Not the Man I Married (PDF)When a trans person marries a member of his or her new gender before transitioning, is there any reason the union shouldn’t be considered legal? (PDF article)
Why can’t gay dwarves get married in Middle-earth?I can vouch for my stepbrother — he’s a big supporter of equal rights for the gay and lesbian community. But when the issue of gay marriage came up at work, he voted against it. Same-sex marriage for U.S. citizens is one thing, but same-sex marriage for gay dwarves in Middle-earth is quite another.
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It’s illegal in Illinois to mislead someone into believing that food has been prepared according to Muslim halal standards when it really hasn’t. The problem is, different people have different definitions of what those standards should be.
First Barbie Store a hit in ArgentinaBUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The idea came to Tito Loizeau in a Buenos Aires shopping mall three years ago: Build a Barbie-themed store and little girls and their parents’ money will follow. (Photo: Natacha Pisarenko, AP)
Robert Wilson spent almost ten years in prison before June Siler realized she had identified the wrong man as her attacker. The two told their stories at the Northwestern University School of Law in an event sponsored by the Center on Wrongful Convictions (with timeline and video).
Buffalo RidgeIs Minnesota the “Saudi Arabia of wind power”?
A joke that starts off “a duck walks into a bar,” has good odds of being funny. Ducks are funny. A joke beginning “a water buffalo walks into a bar” just doesn’t have the same ring. But “a can of Spam walks into a bar” – now that’s hilarious. … So when a company that makes spam-blocking software tries to trademark the name “Spam Arrest,” and Hormel takes legal action, it’s funny.
Mazen Asbahi admits he sometimes misses prayers. As a lawyer with Schiff Hardin LLP, sometimes he’s in negotiations all day and can’t break out. “A more hard-core Muslim who’s more senior might say, ‘I need to make a five minute break,'” Asbahi said, “but at my point in my career, I can’t always do that.”