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laserhaas

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Sun Oct 4, 2015, 02:20 PM Oct 2015

Woo Hoo My Daughter Marries Love: Thanks to Unsungs Like Jody May-Chang

Just this past week my eldest, dear sweet daughter, was able to marry her beloved, due in no small part, to many unsung heroes who risked much, in the cause for equality justice. Once such person I'd like to take the time to thank, pic below from her LinkedIn Profile, is Jody May-Chang. She had the temerity and tenacity to go after bad faith people and their oppressive agendas. Due to such activism, as is noted by Jody's profile remarks (posted immediately below her pic), my daughter was able to partake in her inalienable civil right joy - to marry her love of life.

WOO HOO! - Thank you all LGBT activists - and the many unsungs such as Jody May-Chang!
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I have been an openly lesbian activist since coming out in the mid 1970s. I started blogging on PrideDEPOT.com in 2006 on LGBT politics and social justice issues and began writing as an independent journalist in 2009. As a regular contributor to the Boise Weekly, I received a second place award for my watchdog/investigative report from the Idaho Press Club for my debut investigate feature Exposing Homophobia about the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009. I have written for Religions Dispatches, Fairness, and Accuracy in Reporting’s magazine Extra!, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s magazine The Intelligence Report, and Windy City Times. I blog on 'As I See It' on May-Chang.com


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Jody May-Chang meets Laser Haas
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Jody and I collaborated (sort of) on cases of importance, after she was kind enough to do a story on her Wordpress Blog "Idaho Agenda" about my pursuits for justice against Mitt (the Pitts) Romney. Moi was (always have been and will continue to) attacking Romney. Jody detailed some, about my efforts on DailyKos and my discussion about her Vandersloot troubling matters (see "Idaho Agenda" and one item "Daily Kos features May-Chang/VanderSloot Saga"

Over at DailyKos, I ran a WeeklyBug Group and put up a thread about homophobic bullying Vandesloot that was titled

[center] [font size=4]"Romney's Homophobic Vandersloot Bullies Bloggers Like Jody May-Chang" [/font][/center]

This wonderful lady has big brass ones. With neither a whimper nor regret, Jody May-Chang does real journalism and gets to the truth, unvarnished, in her opines.


[font size=4 color=navy] Rachel Maddow details Romney's guy Vandersloot Bullying Jody May-Chang[/font]
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Here's a link to Rachel Maddow's Blog detailing the saga of Romney's 2012 campaign finance guy (Vandersloot) and his attempts to crush the activism of Blogger Jody May-Chang.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/rachel-maddow/46459138#57948562

(If someone can find a Youtube link - I'll post an update)

And here's Glen Greenwald's praise of true journalism/ activism by Jody that moi posted on DailyKos;

Anyone who is the national finance co-chair of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign deserves probing, substantial scrutiny. That’s equally true of someone who continues to use their vast wealth to influence the outcome of our elections and our most inflammatory political debates. And it’s certainly true of someone who has made it a regular practice of threatening journalists, bloggers and activists who shine light on his political and business practices. Journalists like Jody May-Chang who focus their journalistic light on people like Frank VanderSloot provide all of us with a vital public service, and deserve our full-fledged support when they are targeted with threats and retribution.


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Thank You Unsung Jody May-Chang

We Love You for what you do

and the difference real journalist like you

- have made

Due to people like you

- my daughter married her love


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Woo Hoo My Daughter Marries Love: Thanks to Unsungs Like Jody May-Chang (Original Post) laserhaas Oct 2015 OP
Nice to hear some happy news-congrats midnight Oct 2015 #1
Jody is awesome! hunter Oct 2015 #2
We need many more unsungs - to be sung about - to encourage our youths laserhaas Oct 2015 #3
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