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51% of Americans Support Gay Marriage
Think Progress shared the results of a new CBS News poll that shows a slim majority of Americans -- 51% altogether -- support marriage equality, while only 41% of Americans oppose equal marriage...
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The Nuts & Bolts of Raising Urban Chickens in Iowa City
I have written quite a bit over the years about the phenomena of raising chickens within city limits -- way more than I ever would have anticipated when I created this blog. Now that Iowa City's City...
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Nero at Daycare -- 12/04/12 & 12/06/12
It's been a long week. I just got back from a three-day training event in Minneapolis, MN, designed to learn new job skills to serve the people I work with more effectively. It was a really good...
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Gay Marriage Acceptance Stats // PLUS Gay Marriage in Washington State!!
While I was away, there were a series of marriage equality polls -- and most of them were pretty position, according to Think Progress. A Quinnipiac University poll showed 48% supports for marriage...
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Judge Mary Yu Will Marry You
I wrote earlier this week about how gay and lesbian couples in Washington have been applying for marriage licenses, but -- because of a three-day waiting period -- they have to wait until tomorrow...
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U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on DOMA and Proposition 8 in 2013
I know I'm late on this one, but that's how it is sometimes. Did you hear that the U.S. Supreme Court is going to review a Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case AND the Proposition 8 case?:The United...
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Illinois, New Jersey, and Oregon Voters Are Leaning Towards Support of Gay...
Public Policy Polling has some encouraging poll results posted for supporters of gay and lesbian families and marriage equality.From Illinois:In Illinois even though there's only narrow overall support...
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Honey Boo Boo's Father Has Health Scare at Christmas Party
If you follow her on Facebook, you know that the family of Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson has been gearing up for a major Christmas toy drive for several weeks. What you (or I, at least) haven't heard...
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NOM's Maggie Gallagher: "I Think Supreme Court Will Defeat DOMA & Uphold...
Maggie Gallagher (formerly of the National Organization for Marriage) added to Supreme Court/gay marriage discussion in the comments of this blog post. This is what she predicts will be the results on...
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Peering Into the Future: Trek Fest 2013...
I was poking around the various corners of the Internet when I noticed the following bit of future fun in nearby Riverside:June 28-29, 2013 I don't know anything else about this summer's Trek Fest,...
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Nero at Daycare -- 12/12/12
Nero had another fun day at doggy daycare today. Check out his new 'do and Christmas-themed scarf. Check it out:
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D'Angelo Earns His Red Belt in Tae Kwon Do!
One of the things that has snagged my attention over the past week has been my youngest son's recent testing in Tae Kwon Do. He earned his brown belt last spring and has been practicing all fall to...
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University of Iowa Becomes 1st U.S. University to Include LGBT Status on...
The University of Iowa recently became the first U.S. public university to ask potential student to about their sexual orientation and gender identity when they complete their admission application....
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27 Killed in Shooting Spree in Connecticut School
By now, everyone is aware that 20-year-old Adam Lanza apparently killed his mother and then 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school (including 20 young children) with two pistols and one...
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Devil Dinosaur: Agent of S.M.A.S.H.(?)
Last year, we learned that a new Marvel Comics cartoon called "Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H." would be airing on Disney XD effective summer 2013. I know almost nothing about it except that it would...
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Iowa Lost Roughly 4 Thousand Residents in 2011
The Gazette reported today that Iowa lost more residents than it gained during the year of 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau:According to the Census’ American Community Survey, 74,516 people...
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Which Marvel Hero Will Contract Cancer in 2013?
Last year, Archie Comics' LIFE WITH ARCHIE launched a storyline that reintroduced Cheryl Blossom to the adult Riverdale gang. She came how after contracting breast cancer (here and here). That...
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Married Moms Win Case Against Iowa Over Infant Death Certificate Snub
In September 2011, a married Davenport couple, Jessica Aiken and Jenny Buntemeyer, experience heart-break when their baby boy Brayden was born stillborn. They submitted a death certificate to the Iowa...
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Iowa City Finally Passes "Urban Chicken" Ordinance -- However Neighbors Can...
It has taken several years of active campaigning, but advocates of urban chicken farmers here in Iowa City have finally met their goal. The Iowa City City Council finally voted in favor of an ordinance...
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