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Inauguration

Living History, Making History: The New President and the Call for Universal Human Rights

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

January 20, 2009 - 9:39am

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Today, as Barack Obama takes the oath of office, I am reminded of Eleanor Roosevelt, who stated: "The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities."  Let's heed this call to action and make universal human rights real for all people.


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President Obama and the Future of Women's Health

By Marcia Yerman

January 20, 2009 - 9:00am

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Along with the rest of the country eagerly anticipating the inauguration of Barack Obama, the majority of American women will be reveling in the fact that those who wanted to curb a woman's right to choose didn't make it to the Oval Office.

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And It Begins...Inauguration 2009, Anti-Choice Protestors and Roe v. Wade

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January 19, 2009 - 8:13pm

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Roe v. Wade's 36th anniversary will be marked by a thoughtful discussion on RH Reality Check, a March for Life in Washington DC post-inauguration and, yes, a "Personhood Conference."

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Obama Invites Openly Gay Bishop to Pray at Inaugural Event

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

January 12, 2009 - 3:10pm

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I'll see your Pastor Rick Warren and raise you a Bishop Gene Robinson. The high-stakes symbolism of the Obama Inauguration.

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Waiting to Exhale: An Advocate Struggles with the Debate Over Warren

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

December 25, 2008 - 1:01pm

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Most of the public debate on Obama’s selection of Rick Warren for the inauguration has centered on his opposition to gay rights, his “good works” on poverty and global AIDS, and Obama’s promise to “disagree without being disagreeable.”  This advocate struggles with “getting to yes.”

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Rocks and Hard Places for Gay Christians this Christmas

By Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

December 23, 2008 - 2:13pm

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During this Holy Season for every faith, many are up in arms over a prayer Rick Warren will offer, some planning to disrupt it, which will only cede the moral authority progressives now have.

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