Bigotry Watch
by David Badash
● 12:05 PM May 20, 2013
Delegates from the Republican Party of Virginia officially nominated an anti-gay extremist, Tea Party candidate E.W. Jackson as their Lt. Governor nominee.
Civil Rights
by Jean Ann Esselink
● 9:30 AM May 12, 2013
Iowa told Melissa and Heather Gartner, even though they were legally married, they could not both be listed as her parents on their newborn baby’s birth certificate. The couple fought back. Because of their efforts, Iowa birth certificates will now ask for Parent One and Parent Two, instead of Mother and Father. Today, Heather and Melissa Gartner are On Our Radar.