We're going to court. We, all South Dakotans, will pay taxes to pay Marty Jackley to go to court and tell six same-sex couples (and all their compadres rooting for them around the state), "Your love ain't right." I'd rather…
Posts tagged as “equality”
...and do it with apps! Cody Hausman spoke to the Sioux Falls Democratic Forum last Friday on behalf of his generation. The son of Brandon City Councilwoman and 2012 District 9 House candidate Jo Hausman discussed how Democrats (and any…
Bro-hug for Senator Craig Tieszen, speaking up for LGBT equality! A rally for gay rights Friday night in downtown Rapid City included a speaker not often heard at such gatherings — a Republican lawmaker. Sen. Craig Tieszen, R-Rapid City, was…
In the Heads in the Sand Department, the Sioux Falls School District is not tracking demographics among its open-enrolling students to check for trends toward racial or income inequalities in student populations at its schools: Superintendent Pam Homan said she…
Redistribution, please: So does reducing inequality through redistribution hurt economic growth? Not according to two landmark studies by economists at the International Monetary Fund, which is hardly a leftist organization. The first study looked at the historical relationship between inequality…
House State Affairs voted wrong a lot yesterday. In two meetings, including a p.m. session that dragged into European supper time, House State Affairs decided to force all students to honor God and country at school, declined to end South…
Senate Bill 128 just died in the Senate Judiciary Committee, for most of the right reasons. SB 128 is the anti-gay legislation proposed by Senator Phil Jensen (R-33/Rapid City) to protect businesses from lawsuits over discrimination against gay, lesbian, and…