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Rant on the So-called Marriage Amendment

Rant on the So-called Marriage Amendment

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Tell Congress you oppose the “marriage” amendment to our Constitution. I did…. How dare you try to amend our Constitution to discriminate against any American citizen? How dare you appeal to hate? How dare you use God for this! This is so low, so hypocritical. You won’t dabate Iraq, but you WILL debate this? Is this what you have left to say about “compassionate conservatism”? You’ve let pseudo-christian dominionists (otherwise known as supremacists) gain too much power in our process…

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Napoli: Sodomy of religious virgins might justify abortion

Napoli: Sodomy of religious virgins might justify abortion

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I don’t think I had ever seen South Dakota’s State Senator Bill Napoli speak before tonight. He was commenting on the abortion ban there that would close down – gulp – the only operating clinic that’s left in the entire state (this one clinic has to fly in medical volunteers from out-of-state). Guess there wasn’t really much left to do. Online NewsHour: South Dakota Bans Most Types Of Abortion — March 3, 2006 BILL NAPOLI: When I was growing up…

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My reaction to the State of the Union Address

My reaction to the State of the Union Address

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I somehow made it all the way through the State of the Union address last night. Much as I disagree with the Bush administration, I even found him unusually appealing. I actually had the thought, “Well, maybe most of this administration’s ugliness is Cheney. Maybe Bush means some of what he is saying here.” I thought he really tried to appeal to our hopefulness at a very sour time – that showed some good leadership. But that’s about it. So…

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The Matriarch King is Dead

The Matriarch King is Dead

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“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.” — Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King is dead. A woman of grace and strength and courage and dignity is gone. Equality. Human Rights. Non-violence. Peace. She worked hard to keep these ideas out front and center as solid goals for our country. She fought alongside many others for a national holiday in honor of her husband’s birthday. She opened the…

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Christian Paradox, or, Hypocrisy Incarnated

Christian Paradox, or, Hypocrisy Incarnated

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The Christian Paradox (Harpers.org) Check out this excellent excerpt from Bill McKibben’s article in the August 2005 edition of Harper’s Magazine. The basic point is that although the overwhelming majority of Americans profess to be Christian, the USA is the least Christian in its behavior (compared to other “developed” nations). A few nuggets: “In 2004, as a share of our economy, we ranked second to last, after Italy, among developed countries in government foreign aid. Per capita we each provide…

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Notes on “Feminazi”

Notes on “Feminazi”

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Rush Limbaugh defends his use of the term “feminazi” as “right” and “accurate” in response to a June 22 Washington Post article on Sen. Richard J. Durbin’s (D-IL) controversial floor statement that referenced Nazis. The Post article mentioned Limbaugh’s use of the term “feminazi” as well as other examples of recent political debates in which Nazism has been invoked. From the June 22 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show: In The Washington Post we get a little story: “Tips for…

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