs.htm
Spanish Teaching: Learn Travel Teach (some of this site is not free) - http://www.spanish.bz/teaching-spanish.htm
Quia.com: shared Spanish activities (some of this site is not free) - http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish/
SpanishPrograms.com: free online lessons (some of this site is not free) - http://www.spanishprograms.com/learning_module/tutorial_index.htm
Inspiration (program that must be bought to use) - http://www.inspiration.com/Inspiration
University of Miami's Powerpoint Presentation on Integrating Technology into Language Teaching (full of great links!) -http://www.as.miami.edu/mll/labs/workshops/Spanish%20Presentation.ppt#256,1,INTEGRATING%20TECHNOLOGY%20INTO%20LANGUAGE%20TEACHING
A syllabus from a teacher about Integrating Technology into Education, focused on Spanish - http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/1896/spanish.htm
Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes - http://www.clta.net/lessons/
Email exchange - http://www.epals.com/
Create an avatar that talks for blogs, etc. - http://www.voki.com/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: World Language resources - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/world/worldrw.html
Another teacher's take on World Language Technology Integration - http://worldlangtechintegration.wikispaces.com/
And another teacher's take - http://diannekrause.wikispaces.com/World+Language+Integration
Research for Students and Teachers
I've added a lot of sites to the Student Resources page of my teacher page.
Spanish Practice (mostly for students, but some for teachers as well)
This section is now on the Student Resources page of my teacher page.
"The" Spanish Language Site from Spain
This section is available on the Student Resources page.
English Practice
This section is available on the Student Resources page.
Baltimore County Public Schools level
BCPS Office of Library Information Services - Web 2.0 - http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/web2.0/index.html
BCPS Spanish 1 teachers, technology integration inservice on the One Stop Planner - http://www.bcps.org/offices/world%5Flanguages/pdf/WL_tech_insvc.pdf
BCPS Office of World Languages - http://www.bcps.org/offices/world_languages/
BCPS World Languages Division of Educational Support Services: Library Information Services: http://www.bcps.org/offices/world%5Flanguages/misc/lis.html
BCPS World Languages eResources for Teachers of World Languages - http://www.bcps.org/offices/world%5Flanguages/eResources/wl_teachers.html
BCPS World Languages eResources for Teachers of ESOL - http://www.bcps.org/offices/world_languages/eResources/esol_teachers.html
BCPS Professional Development - http://www.bcps.org/offices/pdc/cpd.html
BCPS Office of Instructional Technology - http://www.bcps.org/offices/oit/
BCPS Intranet sign in (must be done on a BCPS connected computer) - http://www.bcps.org/employees/


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Nancy Pelosi's Secret Is Something Everyone in America Already Knows
This was a letdown.
After telling CNN yesterday that she was certain Newt Gingrich would never become president because "there is something I know," Nancy Pelosi is now clarifying that she doesn't actually have any deep, dark Gingrich secrets. "The 'something' Leader Pelosi knows is that Newt Gingrich will not be President of the United States," a spokesperson claims. So how does she know? Because she knows. Fascinating.


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Dear Olive Street Families,
On behalf of the Olive Street staff, I would like to welcome you back to Olive Street for the 2015-2016 school year. I am very excited and honored to be your principal. I know many of you know me as a former teacher and vice principal here at Olive Street, and I look forward to continuing and building our relationship. I have worked for the Anaheim City School District for nearly 19 years, 13 as a teacher and 6 as an administrator. I look forward to many more to come.
At Olive Street we have a tremendous staff of teachers, support, and office personnel, dedicated to bringing a quality education to all students, focusing on Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity, and Communication skills. We are committed to excellence in all academic content areas which includes our Distinguished Practice of Health and Fitness, understanding that "Healthy Bodies" support "Healthy Minds."
We also understand that in order to excel in a growing global community, our scholars will need to have the technological skills to meet these new challenges. Olive Street promotes the use of technology in all academic areas, as well as developing personal digital citizenship among all scholars. We will continue to grow and increase our capacity for providing the most current technology, supporting these goals.
To meet the needs of each of our scholars, teachers and staff participate in professional developments designed to provide the most current, researched-based instructional strategies and programs. Through collaboration and teamwork these strategies and programs come to life in the classroom, delivering exceptional learning experiences for all scholars.
As a school, we value the home-school partnership, knowing that these goals cannot be met without your support and participation in your scholars' educational journey. We welcome families to be part of Olive Streets learning community.
As always we welcome your questions and comments. Please feel free to call our office, send an email, or stop by the office. I look forward to a tremendous year and again, I am deeply honored to serve as principal of Olive Street School.
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All righty then.
I was so enthralled by the victory of the Seahawks just now that I actually watched the post-game "coverage" on KOMO, which largely was entertaining because while the broadcaster talked about the police getting set up, the camera zoomed in on a woman who was so drunk (on First and Yesler) that she was lying in the entry to the crosswalk. (Actually, the camera also zoomed in on Merchants Cafe, which made me sad, since that's the place where I first spent 4 1/2 hours interviewing August Wilson, and now he's not around for all this.)
But the most entertaining moment of all was clearly the green giant commercial for Auburn Suzuki. Anybody? He had a German accent, for the love of god, which meant that he could not quite pronounce Suzuki.


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