JWs Refuse Blood for Testing?

JWs Refuse Blood for Testing?

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Wired has a story about Hacker Adrian Lamo, who has refused to give blood for DNA testing on religious grounds. His lawyer declined to specify which religion, but the article notes: In prior court cases, members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses have registered opposition to blood tests for alcohol content, based on certain passages in the Bible. The JW prohibition is on the partaking of blood, as in accepting a blood transfusion or varying human blood products. Their biblical interpretation is…

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Round-trip for Chicken?

Round-trip for Chicken?

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Oh, this is such a bad idea. A new government rule will soon allow American chicken meat to be exported to China to be processed, then shipped back to be eaten by American consumers.

What 2007 Car Quiz

What 2007 Car Quiz

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You Should Drive a Jaguar XK 4.2 You don’t care how you get there as long as you get there with class. And having a little power doesn’t hurt either! What 2007 Car Should You Drive? Absolutely – but I’d be happy with a Vespa.

Ideal Pet Quiz

Ideal Pet Quiz

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Your Ideal Pet is a Cat You’re both aloof, introverted, and moody. And your friends secretly wish that you were declawed! What’s Your Ideal Pet? Fair enough (grin)

Main Page – WikiThePresidency

Main Page – WikiThePresidency

People For the American Way believes that “a healthy democracy is an informed democracy,” so they have created WikiThePresidency.org to establish a single place for the public to both acquire and share information about Executive Branch wrongdoings. It’s a Wiki, so anyone can edit the site, but there are rules. You must post factual claims (no op-eds), with links to credible supporting material. No spouting off. Take a look. It’s interesting reading. Main Page – WikiThePresidency

A Question to the Religious Right

A Question to the Religious Right

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A question to the so-called “religious right” who want to abolish separation of church and state altogether: How would you feel if the religion expressed on the national stage were some equally skewed version of Islam, or Wicca, or … ( – insert your personal choice for “least appealing religious path” here – for me it’s Jehovah’s Witnesses), rather than this particular view of Christianity? What if they found some “wedge issues” and became the majority in Congress? What if…

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