Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Church Night

[cal04]

These 3 stations say they have Mike on from 9pm to midnight eastern & It seems as though these 3 links work
http://radiotime.com/station/s_45192/KTLK_1150.aspx http://www.green960.com/main.html <1 to 3 am pacific? http://themic921.com/main.html < 12-3am central http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com / It says it has Mike on from 9pm to midnight

http://www.mikemalloy.com /
http://www.sirius.com/siriusleft http://stream.am950ktnf.com:8000/listen.pls
http://www.am1090seattle.com /

Here's the Malloy stream link- http://server2.whiterosesociety.org:8000/truthseeker.m3u
http://www.mikemalloy.com/members/member.php
http://www.mikemalloy.com/stations/
http://tunein.com/radio/Progressive-Voices-s189055/
http://netrootsradio.com

For a more low key Chatroom try- http://headonradionetwork.com/chatroom / Here's the HORN Chatroom link- http://client0.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=137054

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Church Night
http://www.mikemalloy.com/2013/03/homophobia/

Hallelujah, Truthseekers! There is reason to sing praises this holy week as the US Supreme Court at long last takes up the case of holy matrimony. To be precise, the case for allowing people to enter into the legal contact known as marriage regardless of their individual genders. Praise be.

We’ve extended yesterday’s blog for today’s as well, as it is still the central issue in the news and before the Court. Mike is LIVE at 9PM ET to continue this important discussion, and to take your calls on the subject: 877-996-2556!

If the spirit moves you, we sure could use your support to keep the fires burning! If you could make a paypal donation, buy a podcast, or sponsor an hour of the program it would be much appreciated!

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HOMOPHOBIA

The Supremes tackle two marriage equality cases this week, Truthseekers, and each decision promises a profound impression on the social fabric of this nation. The courtroom was packed today as the Justices debated the legality of Prop 8, the California ballot initiative that amended the state constitution to ban gay marriage, effectively reversing the earlier state Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of such legal contracts.



Specifically, today’s question before the court is whether or not it is constitutional for a private group (which may or may not be allowed to represent the State of California to begin with) to overturn a State Supreme Court decision using a vote on a ballot. It is important to remember that the people of California were deliberately deceived about the nature of Prop 8 by wide array of anit-gay advocates – from the Roman Catholic Church to the Mormons to ultraconservative political action committees – which blanketed the media with the worst propaganda imaginable, using lies and fear to frighten Californians into believing prop 8 was necessary to protect their children from an advancing “gay agenda” that included forcible teaching of “gay lifestyles’ in the public schools.

This tactic would likely fail today, but in the chaos of the 2008 election, with John McCain supporting this kind of discrimination – and a Black man on the Presidential ticket – voting for the minority president and what they were misled to believe was a radical “pro-gay agenda’ seemed like too much change, too soon for many Californians. Plus, the Bush Crime Family had successfully tested the “win by fear and propaganda” method for 8 years, so it was an easier sell.

How did the Supreme Court become involved in this state issue? Fast-forward to last year, the 9th District Court of Appeals ruled in Hollingsworth v Perry that Prop 8, now a California state law, was unconstitutional, marking the first time a district court has overruled a state law. This is the legal labyrinth that landed Prop 8 before the Supremes today.

Despite a 58% public approval (and an encouraging 81% approval from the under-30 age group), it is still likely to be a difficult battle for attorneys Theodore Olson and David Boies, who argue that any form of state-sanctioned “legal” bigotry is unconstitutional, be it voting rights or marriage rights. (As an aside, this legal odd couple were on opposite of the fateful Bush v Gore case that ultimately anointed Dim Son in 2000. What an incestuous little litigious circle burrows deeply inside the beltway.)

The outcome of today’s hearing – mirrored in many ways by tomorrow’s arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – won’t be announced until July, so we have a long wait ahead of us before we know which side of history the Supremes will embrace – the lovers, or the haters.

At the end of the day, allowing same-sex couples to share the same legal rights as different-sex couples won’t cause the sky to fall or send the earth spinning off it’s axis; but if the Court instead decides to legalize discrimination, can we say the same thing?

Join Mike LIVE at 9PM ET for more on the story.

- KBM




New addition to the cal04 house: Olivia
Adopted from my daughter in laws shelter
Love Love Love this mush girl

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[Liberal_Dog]

1. Greetings From The Bluegrass State

Hi cal04. Hello Everyone.

[cal04]

2. Hi Liberal_Dog. You're 1st

[ralps]

4. Hi Liberal_Dog!

[ralps]

3. Hi cal04! Hi Everyone, Crook & I are doing good, How are you all doing? & Here's a new

kitty gif! Welcome Olivia!!

[Liberal_Dog]

5. Hi ralps

[cal04]

6. Hi ralps

s to crook


So adorable

[ralps]

10. Thanks cal04 & Crook says thanks too!

[cal04]

7. Thank you ralps

thanks to you and all the truthseekers, she loves the ear scratches and she even rolled over so I could rub her tummy
she's awesome

[ralps]

13. That's great!! Crook Meows Hi to Olivia!

[cal04]

16. This is my very first kitty and I love her!

Thank you Crook

[ralps]

8. Here's tonight's LOL Kittehs!

[cal04]

15. Thanks ralps

LOL there was this huge poptart

[ralps]

17. You're welcome cal04!

[alp227]

18. Some more

[cal04]

19. Hi alp227

thank you

[Liberal_Dog]

20. Hi alp227

[niyad]

23. that snow person with its very own kitteh--just toooo precious. and the box kits are sooo correct

why don't humans make boxes in their sizes?

[alp227]

25. Aren't human boxes houses? N/t

[ralps]

24. Hi alp227, Awww Thanks for the kittehs! especially the kitteh in love w/ the Snowman!

[niyad]

22. good evening, ralps, everyone. I still love climbing kitty--and the others brought a VERY much-

needed smile this evening.

Hope you are all doing well--enjoy the full moon.

[ralps]

26. Hi niyad, Thanks!

[Graybeard]

9. Hi cal04 & truthseekers.

Getting a good seat for Church night.

[Liberal_Dog]

11. Hi Graybeard

[cal04]

12. Hi Graybeard

[ralps]

14. Hi Graybeard!! I'm doing good! How are you?

[niyad]

21. greetings to olivia, your newest, from my kits and me (sleepy little paws waving)

she is adorable.

[cal04]

27. Hi niyad

Olivia and I thank you and the kits

[alp227]

28. On the Tennessee health care lottery

Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/us/tennessee-holds-health-care-lottery-for-the-poor.html

Thom Hartmann commentary:

[ralps]

29. Thanks for the link & Video alp227!

[alp227]

30. speaking of Thom Hartmann, Wisconsin's very own MARK POCAN was on the show today talking DOMA.

I remember him for snooping into ALEC before he was elected to Congress and presenting his observations in a Bill Moyers interview.

[ralps]

32. Thanks for the Video alp227! I heard him today!

[cal04]

31. Thank you alp227

read about it on ThinkProgress

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/25/1769351/tennessee-lottery-medicaid/

[ralps]

33. Kick

[ralps]

34. Good Night Everyone, Have a great day tomorrow, Take Care & Keep It Lit!!

[cal04]

35. Good Night Everyone. Have a great day tomorrow. Take Care. Keep it Lit!