http://www.perrycountygreens.org The Green Party of Perry County, Tennessee Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Green Party of the United States calls for an immediate end to Israel's bombing attacks on Gaza, which in the past four days has already caused at least 364 deaths, including Palestinian women and children, with hundreds more wounded. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/29/green-party-condemns-israels-massive-air-attack-on-gaza-calls-on-us-to-rein-in-israel-and-seek-a-ceasefire/ The Green Party of California - noting the Democratic Party's national platform does not support same sex marriage - is demanding that President-elect Obama un-invite pro-Prop 8 pastor Rick Warren to perform the invocation for the Obama inauguration. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/23/state-green-party-demands-obama-un-invite-california-pastor-rick-warren-to-inauguration-suggests-president-elect-democratic-party-ambiguity-may-have-helped-passage-of-prop-8/ reen Party leaders urged Americans to take up President-elect Barack Obama's call for discussion on health care and demand a single-payer national health care program, also called Medicare For All. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/23/enacting-a-single-payer-health-care-program-will-boost-the-ailing-us-economy-say-greens/ Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party's 2008 presidential candidate, and other US delegates in Cuba for an international conference marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have issued a statement calling on the US to confirm and observe the tenets of the Declaration (http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html). http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/23/statement-on-human-rights-with-a-challenge-to-obama-from-cynthia-mckinney-and-fellow-us-delegates-attending-international-conference-in-cuba/ reen Party activists challenged gay voters and advocates of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights to protest President-elect Barack Obama's invitation to Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/22/gay-rights-supporters-should-protest-obamas-choice-of-antigay-minister-rick-warren-to-deliver-inaugural-prayer-say-greens/ The Green Party of NYS today offered a number of alternatives to resolve the state's fiscal crisis, calling for a state budget that improves the future of all New Yorkers, rather than reacting out of fear of a budget shortfall. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/13/green-party-calls-for-carbon-tax-higher-taxes-for-the-rich-and-wall-street-to-resolve-state-budget-crisis/ We in the Illinois Green Party are deeply troubled by the arrest of Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief-of-staff John Harris. The Governor is charged with attempting to personally profit from his power to appoint a person to the U.S. Senate. While we recognize that the accused are ... http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/11/illinois-green-party-statement-on-arrest-of-gov-rod-blagojevich/ Green Party leaders said today that the incoming Obama Administration and Congress should take six major steps to reverse the financial meltdown and restore financial security for Americans. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/09/greens-offer-six-big-steps-for-economic-recovery/ The Green Party of New York State strongly condemns the decision of President-elect Barack Obama to appoint New York Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State in his incoming administration. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/04/gpny-calls-the-appointment-of-sen-clinton-as-secretary-of-state-four-more-years-without-change/ The Capital District Greens criticized President-elect Obama today for nominating Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to be his Secretary of State, saying it contradicted the anti-war rhetoric he initially based his campaign on. http://www.perrycountygreens.org/2008/12/02/greens-oppose-nomination-of-hillary-clinton-for-secretary-of-state/