citizenchris.typepad.com - 11/19/2008
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With the click of a mouse and boots on the street, hundreds of thousands of newly minted activists across the country last weekend declared independence from the top-down, black-tie, this-cutesy-logo-brought-to-you-by movement for gay civil rights. It took the political perfect...
americablog.com - 11/24/2008
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americablog.com —
The Mormon religion says I'm going to hell,
and my religion says they're a cult. So, I
lose my right to marry and they lose their religious tax status, right? A lot of religions, starting with Catholicism, think that Mormons are cultists, what with ...
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A Modest Mormon Proposal
buzzflash.com - 11/21/2008
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buzzflash.com —
THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter So the
people's representatives and Detroit's Big Three remain locked in
spirited competition for the nation's title of top cretin. All eyes are on the race this year, because there really ...
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Memo to Congress and automakers: A modest proposal
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... is demanding a new direction for national gay politics, which will require, at a minimum, the removal of the current, failed "leadership". Chris Crain calls for a federal civil unions bill, backed by even Sarah Palin in the veep debate, supported by majorities in polls - but simply unthinkable for the Human Rights Campaign, whose agenda has not changed since the late 1980s. ...
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