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Title: If Only For Those In Transition, I Hope Real ID Actually Is Repealed
Post by: Shana A on July 22, 2009, 07:05:21 AM
 If Only For Those In Transition, I Hope Real ID Actually Is Repealed
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Jul 22, 2009 at 04:00:00 AM EDT

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12147/if-only-for-those-in-transition-i-hope-real-id-actually-is-repealed (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12147/if-only-for-those-in-transition-i-hope-real-id-actually-is-repealed)

From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Real ID Act Faces Repeal After Outcry From Napolitano, States comes this bit of news:

    Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is asking Congress to repeal a post-Sept. 11, 2001, law that was meant to enhance the security of driver's licenses but has elicited the wrath of governors nationwide who say it is too costly.

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Well, thank you Madam Secretary and Obama Administration for that!

The Real ID Act: Bad Law for Our CommunityHere's why I can only hope that this law is repealed, for oh so many reasons...From the National Center For Transgender Equality's (NCTE's) and Transgender Law Center's (TLC's) The Real ID Act: Bad Law for Our Community: