“I think everybody understands all lives matter,” Obama said during a panel discussion at the White House. “I think the reason that the organizers use the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ was not because they were suggesting nobody else’s lives mattered. Rather, what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem that is happening in the African American community that’s not happening in other communities. And that is a legitimate issue that we’ve got to address.”
Yeah!
Obama praises Black Lives Matter movement for raising policing issues
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/22/obama-black-lives-matter-movement-policing
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DNC Approves #BlackLivesMatter Presidential Town Hall http://bit.ly/1QTW6BE
8:13 AM - 21 Oct 2015
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[quote]The Democratic National Committee has given its blessing to a presidential town hall held by leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter protest movement.
Tuesday, a website associated with #BlackLivesMatter movement posted a petition demanding the DNC create an additional debate to focus only on issues of importance to the black community: “It is not enough to poll the Presidential candidates on whether or not they think ‘Black lives matter’ or ‘All lives matter’ – we deserve substantive responses – including and in addition to criminal justice reform, what will the presidential candidates do to ensure that Black lives matter?”
DNC officials, and particularly chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, have long resisted calls to schedule additional debates. But the DNC met the activists halfway, offering to host a town hall instead.[/quote]
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/21/up-next-president-obama-hosts-a-community-forum/#comment-1426761
Now we can have some Nation wide conversations about #BlackLivesMatter
IRS to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages Anywhere in U.S.
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IRS to recognize same-sex marriages anywhere in U.S.
http://nbcnews.to/1ksATo1
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[quote]The IRS will recognize same-sex marriages for tax purposes nationwide —
even if they took place in any of the states that still haven't legalized them — the U.S. Treasury said Wednesday.
The Treasury's announcement of proposed regulations to "interpret the terms 'husband' and 'wife' to include same-sex spouses" essentially formalizes the inevitable after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in June legalizing same-sex marriages.
Before the court handed down its decision, 13 states — most of them in the Deep South — maintained laws prohibiting same-sex weddings.
IRS regulations already allowed the agency to accept returns from same-sex couples identifying themselves as married, but only from the 37 states and other U.S. territories that had legalized the unions. [/quote]
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"These regulations provide additional clarity on how the federal government will treat same-sex couples for tax purposes in light of the Supreme Court's historic decision on same-sex marriage," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in a statement. [/quote]
Thank you, SCOTUS and Treasury Sec Jack Lew~
Thank you for your vital OP, brave, calling attention to the crucial issues at the very heart of our country.