Nathan Triplett to run for East Lansing City Council EAST LANSING,AeiNathan Triplett, a Michigan Equality Board Member and supported of the LBGT community, has announced he will seek a seat on the East Lansing City Council. He is also seeking the endorsement of Democracy for America, and needs support of the grassroots to do that. He is asking folks to go to http://www.dfalink.com/campaign.php?id=2382 and vote for him.
UofM Young Americans for Freedom chair assisting on recall efforts
ANN ARBOR- Andrew Boyd, the chair of Young Americans for Freedom at U
ofM and the current executive director of the Michigan Federation of College Republicans has stepped into the growing recall fray. Boyd, along with Macomb County Commissioner Leon Drolet and conservative gay activist Tyler Whitney have been working with the Michigan Taxpayers' Alliance on filing the necessary paperwork to form recall committees on selected state representatives and senators. The recall program has been designed to pressure these politicians to vote against any proposed tax increases.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Manhunt call for support
WASHINGTON, DC- The NGLTF and Manhunt.net have joined forces to fight a series of proposed Department of Justice regulations. The new regulations, which are designed to fight child pornography, would require all adult oriented networking sites to keep records of the identity and ages of all persons using and posting on the sight, including copies of their identification cards; and allow the Attorney General to conduct warrantless searches of the offices of such websites. In a post on Manhunt.net, the company says the new regulations would also put no limit on what the FBI could do with the information it collects from such warrantless searches. Any person that fails to comply with the new regulations, which would have the force of law, could face up to five years in prison for noncompliance. For more information visit this link: http://www.manhunt.net/2257/info/.
MSU College Republicans distancing themselves from MSU YAF?
EAST LANSING- The Michigan Conservative Dossier blog has published a post showing the MSU YAF chair Kyle Bristow has been stifled by the new leader of the MSU College Republicans, Ben Morlock. Bristow and MSU-YAF came under fire last year when their group became the first ever University recognized and supported hate group in the U.S. according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Bristow has maintained his group is a nonpartisan organization and not a hate group. Last year, MSU YAF and the MSU College Republican's co-hosted a speech by Minutemen Civil Defense Corps leader Chris Simcox. The event lead to five arrests, and hundreds of people being expelled from the public event. To read the blog post, go to http://bconservatives.blogspot.com/2007/08/bristow-stifled-by-msu-crs.html
