62 Democrats in the PA General Assembly now support Marriage Equality. Unfortunately, Rep. Tom Calatagirone is not one of them. Please sign my petition and tell Rep. Caltagirone to support full civil rights for same-sex couples in PA.

I would like to make it more easier to have a felony taken of your record in the state of Pennsylvania. After 8 years of committing forgery for less than 200 dollars, it still haunts me. I payed my fines and court costs, and completed probation. I stayed out of trouble for 8 years now and I can not get a decent job with this on my record. I work in an independent restaurant making just enough to survive.

I oppose the oppression of sexual assault victims in the military.

Rep. Steve King's (IA-R) ugly history of anti-immigrant rhetoric reached a new low this week after telling a conservative website that some DREAMers have "calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert." He doubled-down on his attack by claiming that for every valedictorian DREAMer, there are 100 more carrying drugs across the border. Rep. King's attack is nothing new. Last year he compared immigrants to dogs, and then in an Univision interview claimed he meant it as a compliment. Last month he voted to defund DACA, called a group of DREAMers visiting his office "illegal aliens," compared it to an invasion, and then wondered why they hadn't been arrested yet. And now he's accusing those same young Americans of being drug dealers. We need Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Eric Cantor, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy -- the top leaders in the House of Representatives -- to condemn Rep. King's ugly attacks and finally lead. If they don't stand up to him and take command, they are allowing Rep. King to set the agenda in the House and have a platform to spread his hateful views. Demand GOP House leaders John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Kevin McCarthy lead and condemn Rep. Steve King's attack today.

My Republican senator, Rand Paul, just signed onto Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's call for removing military sexual assault prosecutions from the chain of command. This is huge, and it motivates me even more to continue my fight to get other senators on board.

*Note: Ken Lacoste is now acting First Warden. Names and titles can not be changed once signatures have been accumulated, and this petition has been in place with titles from 2013. Plastic pollution is categorized as one of the greatest threats to our marine environment, notably called a global environmental catastrophe . Plastic bags, straws, cups, wrappers, utensils and more scatter the beaches and float in the waters never to biodegrade or disappear. It is estimated that 6 million pieces of trash enter the ocean every day. This trash affects over 600 species that depend on the ocean for survival . Plankton, urchins, crabs, shrimp, mollusks, sea birds, marine mammals, fish, sea turtles, sharks and many more have been victims of entanglement or plastic ingestion, leading to death. Further, plastics contain persistent organic pollutants, toxic chemicals that affect both animal and human health. These chemicals have been shown to negatively affect animals who have unknowingly consumed ocean plastic, making its way up the food chain, and perhaps to your dinner plate. We can help solve this problem by eliminating unnecessary plastic from our daily lives such as plastic bags, water bottles, straws, disposable cutlery, cups, plates and more. Block Island is a pristine island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, and we have a duty to protect this island and it's surrounding waters. Plastic bags are pervasive and detrimental to our environment. Hundreds of other cities around the world have banned plastic bags, including Barrington, the first city in Rhode Island to pass a plastic bag ban. If Block Island does the same, they could set an example for other island and coastal communities striving to make a positive environmental impact. In a trip to the western coast of Australia, I visited a small coastal community called Exmouth. The local grocery store noted that plastic bags were banned in the community. You either brought your own bag or bought a reusable one at checkout - the town's primary care was their environment and conserving the ocean around them. Block Island should have the same concern. I urge you to stand with me to ban plastic bags on Block Island. It's time to take a stand to protect our environment and keep our ocean and beaches clean. The ocean is in hurting, and we can make a difference by reducing and eliminating our plastic waste. Next step is plastic cups and straws, but for now, lets BLOCK THE BAG!

When Edie Windsor challenged the federal Defense of Marriage Act, President Obama refused to defend it. When Kristin Perry and Sandy Stier challenged California’s Prop 8, Governor Brown refused to defend it. And when two Santa Fe men challenged New Mexico’s ban on same-sex marriage, SF County Clerk Geraldine Salazar said she supported them. Now she's filed a 20+ page brief with the state Supreme Court with a rambling list of reasons for denying a marriage license to committed same-sex couples.

For Juanita and Frank James the bills were piling up. Steel Company closures sent them in a panic as Juanita's health deteriorated. Without Medicare, they could have lost everything. But the high cost of prescriptions forced by Pharmaceutical lobbyists are threatening that relief. Medicare Parte D está siendo cautivo por grupos de cabildeo representando a intereses farmacéuticos, amenazando aún más la crisis financiera de Juanita, Frank, y millones de personas mayores. Nuestros ancianos no deberían estar haciendo la difícil elección entre comprar sus medicamentos o mantener un techo sobre sus cabezas. Ellos merecen su dignidad cuando se jubilen. ¡Es hora de que Medicare sea liberado para negociar precios de los medicamentos con receta!

Governor Martinez spent $3,000,000 on a secret audit of behavioral health providers then cut off funding for services to 30,000 patients because she claims the audit showed problems. Now she's spending another $17,000,000 to turn those services over to for-profit companies in Arizona. But the New Mexico companies say they did nothing wrong and the out-of-state company doing the audit has been accused of faulty audits before. A judge ordered Martinez, by subpoena, to turn over the secret audit to the State Auditor but she refused.

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, a coalition of 56 organizations, on behalf of itself and parents, students, teachers, community members, and the many civil society organizations, sent a Letter of Allegation to United Nations asking that they investigate and prevent human rights violations in Chicago. Tell the United Nations to take action to investigate and prevent human rights violations in Chicago by signing your name to the Letter of Allegation to the United Nations. A copy of the Letter of Allegation can be found at:https://www.dropbox.com/s/z6lql1l92m986s7/Letter%20of%20Allegation.docx

Schools are the heart of any town. They're what keep neighborhoods strong and bring communities together. Without adequate funding from the state, many of these schools will be shut down, and many teachers will be laid off. Tell Governor Brownback you want this to change by signing this petition.

The July 2013 military coup in Egypt and the kidnapping of a democratically-elected president and his wife represents a critical setback for democratic progress in the region and the world.If the United States is committed to democracy and respect for the rule of law, it will insist that Fatah El-Sisi and his tyrannical cohorts act in accordance with the democratic process, release all the political prisoners, stop the violence and the use of force currently being exerted without regard for human rights and modern diplomacy. In addition, we ask that all military aid be halted.