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Honor Reading - Names of Fallen Female Vets 9:30 a.m. Saturday Morning in D.C.

9/12/2014

Please help us pay tribute to our fallen Women Veterans as we open the We Are Woman Constitution Day Rally with an Honor Reading of their names. The rally will be on September 13, 2014, at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. The Honor Reading will be the first on the agenda at 9:30 a.m. ET

The event will be live streamed here: http://bit.ly/Rally_Stream

The names of the fallen will be read by the following Veterans:

Barbara Goodwin
BG, US Air Force, Ret.

Mary Kelley Richard
US Coast Guard

Jas Booth
Executive Director, Final Salute

Jill Troutner
Graduate of West Point

Lynne Patrick
VA Central Office

Trista Mastacastillo
Program Manager Veteran Voices

Monisha Rios
Founder, Leave No One Behind & Mending Branches Collaborative Think Tank

Angie Batica
Minnesota Women Veterans Initiative

Following the reading we will hear from Diana Danis, Co-Founder, Changing Governmental Gender Paradigms and BriGette McCoy, Founder and CEO, Women Veteran Social Justice (WVSJ)

More information: http://www.wearewoman.us/female-casualties

Press Release 9/12/14: We Are Woman Constitution Day Rally

9/12/2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jacqueline Nantier-Hopewell - Director, We Are Woman DC Office
Contact: Kimberley Johnson - Director Media & Press, We Are Woman
info@wearewoman.us

NATIONAL RALLY EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA)

Renewed Push for ERA Ripples Across Nation Ahead of November Elections

Washington, DC September 10, 2014 – Pushing back against a wave of legislative and judicial action seen as targeting the rights of women, the grassroots organization “We Are Woman” will lead a Constitutional Day Rally in Washington on Saturday, September 13th, launching the return of a demand for the ERA to fully enfranchise women into the United States Constitution. The organizers have included a special tribute to military women including an honor reading of the names of the fallen. The tribute will begin at 9:30am ET. They are expecting thousands of supporters from across the nation to attend the rally scheduled from 9:30am-4pm on the west lawn of the Capitol. The rally comes just weeks ahead of the fall elections in which women are projected to be the key voting demographic.

The much criticized ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case, jeopardizing women’s access to affordable contraception, quickly elevated an interest in the ERA and the visibility of the rally. Women across the nation had been engaging lawmakers and challenging candidates on concerns about the “gender gap” in pay and political representation, when the controversial ruling came down, further provoking tensions. Rally organizers intend to promote a drive for women voters to register their protest on a number of issues at the polls and to support the ERA for constitutional equality in response to concerns.

"The ERA is on the move again. In February, the Virginia Senate voted to ratify, and now the Illinois Senate," said Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority President, who is the keynote speaker at Saturday’s rally.

"The overwhelming support of voters for the ERA and the gender gap in voting is moving the ERA forward," she continued. Smeal previously headed the high-profile, national ERA campaign as President of the National Organization for Women.

Several states have ERA bills pending or being introduced in addition to those being entertained at the federal level in Congress. Women’s rights activists look to Illinois in November to be the 36th of the 38 states needed to ratify the ERA. The outcome of a bill pending in the state house is expected then.

Public information about all guest speakers, the tribute to military women, entertainment, transportation, merchandise, lodging and food for the two day event is available at http://rallyhub.wearewoman.us or http://www.wearewoman.us

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The rally will be live streamed starting at or before 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 13th.
It’s being streamed by Michael Pellagatti of The Pella Report.
Stream Link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thepellareport
The Pella Report Twitter: @thepellareport We Are Woman Twitter: @WeAreWomanUS

Rally Schedule:

8:00 am – Event setup
9:30 am – Program begins, catered breakfast is delivered
12:00 pm – Program continues, catered lunch is delivered
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Formal event ends, cleanup begins and informal networking/socializing begins off-site

Opening
Honor Reading
Diana Danis
BriGette McCoy
CAPITAL BLEND
Chitra Panjabi
Jessica Neuwirth
Kimberly Inez McGuire
David Silverman
Senator Sandra Pappas
Annie Hill
Roberta Francis
Monica Simpson
Ellie Smeal – Keynote Speaker
BETTY
Kimberley Johnson
Madison Kimrey
Alice Cohan
Desiree Hoffman
Soraya Chemaly
Laura Dunn
Cheri Honkala
Rep. Van Hollen
Coline Jenkins
JANE LEE HOOKER
Ben Manski
Marena Groll
Alaina LaTourette
Terry O’Neill
Dr. E. Faye Williams
FRIGHTWIG
Jamilla Bey
Andrea Miller
Cathy Kaelin, Tammy Simkins
Anise Jenkins
Brenda Sue Fulton
Ending Remarks

