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High Tea
A message from our friends at the Staten Island Young Democrats. (This an interesting read about a group that doesn’t visit us very frequently here in Manhattan – the Tea Party!) Please join SIYD if can. 
For almost 50 years, Staten Island has celebrated Irish heritage with its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. While many look forward to the Irish step dancing, myriad of marching basset hounds and even the
Tagged Staten Island, tea party, young dems
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Rally for Women’s Health
Don’t let the new anti-choice Congress take away our reproductive health care! This is an issue that affects all of us as young people who often take the right to family planning for granted.
Organizations such as Planned Parenthood – who are already banned from using government money to provide abortions – are falling victim to inflammatory pro-life rhetoric. No matter how you feel about the issue of choice, it is true that organizations such as Planned Parenthood… Read More
Tagged health care, rally, women's issues
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Fox News: Women get more done… by being irrational?
Check out this video where Dave Briggs of Fox News shamelessly tells his female co-host (and America) that women obtain more “pork” for their districts because they are more “irrational”.
See another rendition of the study, which finds that women are more effective lawmakers, HERE.
Help combat Fox and Friends’ bigotry! Join the MYD Women’s Issues Committee by emailing Heather at women@gomyd.com.
Hat tip: Women’s Campaign Forum
Tagged congress, fox news, pork, women
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers In Crisis
In the past months, reproductive health groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL have been abuzz about a new threat at crisis pregnancy centers – originally designed to provide pregnant women with bias free knowledge about all of their options including abortion – the threat of dishonest and incomplete information.
With a new anti-choice Congress, reproductive health groups are worried about cuts to women’s health services including funding for birth control and the potential disqualification of women’s health centers which… Read More
Fighting for Equality… San Fran Style
Holiday caroling for a purpose with Marriage Equality USA.
One of my favorites (to the tune of White Christmas):
I’m dreaming of equal justice. Just like the Constitution says! Where we all pay taxes and all have access to civil marriage licenses. I’m dreaming of equal justice, when true equality is in sight. May your days be merry and bright and may all have equal marriage rights!
Also good (to the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer):… Read More
