Finally! 11 years after Matthew Shepard’s death, the legislation bearing his name has finally made it through Congress and on to the President’s desk. The Republicans, of course, fought it all along the way but despite their best efforts America has arrived in the 21st century. It saddens me that Senator Kennedy isn’t here to [...]
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The plan was to get a good night’s rest the night before the Inauguration, but Huey, Dewey, and Louie thought it’s be fun to go out to meet up with other Arapahoe Obama folks. I was against the idea; I really wanted to go to the National Mall and see the Lincoln Memorial seeing as [...]
Immediately after arriving at our hosts’ home on Monday morning we all took showers (YES!) and got ready to head to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium for the National Day of Service that President-Elect Barack Obama called for. We met up with our hosts Lori & Dallas, who have been amazing and have shared their [...]
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