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Hillary as president = no Prop 8?
citizenchris.typepad.com - 12/11/2008
Hillary as president = no Prop 8?
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An interesting op-ed in today's New York Times engages in some familiar analysis concerning the growing cracks in the progressive coalition opened up by the passage of Proposition 8: Left-leaning California’s horror about this newly revealed schism between two of...

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for December 5th through December 11th

prospect.org - 12/15/2008
TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect
— prospect.org — RICK WARREN DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH: I'M NOT A HOMOPHOBE. "They can't accuse me of homophobia," says Rick Warren , the celebrity preacher and icon of the "new" or "broader agenda" evangelicals, in a new interview with Beliefnet editor Steven Waldman . ... (more) TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect

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americablog.com - 12/17/2008
Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher to give the invocation at inaugural
— americablog.com — Gee, maybe Donnie McClurkin wasn't a fluke. Picking Rick Warren to give THE invocation is abominable . I'm doing my research and will be updating this post in a minute. Rick Warrens eats with gays But hey, Rick Warren says being gay isn't the ... (more) Obama picks homophobe pro-'Prop 8' evangelical preacher ...

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Rick Warren Endorses Prop 8 (video)
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youtube.com - 12/17/2008
Rick Warren Endorses Prop 8 (video)
— youtube.com — http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rick-warren-surprises- nobody-his-support-prop-8"New Evangelical" leader Rick Warren comes out forcefully in ... (more) Rick Warren Endorses Prop 8 (video)

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Digest for December 5th through December 11th
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for December 5th through December 11th: The Stranger | Slog | <b>Gay</b> People Exist… - How Not to Have an Abortion - Natural Liberty: Rediscovering Self-Induced Abortion Methods by Sage-Femme! (Sage-Femme Collective) When I was phone banking for the No on 4 campaign, we followed a script that I can still more or less recite from memory: “Prop 4 requires parental notification before a teen terminates a pregnancy, which looks good on paper, but actually puts young women in ...

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