Press Release 9/9/14: We Are Woman Constitution Day Rally

9/09/2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jacqueline Nantier-Hopewell - Director, We Are Woman DC Office
Contact: Kimberley Johnson - Director Media & Press, We Are Woman
info@wearewoman.us

NATIONAL RALLY EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA)

Renewed Push for ERA Ripples Across Nation Ahead of November Elections

Washington, DC September 7, 2014 – Pushing back against a wave of legislative and judicial action seen as targeting the rights of women, the grassroots organization “We Are Woman” will lead a Constitutional Day Rally in Washington on Saturday, September 13th, launching the return of a demand for the ERA to fully enfranchise women into the United States Constitution. The organizers have included a special tribute to military women and are expecting thousands of supporters from across the nation to attend the rally scheduled from 9:30am-4pm on the west lawn of the Capitol. The rally comes just weeks ahead of the fall elections in which women are projected to be the key voting demographic.

The much criticized ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case, jeopardizing women’s access to affordable contraception, quickly elevated an interest in the ERA and the visibility of the rally. Women across the nation had been engaging lawmakers and challenging candidates on concerns about the “gender gap” in pay and political representation, when the controversial ruling came down, further provoking tensions. Rally organizers intend to promote a drive for women voters to register their protest on a number of issues at the polls and to support the ERA for constitutional equality in response to concerns.

"The ERA is on the move again. In February, the Virginia Senate voted to ratify, and now the Illinois Senate," said Eleanor Smeal, Feminist Majority President, who is the keynote speaker at Saturday’s rally.

"The overwhelming support of voters for the ERA and the gender gap in voting is moving the ERA forward," she continued. Smeal previously headed the high-profile, national ERA campaign as President of the National Organization for Women.

Several states have ERA bills pending or being introduced in addition to those being entertained at the federal level in Congress. Women’s rights activists look to Illinois in November to be the 36th of the 38 states needed to ratify the ERA. The outcome of a bill pending in the state house is expected then.

Public information about all guest speakers, the tribute to military women, entertainment, transportation, merchandise, lodging and food for the two day event is available at http://rallyhub.wearewoman.us

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SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Eleanor Smeal Founder & President, Feminist Majority Foundation

This is a partial list, there will be a total of 29 speakers. 2 of those will be speaking on women in the military and presenting an honor reading with 8 Veterans reading the names of the fallen.

For a complete list of speakers visit: http://rallyhub.wearewoman.us/event-info/speakers/

Terry O'Neill - President, National Organization for Women

Chitra Panjabi - Membership Vice President, National Organization for Women

Monica Simpson - Executive Director, SisterSong

Rep. Chris Van Hollen - U.S. Congressman, MD-8th Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee

Andrea Miller - Co-Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America

Ben Manski - President, Liberty Tree & Co-Founder, Move to Amend

Coline Jenkins - Co-Founder & President, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust

Madison Kimrey - Student, Actress & Activist
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ENTERTAINERS

MC: Emmy Rivera, NY based Comedian, Story Teller
Read more about the entertainers: http://rallyhub.wearewoman.us/event-info/entertainment/

BETTY

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Also HERE

Capital Blend

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Frightwig

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Jane Lee Hooker

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Abortions Must Be Covered By Health Insurance Companies In California

8/24/2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Health insurance companies in California may not refuse to cover the cost of abortions, state insurance officials have ruled in a reversal of policy stemming from the decision by two Catholic universities to drop elective abortions from their employee health plans.

Although the federal Affordable Care Act does not compel employers to provide workers with health insurance that includes abortion coverage, the director of California's Department of Managed Health Care said in a letter to seven insurance companies on Friday that the state Constitution and a 1975 state law prohibits them from selling group plans that exclude the procedure. The law in question requires such plans to encompass all "medically necessary" care.

"Abortion is a basic health care service," department director Michelle Rouillard wrote in the letter. "All health plans must treat maternity services and legal abortion neutrally."

Jesuit-run Santa Clara University and Loyola Marymount University notified employees last fall that they planned to stop paying for elective abortions, but said faculty and staff members could pay for supplemental coverage that would be provided through a third party. The two schools said their insurers, Anthem Blue Cross and Kaiser Permanente, had cleared the move with the state.

