On for 42 years. I do not know any other war we would tolerate going on for so long that we will losing in spending so much money on. As a people, we are a civilization that believes he should not do things that are bad for you and that for society. That was a big motivation behind prohibition as well. This matter of what you believe is more important what you can accomplish. How you translate that into the language of political philosophy, i am not sure. But i think it is an area an important area of pursuit. None of these are efforts to legislate morality. They are efforts to legislate against human desire. Back cannot work. I am a student at George Washington university. There is a large push from the and the price of a community about legalization of marijuana. From the undergraduate timidity about legislation and marijuana. Could this lead to a nationwide Reform Movement . It is different. I presume the undergraduate movement at gwi is people who want to get something. Temperance
Coming up on cspan, colin powell and Sam Mcchrystal talk about how veterans are treated when they return from war. Following that, a discussion with Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy. And then a look at Marriage Equality and voters approval of the initiatives on the balance this Election Year ballots this year. With soldiers on guard outside the Customs House and outside the homes of crown officials and with British Artillery now aimed at the house, it is easy to understand why many bostonian felt threatened. Soldiers tried to stir up racial tension. Of course, not everyone in boston is white. Within a month of their arrival, three british officers are discovered encouraging African American slaves in boston to attack their white masters. One of those drunken officers assured the black bostonians that the soldiers had come to procure their freedom. With their help, they should be able to drive the liberty boys to the devil. The british army is not in boston to free the slaves. Seve
This was the rosa parks moment for gay people. It was their neighborhood, it was their bar. It seemed like it was a war zone. There was the Tactical Police force, police cars, sirens. And then somebody started a fire. Stonewall was the spark. The Gay Liberation front was the torch lit by that spark. We carried that torch out of the closet, into the streets. Were america. You cant separate us out. I think its not a civil rights issue, its a moral issue. A 50year battle for equal rights and respect. I could not have guessed that at this age i would be married to a man. I never could have seen that coming. Im here doing what im doing because of all of the generations before me. Stonewall has taught us, you have to fight for what you want. And once your voice is heard, theres no turning back. They call me mayor pete, and i am running for president of the United States. 50 years ago, it would have been unthinkable for an openly gay person to run for any public office. We did capture 73 of t
N welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. We start this hour with the migrant crisis in europe. Authorities from hungary and italy have made numerous arrests. In the meantime, workers face the grim task of trying to identify the victims. The arrests come as europe struggles to deal with a Record Number of migrants entering its countries. Many of them refugees from war ravaged or impoverished nations like syria. According to the latest numbers from the u. N. , nearly 300,000 people have crossed the mediterranean so it far this year, most of them landing in italy or greece. Compare that to all of last year when 219,000 people made that dangerous crossing. As a result, deaths at sea are at record levels this year. More than 2500 people now reported missing or dead. The deaths this week have renewed calls for europe to find ways to resolve this growing humanitarian crisis. Im horrified and heartbroken as refugees and migrants are losing their lives in the mediterr
They decide, enough is enough. We by follow take it anymore. We will not have it anymore. An explosive confrontation at an illegal bar that changed history. This was the rosa parks moment for gay people. It was their neighborhood, it was their bar. It seemed like it was a war zone. There was the Tactical Police force, police cars, sirens. And then somebody started a fire. Stonewall was the spark. The Gay Liberation front was the torch lit by that spark. We carried that torch out of the closet, into the streets. Were america. You cant separate us out. I think its not a civil rights issue, its a moral issue. A 50year battle for equal rights and respect. I could not have guessed that at this age i would be married to a man. I never could have seen that coming. Im here doing what im doing because of all of the generations before me. Stonewall has taught us, you have to fight for what you want. And once your voice is heard, theres no turning back. They call me mayor pete, and i am running f