A gay pub in the city of Melbourne has won the right to ban heterosexuals - the first time such a decision has been made in Australia.
Why, you ask.
The pub's management said the move would stop groups of heterosexual men and women abusing gay people.
Civil liberties groups have supported the decision.
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May 29, 2007
May 3, 2007
Bush administration pulls back on surveillance agreement
Another depressing report highlighting the death of due process:
Senior U.S. administration officials have told the U.S. Congress that they could not promise that the Bush administration would fulfill its January pledge to continue to seek warrants from a secret court for a domestic wiretapping program.
Rather, they argued that the president had the constitutional authority to decide for himself whether to conduct surveillance without warrants.
So, no one oversees the President's actions and he can do what he wants? Sounds like the creation of a dictatorship.
You may not be on the wiretap list today, but you don't know what the future holds.
Senior U.S. administration officials have told the U.S. Congress that they could not promise that the Bush administration would fulfill its January pledge to continue to seek warrants from a secret court for a domestic wiretapping program.
Rather, they argued that the president had the constitutional authority to decide for himself whether to conduct surveillance without warrants.
So, no one oversees the President's actions and he can do what he wants? Sounds like the creation of a dictatorship.
You may not be on the wiretap list today, but you don't know what the future holds.
April 27, 2007
Essay arrest baffles experts
Unfortunately, the fact that you can not freely speak or write about certain topics continues to flourish even today.
Police Thursday released portions of an essay used to charge a Cary-Grove High School student with disorderly conduct, leaving several experts puzzled at an arrest based on such schoolwork.
Asked to write about whatever he wanted in a creative writing class, would-be Marine and honors student Allen Lee, 18, described a violent dream in which he shot people and then "had sex with the dead bodies.''
Then there's this:
Lee said Thursday he was "completely shocked'' to be arrested Tuesday for his essay, especially because written instructions told kids not to "censor'' what they wrote.
"In creative writing, you're told to exaggerate,'' said Lee. "It was supposed to be just junk. . . .
"There definitely is violent content, but they're taking it out of context and making it something it isn't.''
Told to write whatever they want and to not censor themselves only to be arrested for writing what the "thought" police didn't approve of. Seems like a sting operation.
Police Thursday released portions of an essay used to charge a Cary-Grove High School student with disorderly conduct, leaving several experts puzzled at an arrest based on such schoolwork.
Asked to write about whatever he wanted in a creative writing class, would-be Marine and honors student Allen Lee, 18, described a violent dream in which he shot people and then "had sex with the dead bodies.''
Then there's this:
Lee said Thursday he was "completely shocked'' to be arrested Tuesday for his essay, especially because written instructions told kids not to "censor'' what they wrote.
"In creative writing, you're told to exaggerate,'' said Lee. "It was supposed to be just junk. . . .
"There definitely is violent content, but they're taking it out of context and making it something it isn't.''
Told to write whatever they want and to not censor themselves only to be arrested for writing what the "thought" police didn't approve of. Seems like a sting operation.
April 25, 2007
Iran Cracks Down on Women's Dress
With the arrival of spring, Iranian police have launched a crackdown against women accused of not covering up enough, arresting nearly 300 women, some for wearing too tight an overcoat or letting too much hair peek out from under their veil, authorities said Monday.
How depressing.
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How depressing.
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