It is all about our Rights

GOV. MALLOY & LT. GOV. WYMAN STATEMENTS ON U.S. SUPREME COURT CONTRACEPTION RULING

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman released the following statements concerning today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that closely held corporations with religious owners can be exempt from the requirement to cover contraception:

“While we should all respect each other’s right to hold different positions based on religious beliefs, women should not be denied access to reproductive healthcare benefits due to the personal beliefs of their employer. Today’s decision from the Supreme Court is an affront to that very basic and fundamental idea,” said Governor Malloy. “In our diverse society, it is unconscionable that the religious beliefs of a private, for-profit employer can dictate the kind of medical care that is available to an employee.  We will review this decision and assess the impact it may have in Connecticut.”

“Providing the option of contraceptive coverage is part of serving the healthcare needs of women, it is just that simple,” said Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman. “Carving out exemptions to medicines or treatment is tantamount to restricting access—it puts women at risk and that is unacceptable. This Supreme Court decision reminds us that we have a lot left to do in our fight for equity for women.”

This is about ALL of us

BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON SCOTUS HOBBY LOBBY DECISION

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

“Today, the Supreme Court held for the first time that the religious rights of corporations trump the personal freedoms of American women. This decision undermines millions of American women's access to birth control. Religious liberty is about the right to practice your religion, not the right to impose your religion on your employees. Congress must act to restore workers' right to make their own health care decisions.”

Good News!

From a fortune cookie:

This is a good thing to remember. Be thankful.
And, don't forget,  tofu is delicious when properly prepared.
#ChinaPavilion

PS Try their Salt and Pepper Shrimp as well!

 Ahhhhh.....May Day tomorrow!

Everyone move to the Left.

 The first Question is:
How can you be in 2 places at once when you aren't anywhere at all?

 
 The Firesign Theatre....well that should take some folks back,
way back,                                  way       way      way      back.

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<   Here's Wots Happ'nin' in Hartford

Please Join Us in Calling for and Increase in the Minimum Wage!

Wednesday
May 1st 12:00

CT State Capitol

North Steps

Join Governor Malloy, Lt. Governor Wyman, and faith, labor and legislative leaders as we stand together to call for an increase in Connecticut's minimum wage. 

As low-wage workers fall farther and farther behind, corporate lobbying groups such as ALEC push legislation to scale back wages ever further. Raising the minimum wage isn't just the right thing to do for working families struggling to make ends meet, it helps build a stronger, more stable local economy. 

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Here is Wots Happ'nin' in New Haven: 

Rally & March

Wed May 1st at 5 pm on the New Haven Green.
 Then...

<  Celebrate!
Sun May 5th 
at the People's World annual rally with a video of the march, May Day Around the World, and a panel of leaders in immigrant worker organizing, jobs pipeline, organizing for environmentally sustainable peacetime jobs in Connecticut, and labor-community neighborhood organizing.