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Florida Family Research Council affiliate asks for help funding ‘aggressive’ 2012 plan

The leader of a politically influential Florida group that frequently advocates against LGBT and abortion rights has issued a new fundraising pitch to help gin up support for the work of its “Ignite an Enduring Cultural Transformation” campaign during the Sunshine State’s upcoming legislative session.

U.S. AG to speak about new voting restrictions in Texas today

By | 12.13.11 | 1:15 pm | More from The Florida Independent

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be giving a speech today about laws recently enacted all over the country that some say will suppress voter turnout among minorities, young people and low-income and disabled voters.

The speech comes during a flurry of activity following restrictive voting laws passed all More…

Crisis pregnancy centers join anti-abortion groups in support of N.C. ultrasound law

By | 11.11.11 | 10:40 am | More from The Florida Independent

Crisis pregnancy centers have joined anti-abortion groups that filed a motion to intervene in a court ruling blocking the implementation of a North Carolina law that would have forced doctors to show women an ultrasound and describe it to them before providing an abortion.

ACLU says restrictions on Occupy MN ‘run afoul’ of 1st Amendment

By | 11.03.11 | 5:44 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota sent Hennepin County commissioners a letter criticizing new restrictions the county plans to impose on Occupy Wall Street protesters in downtown Minneapolis, who have set up in Hennepin County Government Plaza since the first week of October.

Catholic Bishop conference angered by loss of federal funding for human trafficking victim relief

By | 11.01.11 | 3:44 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has added another item to their list of grievances with the Obama administration.

UNM grants new permit to 99 percenters in Albuquerque after ACLU intervenes

By | 11.01.11 | 3:16 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

University of New Mexico administrators have issued a new permit for members of the “99 percent” movement to protest at Yale Park, which is on UNM’s campus.

Banned anti-welfare board game re-released to feature ‘Obozo the Marxist clown’

By | 10.26.11 | 3:52 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A board game that was banned in the 1980s will be re-released as “Obozo’s America: Why Bother Working for a Living?” The game features insulting stereotypes about welfare recipients as well as a depiction of a “Marxist Clown… juggling Hope and Change balls.”

Court blocks Florida’s welfare drug testing law

By | 10.24.11 | 3:48 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A United States court in Orlando has granted Luis Lebron and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida an injunction against the new state law requiring welfare applicants to be drug tested, temporarily blocking it in the state.

Judge dismisses ACLU challenge to implementation of new elections rules

By | 10.18.11 | 5:46 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A Miami judge today threw out a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the state’s plans to implement its controversial elections overhaul in 62 counties while a handful of other counties await preclearance from the federal government.