Cubans approve gay marriage by large margin in referendum Mon, September 26, 2022 By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday. More than 3.9 million voters voted to … Continue reading Breaking! Cuba Votes YES On Same Sex Marriage
AP News: Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis BY DAVID MCHUGH, JUSTIN SPIKE, KAREL JANICEK AND VESELIN TOSHKOV — Sept. 26, 2022 FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who … Continue reading Trial by Winter: The Ukraine War Is Coming to Western Europe
So, other than that big London funeral, last week, not much really happened in the news, right? Things seemed all teed up in Florida — — But then the 11th Circuit barged in . . . Then Cannon was abruptly … Continue reading Cartoons to Open A New Week
Washington Post Cuba sent gay men to work camps. Now it’s voting on same-sex marriage. By Mary Beth Sheridan September 24, 2022 After 79,000 neighborhood meetings, months of discussion and an outpouring of more than 300,000 suggestions from citizens, Cubans will vote in a referendum Sunday that could redefine family rights — including legalizing same-sex … Continue reading Today Cubans Vote on Same Sex Marriage – & They May Say, “Si!”
[NOTE: the article below opens the doors of memory. The draft resistance exodus from Russia is the third such episode I’ve witnessed. The first two I played a bit part in: during the 1960s Vietnam War, many U. S. Quakers “aided and abetted” (technically a federal crime) many young men who left the country to … Continue reading Deja Vu All Over Again! Draft Exiles Streaming Out of Russia