Second inaugural address. And it wasnt just liberal in the abstract. It was liberal in the specific, in the sense that he proposed and endorsed a whole bunch of liberal policy ideas. Like for example, his endorsement in the speech of Marriage Equality. It was a big moment in the speech, right . Because no president had ever talked about gay people before, ever before in any inaugural address. It was also a landmark thing for this president , who did not publicly support samesex marriage rights until well into his time being president. But there it was right in the inaugural address, calling for 01 12 20 Marriage Equality. Right there in the inaugural address. That is freaking liberal. Also, that is the majority view held by most americans. The nbc wall street journal poll that came out last month polled on samesex marriage rights, a majority of americans support samesex marriage rights. So its liberal, but its also what the majority believes. Same thing on immigration. Part of the reas
A federal judge has ruled that chimpanzees previously used for research in a New Mexico laboratory can be transferred to an animal sanctuary. A U.S. District Court judge in Maryland found this week the National Institutes of Health legally cannot refuse to send chimpanzees in the Alamogordo Primate Facility to a sanctuary. It would violate the Chimpanzee Health, Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act. The law was established in 2000 to fund a federal chimpanzee sanctuary system. The order is in response to a lawsuit brought by the Humane Society of the United States last year. According to the federal agency, 30 chimps remain in Alamogordo because of medical conditions and social attachments.
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A University of New Mexico student has been charged in connection with last month's fatal shooting on campus that involved a basketball player at a rival school.