Liberal Forum

If they don't have things like access to buildings or public transportation, then theyARE denied rights that every other person enjoys. Shouldn't a blind voter have access to a braille ballot, so they can cast their vote in private like the rest of us? Since when is the acknowledgementthat we may ha...

MistyBlue, on 05 Dec 2012 - 12:07, said: No extra rights or preferential treatment. The treaty was designed to 'promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity'....

Blake Page, West Point Cadet, Quits Military Academy Over Religion (VIDEO) ALBANY, N.Y. — A cadet quitting West Point less than six months before graduation says he could no longer be part of a culture that promotes prayers and religious activities and disrespects nonreligious cadets. Blake Page a...

No extra rights or preferential treatment. The treaty was designed to 'promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity'. I'm flattered. Yet under the US Const...

Fox’s chair Roger Ailes told Petraeus he’d quit to manage his prez campaign (AUDIO) Fox News likes to call itself “fair and balanced.” Key words: “call itself.” The latest blunder for the cable news ratings leader is rooted in the new revelation that founder and chair Roger Ailes sent an emissary —...

GOP obstruction also lead to the blocking of the Convention on the Law of the Sea during this session, Excellent....

If the premise is that people with disabilities are equal, then there's no call for extra rights and preferential treatment. No extra rights or preferential treatment. The treaty was designed to 'promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms b...

If the premise is that people with disabilities are equal, then there's no call for extra rights and preferential treatment. By the way, according to the board, your thread is HOT. Think I might have to rub one out too it....

Senate Republicans Vote Down International Disabilities Treaty The U.S. Senate today (yesterday) killed the ratification of a United Nations treaty designed to improve the prospects of those with disabilities around the world by a vote of 61-38, ending the best chance of any significant treaty maki...

Yes, you emphasized that Dunn 'thought he saw a gun'.And we should believe him why?If he felt that he was justified in shooting, then why leave the scene?We should believe a cop, why?Brisco v. LaHueI don't think I ever denied that there are some crooked cops.Just throwing it out there....