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From the petition posted by MoveOn: Donald Trump has repeatedly belittled Latinos, Muslims, Black people, women and people with disabilities with his hate speech, misogyny, Islamophobia, and racism. This has greatly inflamed a national atmosphere already hostile to these groups and is inspiring a dramatic rise in harassment and violent attacks against these groups. Now companies like Google, AT&T, Coca …

The mother of a former US Army soldier has launched a Change.org petition to President Obama in which she claims that her daughter and her daughter’s partner have been sentenced by a Kuwaiti court to 25 years in prison on “trumped-up” drug charges. The real reason for the sentence handed down last month, the mother says, is that the women …

“The signatories believe Donald J Trump should be banned from UK entry for his continued, unrepentant hate speech and unacceptable behaviour. His unacceptable behaviour is well documented, and we feel it foments racial, religious and nationalistic intolerance which should not be welcome in the UK.  The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. This same principle should …

Not too many names so far. Pity.

Over 4000 have signed a Change.org petition to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, demanding that county clerk Kim Davis be held personally liable for the legal costs associated with her battle against same-sex marriage. From the petition: Kim Davis is the Rowan county, KY court clerk who continues to defy the law by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples …

The petition was launched by LGBT activist and JMG participant Scott Wooledge.

From the petition: Dear International Olympic Committee, It has recently come to light that gold medalist Bruce Jenner is in fact transgender, and therefore, identifies as a woman. We congratulate Ms. Jenner on these new developments and wish her the best. However, this creates somewhat of a problem as Ms. Jenner (as talented as she is) claims that she has …

See it here. (Tipped by JMG reader Mykel)

From the petition: Now that marijuana is legal in one form or another in 24 states and counting, I’m here to urge you to sign my petition to make 4/20 a national holiday. We celebrate everything from Arbor Day to Groundhog Day to a National Day of Prayer. It’s high time we had a weed day. Because if we can …

Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Joe)

The petition was launched by the friend of the Philadelphia gay-bashing victims who has been speaking to the press on their behalf. Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims is co-hosting a rally in support of the bill this afternoon. See the petition.

Sign the petition.

Mr. Los Angeles Leather 2014 Eric Leue has launched a petition calling for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to remove CEO Michael Weinstein for characterizing Truvada as a “party drug” rather than as a daily HIV preventive. This petition is not about how Weinstein or we personally feel about HIV PrEP. This petition is about whether we, the people, should be …

One of the petition’s creators is Rob Di Stefano, the founder of the popular 90s house music labels Tribal America and Twisted Records.

Sign it and think about Bill Donohue.

From the South Dakota Democratic Party: “SB 67 was introduced in the South Dakota state legislature on January 21. It allows discriminatory businesses to refuse service to the LGBT community. We must stop SB 67 from becoming law. Please sign the petition if you believe discrimination against any South Dakotans for who they are has no place in our laws. …

Details. There’s a Wikipedia entry on Sunday’s episode.

Anti-gay crackpots are ganging up to flag the YouTube videos posted by Right Wing Watch, which always eventually wins back the clips in question, as they did when Pat Robertson’s stormtroopers tried to squash his “AIDS ring” video. The freak shows know this, but they continue their campaign. Sign the petition posted today by People For The American Way.

Sign the petition. (Tipped by JMG reader Justin)

Over 300K signatures. (Tipped by JMG reader Birdie)