Seattle Post-Intelligencer The state Supreme Court today upheld Washington’s law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, rejecting the argument of 19 same-sex couples that they’ve been unfairly denied the right to wed.In a splintered decision, Justice Barbara Madsen wrote that the state’s marriage law was enacted to “promote procreation [...]
The Seattle Times Israeli warplanes bombarded a U.N. post in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing three peacekeepers and leaving another feared dead in a strike that Secretary-General Kofi Annan termed “apparently deliberate.”The bombing capped a violent day that included the death of a 15-year-old Israeli girl from a Hezbollah rocket in a northern Galilee town [...]
The Seattle Times Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., on Monday accused Republicans under President Bush of economic mismanagement and favoring the rich as she outlined a Democratic campaign agenda of tax breaks and incentives designed to make the costs of health care, college and retirement more affordable for millions of Americans.The former first lady delivered [...]
CNN U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is proposing an ambitious plan with up to two international military forces that would help the Lebanese government stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon, Lebanese political sources said.The plan initially would involve putting an international force of up to 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops under a NATO or [...]
BBC NEWS Ministers from the 25 European Union countries are meeting in Brussels to decide whether to halt EU funding for research on human embryonic stem cells.Some countries oppose the research, but scientists say the cells are the key to treating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. I find it interesting that the exact same [...]
CNN.com Before her arrival in Lebanon on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the need for a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah guerrillas is “urgent,” but only when the conditions are right.Rice spoke with reporters en route to the Middle East, where she’s expected to meet with Israeli and Lebanese officials Monday. [...]
All Headline News The White House and the Senate are gearing up for fresh clashes over the thorny issue of embryonic stem cell research with President George Bush already threatening to veto a bill lifting restrictions on its research Tuesday.But the Senate has vowed to override the President’s veto power Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Bill [...]
This column by MJ Rosenberg echoes what I have said on the Israel/Lebanon/Hezbollah situation with a bit more historical analysis. Worth reading. (via Ezra Klein)
Haaretz – Israel News Saudi Arabia on Thursday blamed “elements” inside Lebanon for the violence with Israel, in unusually frank language directed at guerrilla group Hezbollah and its Iranian backers.”A distinction must be made between legitimate resistance and uncalculated adventures undertaken by elements inside (Lebanon) and those behind them without recourse to the legal authorities [...]
