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		<title>Fellow Floridians, let&#8217;s help repeal &#8220;Don&#8217;t ask, Don&#8217;t tell.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/08/04/fellow-floridians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Meinhold is one of many decorated veterans who can no longer serve his country&#8230;because he&#8217;s gay. His story: My fellow Floridian, I served as an aircrew instructor aboard the Navy&#8217;s P-3C Orion aircraft and flew combat missions throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans and the Persian Gulf. Despite being rated in the top ten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Pete Times drops the ball when covering Channel 8 protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Alexandra Zayas, from The St. Petersburg Times, called to talk about the Channel 8 protests, I couldn&#8217;t have been happier. Intelligent, friendly, compassionate &#8211; Zayas understood the topic and had done the research. She was covering the protest and surrounding story, gathering opposing points of view from friend and foe alike. Hers would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protesting Channel 8 &#8211; Despite Misgivings and Heat that Could Kill a Cow</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/07/13/protesting-channel-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protesting channel 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silencing christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Pete Pride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I tried to talk them out of it, but the local gay rights community will be protesting Channel 8 on Wednesday. Outraged?! Show Up Wednesday, 5PM. 200 S Parker St, Tampa Click here for directions WFLA says this hateful infomercial didn&#8217;t &#8220;raise any red flags.&#8221; Let&#8217;s raise red flags they can&#8217;t miss this time. Wear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/07/08/support-the-matthew-shepard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/07/08/support-the-matthew-shepard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Shepard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urge your senators to vote]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiadoldol/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I agree that all violent crimes are crimes of hate. They are all abhorrent. They are all to be prevented. In addition, crimes motivated by bigotry, racism, and prejudice are so abhorrent that society should rally against them and declare the motivations crimes as well. This distinction illustrates how certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support Gay Rights, Not Censorship</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/06/29/support-gay-rights-not-censorship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we remember Stonewall and the beginning of the modern gay rights movement, the progressive community is understandably frustrated with the pace of our administration in bringing about real change. They have a point. Enough already with the military&#8217;s ridiculous &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; policy. And it&#8217;s about time we legalize gay marriage. Yet after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Pete Pride</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/06/06/st-pete-pride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equality Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Pete Pride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m straight, but not narrow. What are you? Whatever you are, join Equality Florida &#8211; we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers who: look good in spandex. care about equality. want to share their enthusiasm with others. can suck-start a Harley from 50 ft. away. know better than to mix plaids and prints. Does that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Message From Conservative Outpost About the Real Threat Facing America</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/05/26/a-message-from-conservative-outpost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/05/26/a-message-from-conservative-outpost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike tyson's daughter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t swine flu or a recession. It&#8217;s not North Korea or tight-fitting bras. It&#8217;s not even killer treadmills. The real threat facing America, according to Conservative Outpost, is gay marriage. They sent an email imploring their followers to act immediately&#8230;or else. I receive some crazy-ass emails (more on that later) but this takes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today is the Day for Gainesville</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/03/24/today-is-the-day-for-gainesville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/03/24/today-is-the-day-for-gainesville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights Ordinance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Voters will decide today whether to remove sexual orientation and gender identity from the Human Rights Ordinance. If you know someone who lives, works, or goes to school in Gainesville, please take a moment to forward this post. We are all connected and if something like this can happen in a progressive community like Gainesville, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urge the Florida Legislature to Lift the Veil of Ignorance and Cruelty &#8211; And End the Ban on Gay Adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/03/04/urge-the-florida-legislature-to-lift-the-veil-of-ignorance-and-cruelty-and-end-the-ban-on-gay-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/03/04/urge-the-florida-legislature-to-lift-the-veil-of-ignorance-and-cruelty-and-end-the-ban-on-gay-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florida legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay adoptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Cretul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Storms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why should gay parents be allowed to adopt children? - All children deserve to have a real family. In many cases where foster children are concerned, their gay parents are the only parents they&#8217;ve ever known. Why is the government discriminating against these wonderful couples raising children who would otherwise have no one? - Banning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Sobel Introduces Domestic Partnership Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/02/18/senator-sobel-introduces-domestic-partnership-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.outinleftfield.com/2009/02/18/senator-sobel-introduces-domestic-partnership-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Partnership Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eleanor Sobel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Steinberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SB 1642]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate&#8217;s version, SB 1642, will have a version in the House sponsored by Rep. Richard Steinberg. Many polls show 77% of Floridians favor benefits for unmarried couples, even at a time when a woman is suing a South Florida hospital for refusing to grant her access to her partner while she lay dying. This [...]]]></description>
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