University employees who objected to the decision and abortion-rights groups lobbied the women' caucus of the California Legislature, which in turn asked Gov. Jerry Brown to clarify and reverse the health care department's determination.

In her letter to the insurers, Roullaird said her department had "erroneously approved or did not object" to a small number of health insurance policies that excluded abortions. She asked the companies to review their plans, including any the department had already approved, to make sure they are in accordance with the new guidance.

The two insurance companies told the San Jose Mercury News that they would comply with the directive. Loyola and Santa Clara representatives said they would explore their options with Anthem Blue Cross and Kaiser Permanente.

Two groups that oppose abortion, the Life Legal Defense Foundation and Alliance Defending Freedom, sent a letter to Rouillard on Friday saying that under federal law California cannot force employers to cover elective abortions. The groups said they would file a civil rights complaint with the federal government unless the state's previous determination was reinstated.

"Pro-life employers have the freedom to choose health insurance plans that do not conflict with their beliefs on the dignity of human life," Life Legal Defense Foundation Legal Director Catherine Short said. "California cannot be allowed to discriminate against health plans that don't cover elective abortions and force people to purchase coverage that conflicts with their convictions."

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An Extreme Overreach into Women’s Reproductive Health Care

8/18/2014

FACT SHEET
From the National Women's Law Center

2013 State Level Abortion Restrictions:
An Extreme Overreach into Women’s Reproductive Health Care

2013 marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a woman’s right to a safe and legal abortion. Yet, anti-abortion state politicians continued to relentlessly attack this right in 2013, in the hopes of overturning Roe and preventing women from obtaining abortions.

In 2013, 22 states enacted a total of 70 abortion restrictions – the second highest number of abortion restrictions to become law in a single year. These state restrictions are a dangerous overreach into women’s personal medical decisions.

READ the entire document in pdf format.

States Are Banning Abortion Outright, in an Attempt to Overturn Roe v. Wade
States Are Banning Abortion Later in Pregnancy, Ignoring an Individual Woman’s Particular Circumstances
States Are Attempting to Establish “Fetal Personhood” In Order to Ban Abortion, Without Exception, and Restrict Access to Other Reproductive Health Services
States Are Requiring Women to Undergo Medically Unnecessary, Physically Invasive Ultrasounds Before Obtaining an Abortion
States Are Attempting to Regulate Abortion Providers Out of Existence
States Are Banning Insurance Coverage of Abortion, Taking Away Benefits Women Currently Have and Jeopardizing Women’s Health
States Are Limiting Women’s Access to Non-Surgical Abortion
States Are Enacting Longer Mandatory Delay Requirements
States Are Enacting Harmful Sex Selective Abortion Bans
States are Allowing Individuals and Institutions to Refuse to Participate in Abortion

READ the entire document in pdf format.

Mo’ne Davis and Her Rise to Greatness

8/17/2014

13-year-old sensation Mo'Ne Davis throws two-hit shutout at Little League World Series.

Out of the nearly 9,000 players who have participated in the Little League World Series, only 18 were girls. Davis is the fourth American girl, and with Emma March of Canada also playing, this is the third time in the tournament’s 68-year history that two girls are competing at the same time.

“It’s very unreal,” said Mo'Ne “I never thought that at the age of 13 I would be a role model, but now it’s real. I always wanted to be a basketball role model; being a baseball role model is really cool."

Continue reading at the New York Times

Read more about Mo'Ne

Ben Manski to Speak at the We Are Woman Constitutional Day Rally

8/11/2014

We are pleased to announce that Ben Manski will be speaking at the We Are Woman Constitutional Day Rally on September 13th, 2014. Ben is the President and founder of the Liberty Tree Foundation and Co-Founder of Move To Amend. He will be addressing the issue of corporate personhood and how it relates to women's rights and voter rights.

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Ben Manski
President, Liberty Tree & Cofounder, Move To Amend

Ben Manski is an advocate, scholar, lawyer, entrepreneur and public speaker who has been committed to building a U.S. democracy movement since the early 1990s. He is president of the Liberty Tree Foundation, a strategy center he founded in 2004, a co-founder of the Move to Amend coalition, and an Associate Fellow with the Institute for Policy Studies.

From 2001-2004 Manski served as co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. In 2004 he organized the national No Stolen Elections! coalition, which led to the Ohio presidential recount. In 2010, Manski co-founded the Wisconsin Wave, which played a leading role in the Wisconsin uprising of 2011 and which continues today. In 2012, he managed the Jill Stein for President campaign.

