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Statement on Sullivan, IN "Straight Prom" Efforts

Posted by Admin on Tuesday, February 12, 2013,
After learning about the bigotry taking place in Sullivan, IN where an alternate "straight prom" is being planned, Indiana High School Democrats felt the need to speak out against these hateful and discriminatory actions. A special education teacher is joining a group of students, parents and other Christians in the community to organize a prom that bans LGBT people. As if that wasn't enough, the teacher in question, Diana Medley, added that the reason for doing so was these students had no "...
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Election Night

Posted by Jerome Bingham on Tuesday, December 4, 2012,

The time is a few minutes after 7 p.m. I turn on the TV to check on the election results and start my night of watching the election returns.
Indiana and Kentucky has already gone for Romney. Not a surprise to say the least. I was just hoping that our state would take longer than 5 minutes to be called for Indiana.
Shortly after 7:30, the key states of Ohio and North Carolina have closed their poles. We (the Democratic Party) still believe we can pull out those two states. While the swing battl...


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Statement on the Indiana Democratic Party’s New Position Regarding Same-Sex Marriage

Posted by Executive Committee on Friday, June 15, 2012,

We applaud our friends at the Indiana Democratic Party for taking this substantial step forward and for affirming our party’s commitment to equality for all. We are pleased and excited by this development and believe that our fellow young Hoosiers across the state will feel similarly. Although not full marriage equality, we believe that the party’s new position is a significant step in the right direction. We look forward to working with the party and candidates throughout this election s...


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Indiana High School Democrats Opposes CISPA

Posted by Tushar Chandra on Sunday, April 22, 2012,
  • The Indiana High School Democrats executive committee released the following statement regarding CISPA: On behalf of our generation, Indiana High School Democrats would like to vehemently oppose CISPA as a bill that changes the web for the worse. To allow companies and corporations to distribute personal information that we entrust to them, and them alone, for the smallest of actions, is a violation of our privacy. 


    The committee's reasoning is described below. 

    On January 18, 2012, the Interne...


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Indiana High School Democrats Demands Marriage Equality

Posted by Nicholas Mitch on Thursday, April 5, 2012,

Press Release

For immediate release 4/4/2012

Contact: Nicholas Mitch, Chair

E-mail: nmitch@inhsdems.org

Indiana High School Democrats Demands Marriage Equality

       Today, Indiana High School Democrats announced its public support of marriage equality and called on the Indiana Democratic Party to do the same. A motion, which was passed unanimously by the executive committee, asks that marriage equality, specifically for same-sex couples, be added to the state and national party platforms...
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Indiana High School Democrats Endorses Shelli Yoder for Congress

Posted by Nicholas Mitch on Sunday, March 25, 2012,

Press Release

For immediate release 3/24/2012

Contact: Nicholas Mitch, Chair

E-mail: nmitch@inhsdems.org

 

Indiana High School Democrats Endorses Shelli Yoder for Congress

Bloomington resident Shelli Yoder, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District seat, has received yet another endorsement, this most recent one from Indiana High School Democrats.

Indiana High School Democrats, which is Indiana’s official state chapter of the Young Democr...


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PR:Indiana High School Democrats Wins National Award

Posted by Nicholas Mitch on Saturday, March 17, 2012,


Press Release

For immediate release 3/17/2012

Contact: Nicholas Mitch, Chair

E-mail: nmitch@inhsdems.org

 

Indiana High School Democrats Wins National Award

            Indiana High School Democrats proudly announced today that the organization was the 2012 winner of High School Democrats of America’s “Developed State Chapter” award. The national award, which was presented to them last weekend at the Young Democrats of America Winter Meeting in Chicago, is presented annually to ...


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