Posts Tagged ‘civil rights’
Editorial: ‘Final Wishes’ Veto is Cold, Calculating At time of death, we can be kinder to same-sex couples. Star Tribune (May 24, 2010) Last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty vetoed a bill that would have given same-sex partners in long term relationships the legal right to the other partner’s dead body for funeral arrangements and [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: civil rights, LGBT, same-sex partners, unclaimed bodies, wills
Pawlenty Vows Veto of Same-Sex Measure Jason Hoppin, Pioneer Press (May 13, 2010) Oh Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota. I know that you think you’ve got a chance at the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket but, alas, you’ll be disappointed. In all honesty, I don’t know who will be the GOP candidate but it won’t be [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: civil rights, LGBT, same-sex partners, unclaimed bodies, wills
R.I. governor vetoes ‘domestic partners’ burial bill Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, (November 10, 2009) When a person dies, his or her body needs to be claimed by the next of kin. If no kin can be found, then that dead body is handled by local authorities. The legal question of who (or whom) qualifies [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: civil rights, LGBT, same-sex partners, unclaimed bodies
Emmett Till: Forgetting to Remember
10, Jul 2009As an English major undergrad, I plowed through reams upon reams of literature and literary critique, cultural studies tomes and other articles and books. Nearly a decade later, one of the readings that struck me and stuck with me the most is John Edgar Wideman’s “The Killing of Black Boys.” Originally published in Essence in [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Cemeteries|Death + Crime
- Tags: civil rights, corpse abuse