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Girl Is Pioneer at Quarterback for Florida High School
Erin DiMeglio, a 17-year-old senior at South Plantation High School, is believed to be the first girl to play quarterback in a Florida high school football game.
“We’d be warming up, and people would stop over and wait for her to throw to see if she could play,” the Paladins’ starting quarterback, John Franklin, said. “And then they’d walk away like, ‘Oh, they have a girl, and she’s for real.’ ”
THEY HAVE A GIRL, AND SHE’S FOR REAL
I love this. Happy football season!
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Reblogged from Sam Humphries' singular possessive apostrophe
Jennifer Granholm! (Thanks, Elspeth)
I salute YOU, Madam.
Passionate, fierce, loud and proud women FTW.
Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic women of the House on stage at the Democratic National Convention! Watch live on CSPAN.org and read the Democratic National Platform.
Tributes for Mikulski, Congress’s Longest-Serving Woman
Eight female state senators in Georgia walked out of the Senate chambers on Wednesday to protest two bills that hinder access to abortion and contraceptives. All eight female democratic senators left the chambers together after two bills they oppose passed the Republican-led Senate. From Atlanta’s WXIA, the legislation:
- Prohibits state employees from using state health benefits to pay for abortions
- Does not allow employees of private religious institutions to demand that their insurance policies pay for contraceptives
“We stood together to protest what we feel is absolutely a war on women here in Georgia and we want to sound the alert to Georgians,” said Sen. Nan Orrick.
Republican state senator Joshua McKoon said of the legislation, “What I would say is the war that’s being waged is on a religious minority in this country that has strong beliefs that are protected by the First Amendment.”
The bills now heads to the House, where both are expected to pass.
The senators who walked out: Sen. Gloria Butler, Sen. Gale Davenport, Sen. Nan Orrock, Sen. Freddie Powell Sims, Sen. Donzella James, Sen. Miriam Paris, Sen. Valencia Seay and Sen. Horacena Tate. Looks like I’ll be spending my Friday night emailing these senators to thank them for taking a stance on an incredibly important issue.
Awesome woman of the week: Georgia State Rep. Yasmin Neal
In response to the GA General Assembly’s abortion legislation, House Democrats have proposed a bill to ban vasectomies. From the press release:
“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of the lack of state regulation over vasectomies. It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women’s ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States.” - Rep. Neal, who authored the bill
“The Republican attack on women’s reproductive rights is unconscionable. What is more deplorable is the hypocrisy of HB 954’s author. If we follow his logic, we believe it is the obligation of this General Assembly to assert an equally invasive state interest in the reproductive habits of men and substitute the will of the government over the will of adult men.” - Rep. Stacey Abrams, House Minority Leader [AJC]
![”[…] If tax cuts create jobs, why didn’t the Bush tax cuts work?” - NJ’s Beth Reinhard
Okay, folks, I’m going to start a petition to make Reinhard the official moderator for the rest of the GOP primary debates.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lya9nbnJpE1qzr73ro1_250.png)
”[…] If tax cuts create jobs, why didn’t the Bush tax cuts work?” - NJ’s Beth Reinhard
Okay, folks, I’m going to start a petition to make Reinhard the official moderator for the rest of the GOP primary debates.
