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LGBT, Politics, Religion, Same-sex Marriage

REPUBLICANS PUSH NEW LAW TO PROTECT EMPLOYERS WHO FIRE SINGLE WOMEN FOR GETTING PREGNANT

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Photo: telegraph.co.uk
Photo: telegraph.co.uk

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all of the U.S.,  Republicans are pushing legislation that aims to protect Americans who oppose these unions on religious grounds.

Believing that marriage is between one man and one woman  whose unions are for the sole purpose of procreation, Republican members of Congress are about to propose what they are calling the ‘First Amendment Defense Act‘ that creates a license for employers to discriminate against, and fire women for getting pregnant outside of wedlock.

The bill specifically protects those who believe that marriage is between “one man and one woman” or that “sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage.” Ian Thompson, a legislative representative at the American Civil Liberties Union, said that in addition to targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, the bill “clearly encompasses discrimination against single mothers” and would hobble the ability of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal body that protects women from sex-based discrimination, to act.

The bill would, unfortunately, also discriminate against single women impregnated by married members of Congress. After all, the law applies to everyone. No exceptions.

Business, Health & Medicine, International

U.S. TO IMPORT FACEKINIS FROM CHINA

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imageWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® )  – It’s summertime and that means millions of Americans will be heading down to the beach to beat the warm temperatures. But this is also causing great alarm among U.S. health officials because of the fact that skin cancer, mostly from sun exposure, is the most common of all cancers. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of their lifetime.

But not to worry.  The U.S. has placed an order of 50 crates of ‘facekinis’ expected to arrive from China in time for peak summer season.  The government will distribute the crates equally among the 50 states.

Facekinis are face masks that have become popular among middle-aged women in China who enjoy going to the beach on a regular basis.  The mask covers the entire head and face except for small openings for the eyes, nose and mouth. It is considered more durable, economical and effective than sunscreens and other protective creams.

A word of caution, however: if wearing the facekini, make sure to still apply sunscreen around your eyes, and on your nose and lips, otherwise you will end up looking like Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer or having black eyes and lips like Edward Scissorhands.

Also, Americans are being warned about fake facekinis that are manufactured by fly-by-night entrepreneurs. In other words, Fakekinis.

 

 

 

 

 

Science and Environment

FICKLE-MINDED ASTRONOMERS: PLUTO REGAINS PLANET STATUS

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imageWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – A day after its successful flyby, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent back the first close-up photos of Pluto. The piano-sized spacecraft traveled nine years and three billion miles to study the dwarf planet and its five moons.

(On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union, an organization of professional astronomers, revoked Pluto’s planetary status.)

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has been a bit of a puzzle: It’s smaller than any other planet — even smaller than Earth’s moon. It’s dense and rocky, like the terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars). However, its nearest neighbors are the gaseous Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). For this reason, many scientists believe that Pluto originated elsewhere in space and got caught in the sun’s gravity.

Some astronomers once theorized that Pluto used to be one of Neptune’s moons. Pluto’s orbit is erratic. The planets in our solar system all orbit the sun in a relatively flat plane. Pluto, however, orbits the sun at a 17-degree angle to this plane. In addition, its orbit is exceptionally elliptical and crosses Neptune’s orbit.

One of its moons, Charon, is about half Pluto’s size. Some astronomers have recommended that the two objects be treated as a binary system rather than a planet and satellite.

But after seeing the new photos of Pluto which revealed a young surface dotted with ice mountains, the astronomers decided to reinstate the dwarf planet’s  full planet status. “If there’s water, there must be life,” the astronomers concluded, ” and Pluto might be the only  planet other than Earth  where life exists.”

The United States is now finalizing a blueprint to be the first to send human beings to Pluto. Expect this human landing in 2024!