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• The Future of the European Model of Agriculture

  Published: September 27, 2007, 5:12 am

  Tags: Fianna Fail, Enda Kenny, Policy, Taoiseach, Taxation, Bertie Ahern, Longford Westmeath, Fianna F Il, Housing, Confidence, Sligo North Leitrim, Social Policy, Politics, Video, Europe

  Fianna Fail, Enda Kenny, Policy, taoiseach, taxation, bertie ahern, Longford-Westmeath, Fianna F il, housing, confidence, Sligo-North Leitrim, Social Policy, Politics, Video,

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• Should we kill ENDA if transgendered people aren't included?

  Published: September 28, 2007, 12:44 pm

  Tags: Enda, Gay

  Barney Frank, that ENDA is dead if it includes gender identity/transgender.Some in the gay community, including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, say that if transgender is not included in ENDA, the legislation should be killed. Others say that we should take half a loaf, pass ENDA without gender identity, and continue to fight

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• INSIDE POLITICS - ANOTHER COLUMN DEVOTED TO THE MAN IN THE ANORAK

  Published: September 28, 2007, 11:17 am

  Tags: All, August 2007, About, National, Corruption, Enda Kenny, Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, Fianna F Il, Confidence

  about, national, Corruption, Enda Kenny, taoiseach, bertie ahern, Fianna F il,

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• Barney on ENDA Transgender controversy. And, he's right.

  Published: September 28, 2007, 5:58 pm

  Tags: Enda, Gay Rights, Barney Frank

  released a statement about ENDA this afternoon. It's long, but read it: Being in the legislative minority is easy pulling together to block bad things does not require a lot of agonizing over tough decisions. Being in the majority is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we have the ability to move forward in a positive way on important

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• I agree with NGLTF's Executive Director Matt Foreman

  Published: October 2, 2007, 7:08 pm

  Tags: Enda, Gay

  of the Empire State Pride Agenda, called the long-awaited event ''simply extraordinary for our community.''But at the 11th hour, dissent over the bill has caused some to question exactly who Mr. Foreman means when he says ''our community.''The bill, which forbids discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based on

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• If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

  Published: October 2, 2007, 11:34 am

  Tags: Enda, Gay

  [transgender] inclusive ENDA must pass the House this year. The reason gender identity (i.e., transgendered people, e.g., transexuals) got dropped from ENDA wasn't because Dem leaders didn't want trans in there. It's because we don't have the votes to get ENDA passed if it includes job protections for transexuals. No amount of "insistence"

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• (no title)

  Published: October 3, 2007, 5:16 am

  Tags: Enda Kenny, Bertie Ahern, Bertiegate, Payments, Corruption, Brian Cowen, Eamon Gilmore, Taoiseach, Greens, Mahon Tribunal, Fianna F Il, Dail Eireann, Confidence, John Gormley, Politics

  word for lie' was used by Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore when describing the Taoiseach's evidence to the Mahon Tribunal. There is a basic rule in the D il. The L' word may never be uttered. In the past, we have seen some creative words and phrases being employed: dissembling; misleading the Dail; untruth; being economical with the

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• The transgender fiasco

  Published: October 3, 2007, 1:42 pm

  Tags: Enda, Transgender, Gay

  added gender identity to ENDA for the first time ever, those same members of Congress knew that this year they were going to get ENDA passed, come hell or high water.But none of this makes sense. If you're hell-bent on passing ENDA this year, then you don't add a provision to ENDA that you know is going to kill it. And if you were planning

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• Scary

  Published: October 4, 2007, 11:16 am

  Tags: Labour, Politicsinireland, Enda Kenny Td, Bertie Ahern Td, Politics Ie, Gombeen Land, John Gormley Td, Dan Keating

  labour, politicsinireland, Enda Kenny TD, Bertie Ahern TD, politics.ie, gombeen land, John Gormley TD,

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• The backlash begins, Part I

  Published: October 4, 2007, 10:47 am

  Tags: Enda, Transgender, Gay

  Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) last year. And the year before that. And the decade before that. Just yesterday, a coalition called United ENDA unveiled its website featuring talking points for a trans-inclusive ENDA; legal analysis showing that an ENDA bill that only protects lesbians, gay men and bisexuals will be too weak to actually

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• The difficult discussions people don't want to have

  Published: October 4, 2007, 5:03 pm

  Tags: Interblog, Enda, Race

  race and in the case of ENDA, transgender issues. Read on and see if you can make the connection.***White Louisiana students re-enact 'Jena 6' in blackfaceFrom The Smoking Gun. The fact that these people thought it was hysterically funny to do this is all the evidence one needs to confirm that an honest discussion about the third rail topic

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• A trans activist responds

  Published: October 4, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: Enda, Transgender, Gay

  passing a trans-inclusive ENDA. Great. I'm game. Show me the votes. Show me that you have the votes to pass a trans-inclusive ENDA, that the bill won't go down in flames, that Democrats won't be forced en masse to vote in favor of some hideously anti-trans amendment lest they lose their jobs next election, and I'm there for you. You think

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• The backlash begins, Part II

  Published: October 4, 2007, 6:41 pm

  Tags: Enda, Transgender, Gay

  have concerns about killing ENDA have been reluctant to speak out. No more.Here is Robin's statement she emailed me this morning:I support full transgender rights. However, when I have been invited to legal weddings of some of my transgender friends, not one of them has said "we will not get married until Diane and you and other same gender

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• The backlash begins, Part III

  Published: October 5, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Enda, Transgender, Gay

  From gay journalist Rex Wockner:My take is: I support equality for transgender people. I think transgender people and anyone who cares about transgender equality should work to pass laws to protect transgender people and give them equal rights. I also think politics is politics. I think if Barney can get an LGB bill through Congress, he should do

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• Barney Frank to Speak on ENDA Controversy

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Barney Frank, Discrimination, Enda, News, Transgender

  for democracy] United ENDA Forms [ngltf] HRC Launches Full-Scale Nationwide Call to Action in Support of Inclusive ENDA [hrc] The difficult discussions people don't want to have [pam's house blend] Gabriel Rotello: If ENDA Doesn't Protect the Transgendered, It Doesn't Protect Me [huffington post] John Aravosis: The

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