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Louisiana Non-Election News Open Thread

by: ryan

Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 15:28:16 PM CDT

  • Cry for Vitter, Louisiana ... as the FEC has shot down Sinator Vitter's request to use his campaign funds to pay down his legal bills stemming from his extra-curricular activities at the DC Madam's brothel. He'll have to pay out $170,000 of his own money to pay it all off.
  • Governor PBJ hates the gays, and thinks we're all stupid. No, seriously. He will not renew the executive order signed by Governor Blanco that banned discrimination against gay and lesbian employees. He claims that "state and federal law already prohibits discrimination."

    Actually, Guv, state and federal law do not prohibit discrimation against gay and lesbian folks. Matter of fact, neither the United States' nor Louisiana's anti-discrimination law includes sexual orientation as a protected class.

    As for your concern, Guv, that religious groups will be forced to hire gay and lesbian folks ... that's not true. They're already allowed to hire and fire whomever they want due to the First Amendment. But you knew that. And so does the Louisiana Family Forum, the group whose ass you're kissing by letting the anti-discrimination order lapse. But y'all hate the gays. So that makes it okay apparently.

  • I just thank the Good Lord that McCain didn't give Governor PBJ the Republican keynote speech. He dropped PBJ for Mr. "A Noun, A Verb, and 9/11."
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The Jena Six: A Compendium

by: CenLamar

Thu Aug 02, 2007 at 03:17:59 AM CDT

(I thank CenLamar for posting his thoughtful and thorough work at Daily Kingfish. - promoted by pointecoupeedemocrat)

Crossposted from CenLamar

Since late December of 2006, the quiet town of Jena, Louisiana has been the subject of intense media scrutiny. The story of the Jena Six has made national and international headlines, causing many to ask serious and important questions about the present-day realities of racism in Louisiana. CenLamar has been covering the tensions in Jena, Louisiana even before the now-infamous Jena Six incident, when the main academic building of Jena High School was set on fire on November 30, 2006. Less than a week later, the now-infamous Jena Six incident occured.

This is intended to be a resource for anyone interested in learning about the Jena Six, and it is offered with the sincere hope that all Louisianans, both black and white, Republican and Democrat, will recognize this injustice and demand equal treatment for all under the law.  

Ryan of The Daily Kingfish provided a synopsis, courtesy of Pursuing Holiness. For the purposes of clarity, this is the full recapitulation provided by Pursuing Happiness:

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