Coffee, global warming and gays
I was thrilled to see Ebenezer’s Coffeehouse was voted the City’s Best in Washington, DC. Well, it really came in second but only after Jammin Java, which is technically located about 15 miles west of the city in Vienna, Virginia.
On the global warming front, scientists testified before a House committee today that they…
felt pressured to tailor their writings on global warming to fit the Bush administration’s skepticism, in some cases at the behest of an ex-oil industry lobbyist, a congressional committee heard on Tuesday.
When will this administration learn?? At least Bush recognized global warming in his State of The Union last week. The Senate also held a “forum” on the issue today.
And apparently there are tens of thousands of gay and lesbian youth who are left homeless because of problems they face at home and Congress isn’t doing enough.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Coalition for the Homeless said gay, lesbian and transgender youth make up at least 20 percent — possibly as much as 40 percent — of the total number of homeless and runaway youth, a fluid population which experts have estimated at 575,000 to 1.6 million each year…
The request is for Congress to increase appropriations for the federal Runaway, Homeless and Missing Children Protection Act, which must be reauthorized next year, and said some federal funds should — for the first time — be targeted specifically at boosting programs to aid gay and lesbian youth.
Dilo Cintron, 25, a gay man who spent five years homeless in New York City, said staff at one shelter he used were so unsympathetic that they once walked by without intervening while he was being assaulted in a laundry room.
According to Ray, gay youths at a homeless shelter in Michigan were required to wear orange jump suits to distinguish them from other youths.
These kids don’t deserve to be punished just because they aren’t welcome at home.
