Archive for the ‘Family & Kids’ Category

MSNBC Keith Olbermann on California Prop 8,gay rights

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

MSNBC Keith Olbermann delivered a rousing, emotional, 6-minute special comments on Calif. Prop 8, gay rights, marriage, love and more..
Olbermann, who has never married, vehemently disagrees with its passage and the ban on gay marriage.

“I am not personal vested this,” he said, “yet this vote is horrible. Horrible… This is about the human heart.” After going through the history of marriage in the United States, and reminding viewers not only that marriage between black and white people used to be illegal in 1/3 of the country, but illegal between slaves, he made a plea for love and the spread of happiness.

Ray Tye saved a Iraqi boy with massive tumor

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

The Iraqi boy has come to Jordan for surgery with help from a most unlikely source: an 85-year-old liquor tycoon living in Boston, Massachusetts, Iraqi boy named Safa’a came to the attention of Ray Tye. A liquor distributor and philanthropist, Tye and his wife, Eileen, run the Ray Tye Medical Aid Foundation. Their motto: “We will never stop caring.”