Manski is currently pursuing an advanced degree in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Together with his wife, Sarah, he manages PosiPair.com and parents their son, Lev.

For more information about Ben Manski CLICK HERE

For more information about other speakers for the rally CLICK HERE
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It's Time to Play Offense to Protect Women's Rights

7/21/2014

By Lisa Wirthman of The Denver Post
POSTED: 07/20/2014 05:01:00 PM MDT

"It's not all about a woman's uterus. But having a uterus shouldn't prevent women from being able to participate equally in the workforce and support our families. It's time to play offense to make sure our daughters can do the same." - Lisa Wirthman

(J. Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press)

In the war on women, women have been losing. Besieged with a wave of laws restricting reproductive freedoms, defeats on fair pay legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision to exempt employers from providing contraceptive coverage, women have been playing defense for too long.

Thankfully, that tide is turning, and Colorado is playing a leading role in a growing women's movement to take the offensive on protecting their reproductive rights.

Growing up with increasing access to education and jobs, today's generation of women took for granted many of the freedoms our mothers and grandmothers won for us in the 1960s and 70s. The Equal Pay Act in 1963 and the Civil Rights Act in 1964 banned gender discrimination in the workplace. But laws forbidding women to prevent conception (such as in Connecticut and seven other states) still made it difficult for women to enter the workforce.

Landmark Supreme Court decisions in 1965 and 1973 dramatically changed women's economic prospects by upholding their right to use birth control and have safe and legal abortions. With the ability to control their childbearing decisions, women flooded the workforce, and began to pursue advanced degrees that opened doors to careers in medicine, law, and business.

Today, women vote in greater numbers, control some 75 percent of household purchases, and hold the majority of college degrees. Individually, we exercise our rights to control our bodies, our families, and our careers. But collectively, we lack strength when those rights are threatened.

With just 19 percent of the seats in Congress, five governorships and a third of the Supreme Court, women still lack political power. That became painfully clear when conservatives swept the mid-term elections in 2010. Since then, state legislatures have passed over 200 anti-abortion restrictions — more than the previous 10 years combined.

Inundated by the wave of attacks, and underrepresented in the political arena, women began to play defense by staging protests on the steps of statehouses across the country, and fighting to block the offensive laws in court. But the Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision reminded women that we're outnumbered in the judiciary branch as well, with all three female justices strongly dissenting from a majority opinion penned by five white men.

Ironically, it was one of those five male justices who pointed the way for women to fight back. In 2010, Justice Antonin Scalia said the Constitution doesn't guarantee equal rights for women. "If the current society wants to outlaw sex discrimination, hey, we have legislatures," he said.

Lisa Wirthman of Highlands Ranch is a monthly columnist for The Denver Post. Follow her on Twitter: @Lisa Wirthman.

Protesters Bring it to Hobby Lobby's Front Door in Albuquerque!

7/13/2014

By: Jacqueline Nantier-Hopewell

Dr. Sylvia Ramos, Chair of the ERA Task Force, the Albuquerque NOW (National Organization for Women), takes it to Hobby Lobby in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Ramos said "We had a very successful action at Hobby Lobby that had people from several local groups: Move-On, Albuquerque-NOW ERA Task Force, Freedom From Religion Foundation, WORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend), Veterans against War, Peace and Justice Center, Un-Occupy (name of NM Occupy- since these were native lands), Young Women United, Humanist Society, Progressive Women... Even Martha Burk came out. Move-On plans it as an ongoing 1st Monday of month event. Hopefully, it will bring people out to polls in November.
Much energy here!"

We Are Woman Coalition applauds Dr. Ramos and all the grassroots groups getting out their rally shoes and speaking truth to power!

Women are taking it to Hobby Lobby all over the country! If your grassroots groups is picketing Hobby Lobby send us your photos and info so we can give you some applause!!

Corporate Personhood: Women's Rights and Voter Rights

7/06/2014

July 6, 2014 by Jenni Siri

Citizens United activists. Voter’s rights activists. Women’s rights activists.

What do these three groups have in common? Corporate Personhood. Thanks to a couple of rulings by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

Shown above are the 5 Supreme Court Justices that ruled in favor of Citizens United and Hobby Lobby. These are the same Justices who gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder on June 25, 2013

What does corporate personhood have to do with voting and voter rights?

In January of 2010 the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United vs. FEC in favor of Citizens United with a 5-4 split. This gave corporations the same free speech rights as living, breathing human beings. It allows corporations to contribute unlimited and undisclosed amounts of money to influence the outcomes of elections. We have seen the effects of this countless times. One small example is how the Koch brothers contributed outrageous amounts of money to ensure that their favorite candidates get elected.

