People for the American Way has an online Petition for the repeal of DOMA. The text reads:

Dear Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi,

It’s time to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). At this moment of change and progress, it’s time to undo a serious mistake made by Congress 12 years ago. The federal government has no business discriminating against loving families by selectively withholding the 1,300 or so legal protections that only legal civil marriage

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The Legend of the Cherokee Rose

Retold by Barbara Shining Woman Warren
In the latter half of 1838, Cherokee People who had not voluntarily moved west earlier were forced to leave their homes in the East.

The trail to the West was long and treacherous and many were dying along the way. The People's hearts were heavy with sadness and their tears mingled with the dust of the trail.

The Elders knew that the survival of the children depended upon...

The Legend of The Cedar Tree
as told by Jim Fox
A long time ago when the Cherokee people were new upon the earth, they thought that life would be much better if there was never any night. They beseeched the Ouga (Creator) that it might be day all the time and that there would be no darkness.
The Creator heard their voices and made the night cease and it was day all the time. Soon, the forest was thick with heavy growth. It became difficult to walk and to find the path. The...

4.5% 30 year fixed rate
1/09/09 Remember, when the Fed talks about targeting 4.5% for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage, that is a national average. The national average includes 1 point and $1500 in closing costs. If rates were to hit 4.75% in Wisconsin than that would be our target rate. That is no points and $899 in closing costs. We seem to have bounced off the Wisconsin target rate a couple of times. My advice is to apply and have your information ready to lock. I think 5.00% is going to...

I recently posted a blog about a petition I had drawn up for the LGBT community. Two words had been added last night to the petition and so now I am posting the updated version. Join The Impact will always have the updated version, this is what the petition now reads. I was having problems with the attachment that had the original document on it trying to get it on here. So, just copy and paste this petition to a blank file on your computer, save for later and print out as many as you like to...