I got soul but I'm not a soldier

Petition Text:
We the people want to know when we can have our “perfectly legitimate” discussion on marijuana legalization. Marijuana prohibition has resulted in the arrest of over 20 million Americans since 1965, countless lives ruined and hundreds of billions of tax dollars squandered and yet this policy has still failed to achieve its stated goals of lowering use rates, limiting the drug’s access, and creating safer communities.

Isn’t it time to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol? If not, please explain why you feel that the continued criminalization of cannabis will achieve the results in the future that it has never achieved in the past?

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As of right now, there are 65,690 signatures.

Can tumblr make this voice even louder?

feminineabnormality:

Ok my loves, I just found out about this potential bill a couple of minutes ago and am completely horrified by it’s ramifications!

“Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.”

A far-reaching anti-choice bill, introduced by Republican Chris Smith and supported by 173 members of the House, includes a provision that could redefine rape and set women’s rights back by decades.

Right now, federal dollars can’t be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman’s life is in danger. But the Smith bill would narrow that use to “cases of ‘forcible’ rape but not statutory or coerced rape.”

As far too many women know, bruises and broken bones do not define rape - a lack of consent does.

By narrowing the Hyde Amendment language, Republicans would exclude the following situations from coverage: women who say no but do not physically fight off the perpetrator, women who are drugged or verbally threatened and raped, and minors impregnated by adults. As the National Women’s Law Center’s Steph Sterling puts it, this new standard of force “takes us back to a time where just saying no was not enough.”

If you want more information about the bill check out Mother Jone’s article or Think Progress’ article.

And if you feel strongly enough about it, please click on the link Redefining Rape? and sign the petition today.

It is absolutely outrageous,” Rep. Wasserman Schultz said in an exclusive interview late Monday afternoon. “I consider the proposal of this bill a violent act against women.”[…]

“It really is — to suggest that there is some kind of rape that would be okay to force a woman to carry the resulting pregnancy to term, and abandon the principle that has been long held, an exception that has been settled for 30 years, is to me a violent act against women in and of itself,” Wasserman Schultz said.

There has been a growing disconnect between the priorities of the American public and the agenda that is debated in Washington. To give power back to the American people and restore these broken bonds of trust, House Republicans are asking all Americans to be a part of building a new governing agenda.

Vote on other people’s ideas and/or submit your own.
They’ve asked for your voice—whether or not they listen is their decision.

This site was developed as part of an official effort to increase the dialogue between Americans and their Congress. Here, Americans are provided a new platform to share their priorities and ideas for a national policy agenda. As House Republicans, we are committed to our principles of limited, more accountable government; economic freedom; lower taxes; fiscal responsibility; protecting life, American values, and the Constitution; and providing for strong national security. This is an open forum, however, where all Americans are welcome to respectfully offer their opinions, regardless of party affiliation and whether we endorse them or not.

It is our hope the active engagement of the American people will produce a robust debate that will aid in the construction of a new American agenda. This website is paid for with official funds of the Office of the House Minority Leader – no political or campaign funds have been used for any portion of the America Speaking Out project.

neonloneliness:

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“Dear Tumblr Friends,

Please click on the below link, scroll down until you see the voting box on the right, and click “yes” where it asks if transgender people should be allowed to marry.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/

If you are someone who would vote “no”, you really shouldn’t be following me, so please unfollow at your earliest convenience.

Reblogging is good.”

88.9% in favor now

These are the few from the list linked above that I’ve heard of or formerly done business with here on the east coast:

• Cold Stone Creamery
• GoDaddy
• Greyhound Corporation
• P.F. Chang’s
• PetSmart
• Ramada Hotels
• U-Haul
• U.S. Airways