Author Paul Blumenthal writes:

“In total, the Koch political empire marshaled $400 million in the 2012 election cycle toward groups and efforts that spent money directly in the electoral arena. Not every group that received money from the empire reported spending on elections, but the vast majority of that money went to groups that spent tens of millions on electoral ads — which must be reported to the Federal Election Commission — and even more on issue ads that targeted candidates but didn’t advocate their electoral victory or defeat — which is not reported. Koch players included Americans for Prosperity, the American Future Fund and 60 Plus Association.”

The Citizens United decision has allowed corporations to have a far greater influence in our elections than individual human beings. Many believe that this is turning our Democracy into a Plutocracy or an Oligarchy.

Move to Amend and Free Speech for People have been determined and active leaders in the effort of proposing a Constitutional Amendment addressing corporate personhood.

A few of the proposed Amendments are:

From Free Speech for People:

S.J.Res. 18, introduced in the Senate by Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), and the identical H.J.Res. 21, by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), also known as the People’s Rights Amendment, make it clear that corporations do not have constitutional rights, as if they were people. H.J.Res. 21 has bi-partisan support in the House from Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), along with many other co-sponsors. The text of these bills is below.

There are some that do not feel that S.J.Res. 19 and H.J.Res 20 go far enough and prefer H.J.R. 29.

Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News writes:

"Congress should take its lead from the people, who have already made it very clear in both red and blue states that a constitutional amendment is needed, and that campaign finance reform is only scratching the surface. Such an amendment has already been introduced in Congress by Representative Rick Nolan (DFL-Minn.) in February of 2013. Udall and his co-sponsors should take their cues from HJR-29, or the “We the People Amendment,” if they’re serious about representing the people’s interests. Anything else is an election-year bone not to be taken seriously."

What does corporate personhood have to do with women’s issues?

On June 30th, 2014 in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, five male Justices ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in yet another 5-4 split. Family owned businesses, even if they are huge corporations, are now allowed to pick and choose which birth control options their female employees will have access to via their company health insurance plans. This is an issue of corporate personhood because SCOTUS bestowed upon corporations the same religious liberties that have always been reserved for people. Under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, corporations now have the religious right to deny contraceptive care to their employees. Corporations do not pray or sit in pews so why should they have freedom of religion rights?

John Bonifaz, President of Free Speech for People, put out this statement following the Hobby Lobby ruling:

“As we argued in our amicus brief we submitted before the Supreme Court in January, corporations are not people and should not have the right to impose the religious beliefs of their owners on their employees. We have no doubt that this is only the beginning of a slew of future cases where corporations challenge other public interest laws using the Hobby Lobby ruling as their precedent.”

Indeed, it is already starting to happen. As Rachel Maddow pointed out in her July 2nd segment, Hobby Lobby case already opening floodgates to discrimination:

“There's another surprise still coming from the Supreme Court ruling on Monday. Since the ruling, religious groups have already started petitioning the government to say that [if] your boss's religious beliefs can excuse him from following the law when it comes to health insurance regulations and Obamacare, IF that's settled by the court - well then these groups want their religious beliefs to excuse them from having to follow the law on ... not just contraception, not just health law rules, but on non discrimination. They now, because of this ruling, want a religious exemption from laws that say you can't fire someone for being gay.”

Further reading: Will Hobby Lobby open the religious exemption floodgates?

The Corporate Veil and Corporate Personhood

In the Hobby Lobby case the Supreme Court gave corporations freedom of religion rights.
In the Citizens United case they gave corporations freedom of speech rights.

The reality is that corporations are NOT individual human beings. They don’t breath, reproduce or vote. In fact, businesses generally incorporate in order to protect the personal assets of their owners and shareholders. The corporate veil shields the individuals who form the corporation from any potential financially liabilities incurred by the nonliving corporation.

According to BusinessDictionary.com a corporate veil is:

“A legal concept that separates the personality of a corporation from the personalities of its shareholders, and protects them from being personally liable for the company's debts and other obligations.”

How are corporations not people when it comes to liability, but they suddenly become people when it has to do with freedom of religion rights and free speech rights? Both the 1st Amendment and The Religious Freedom Restoration Act were meant to protect individual people, not incorporated businesses.

One would expect the five men on the court to understand that they have created an oxymoron.

Corporations Are NOT People

Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass will be signing onto the joint resolution: S.J.Res.18 which was authored by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. It proposes a Constitutional Amendment “ … to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state.”

