Friday, May 13, 2011

Disability activists shut down Minnesota Senate because Senators won't discuss health care budget cuts

From WCCO-TV:ST. PAUL, Minn. — With less than two weeks left before the end of the session at the Minnesota Capitol, the budget is still up in the air. On May 11, a small group of people with disabilities came to protest the fact that state senators have been talking about a gay marriage ban instead of dollars and cents.Wearing red T-shirts and waving homemade posters, protesters from a