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Thursday Watercooler: Gay marriage gains poll support

James Withers — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:31:20 +0000

Are people reading too much into a special election? Remember the mid-term election of 2010? A large number of the political punditry class was convinced it meant the end of the Democratic(...)

Withers: Calling for rape as retribution

James Withers — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:12:22 +0000

Happens all the time. A cretin will be caught, and found guilty, for anti-gay violence and message boards will be filled with calls of prison time where rape is punishment.

Usually the wish is(...)

60,000 inmates sexually abused every year

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:55:38 +0000

(Washington) A federal commission on prison rape has concluded that the risk of being attacked depends greatly on the type of prisoner, and where the inmate is locked up.

More than 60,000(...)

Va. women’s prison segregated lesbians, others

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:19:37 +0000

(Troy, Va.)For more than a year, Virginia’s largest women’s prison rounded up inmates who had loose-fitting clothes, short hair or otherwise masculine looks, sending them to a unit officers(...)