In a statement Sen. Markey said:

“From Citizens United to Hobby Lobby, Supreme Court majorities continue to extend our basic Constitutional rights — the inalienable rights held by individuals — to corporations. Corporations are not people, period.”

Further Reading:

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Senator Mike Lee and Recreational Sex

7/03/2014

Think Progress reported that during an appearance on Sirus XM’s The Wilkow Majority, show host Andrew Wilkow argued that the real question in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., was about “whether or not a person who runs a business should be forced to provide something that is largely for recreational behavior, if it goes against their religious beliefs.”

Lee answered, “Yeah, that’s right, that’s right,” before he said that “this administration is using the often coercive power of the federal government to force people into their way of being and their way of existing, their way of believing and thinking and acting.”

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Excerpts from Liberal Unite
Author: Kimberley Johnson

Kimberley will be a speaker at the We Are Woman Constitutional Day Rally in Washington D.C. on September 13th, 2014. Visit the Rally Hub for more information.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)

12 Year Old Political Activist Madison Kimrey Discusses Politics [VIDEO]

4/29/2014

12 year old Madison Kimrey joins HuffPost Live's Josh Zepps and LaunchProgress founder Poy Winichaku to discuss her political activism and her opinion of the role kids will play in the future of politics.

"My first protest I went to was down in Jacksonville, Fla., protesting a children's museum because they were discriminating against a same-sex couple, claiming they weren't actually a family," she said.
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Tips For Making This Rally a Success

4/12/2014

Ways That You Can Help to Get the Word Out

The turnout and success of the rally is so very important and we are relying on all of you to help us get the word out. Here is a list of things you can do and links that you can share.

The future is in our hands, we are counting on your help!

Things That You Can Do:

Invite friends to our Facebook Event Page: CLICK HERE
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More friends = increased visibility. Increase the number or your Facebook friends, Twitter followers, G+ circles and any other social networks you might use. Social networking is most effective if you have a large audience.
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Remember in November: Scenes from We Are Woman Rally

8/23/2012

By: Jessica DelBalzo for Ms. Magazine

The video that inspired the cofounders of We Are Woman was titled, “We are Warriors.” As their national rally for women’s rights came to a close last Saturday in Washington, D.C., the members of We Are Woman did indeed feel like warriors.

Saturday’s rally attracted more than a thousand women, men and children to the west lawn of the Capitol grounds. Opening with an impassioned speech from beloved Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the rally continued for a full five hours of inspirational words, music and comedy.

Planned Parenthood was there. NOW was there. CODE PINK danced on the sidelines in their furry vagina costumes.

Planned Parenthood Women Are Watching Bus Tour

8/21/2012

"Couldn’t ask for better weather today in Canton, Michigan; perfect for a Women are Watching rally! The big pink bus rolled into Heritage Park just moments ago - and supporters of all ages are coming out to join us with one clear message: Hands off our health care!" SOURCE

	Don't miss out! The big pink bus is coming your way! The Women are Watching Bus Tour is crisscrossing the country, educating voters about what's at stake for women's health in November. We need to tell those politicians who oppose women's health that we are watching — and we vote! Efforts to eliminate access to birth control, cancer screenings, and basic preventive health services started in Congress, and we continue to see cuts and attacks that put women's health at risk in state after state. Women voters will make the difference in this election. It's time to show our strength. Get inspired and sign up to rally with us. Rally with us. The big pink bus is coming to Illinois! Rally Time: 12:30pm CDT Date: Wednesday, August 22 Location: Lincolnshire, IL Will you join us? RSVP here: http://ppaction.org/IL The big pink bus is coming to Missouri! Rally Time: 5:15pm Date: Thursday, August 23 Location: Columbia, MO Will you join us? RSVP here: http://ppaction.org/MO The big pink bus is coming to Iowa! Rally Time: 11:00am Date: Thursday, August 23 Location: Des Moines, IA Will you join us? RSVP here: http://ppaction.org/IA The big pink bus is coming to Ohio! Rally Time: 3:pm EST Date: Saturday, August 25 Location: Twinsburg, OH Will you join us? RSVP here: http://ppaction.org/OH The big pink bus is coming to Virginia! Rally Time: 11:30am EST Date: Sunday, August 26 Location: Arlington, VA Will you join us? RSVP here: http://ppaction.org/VA This election matters and its people like us that will make all the difference. You don't want to miss this inspiring event. Register today. We'll see you there. Sincerely, Planned Parenthood Action Fund