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To: POKERSAM who wrote (865663)	6/16/2015 3:24:19 PM
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Being on a nonstop, taxpayer funded vacation is just so rough. Poor Michelle...

To: POKERSAM who wrote (865663)	6/16/2015 3:29:09 PM
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Refusing to Bow at the Altar of Homosexuality ............................................................... CNS News ^ \| 6/15/2015 \| J. Mark Brewer I was a law student when I first learned of the consequences of not being politically correct concerning homosexuality. A former Miss America’s contract as the citrus growers’ brand-ambassador was allowed to lapse because she had successfully campaigned for the repeal of a pro-homosexual ordinance in Miami-Dade County. She was quoted as saying, “What these people really want, hidden behind obscure legal phrases, is the legal right to propose to our children that theirs is an acceptable, alternate way of life.” She was publicly humiliated – "pied" on national television – and her name – Anita Bryant – became synonymous with something called "homophobia" and "hate speech." As a new Air Force J.A.G. officer, my first court assignment was to represent the United States in an administrative discharge proceeding concerning a female service member. She was being kicked out of the service for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts. Even as an inexperienced young lawyer, I managed to prove that she had committed the requisite two homosexual acts. She was given a “general” discharge and sent back to the United States. I don’t remember when thereafter I first noticed that there are only two instances in which “sex” occurs in the “ethics” rules for lawyers. Both are in the same, “anti-discrimination” provision: “A lawyer shall not willfully, in connection with an adjudicatory proceeding … manifest, by words or conduct, bias or prejudice based on race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, sex, or sexual orientation towards any person involved in that proceeding in any capacity...” (Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...

To: POKERSAM who wrote (865663)	6/16/2015 3:50:13 PM
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Baltimore Prosecutors in Freddie Gray Case Want All Evidence Confidential .......................................................................................................................................... The six police officers charged in Mr. Gray’s death are scheduled for arraignment July 2 wsj.com By Scott Calvert June 16, 2015 BALTIMORE—Prosecutors in the Freddie Gray case have asked the judge to take the unusual step of ordering all evidence to be made confidential before the trial of six police officers charged in his death. The request seeks to prevent defense lawyers from making public any discovery material they receive in the run-up to the trial. Discovery..