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openleft.com - 7/21/2009
Jimmy Carter: Hero
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Jimmy Carter quits the Southern Baptist Convention over their treatment of women: Losing my religion for equality , So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention's ...
humanevents.com - 7/24/2009
GOP Not Allowed to Say 'Government-Run Healthcare"
— humanevents.com — Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), the secretary of the House Republican Conference and a former District Court Judge,... is having his messages to constituents censored by Democrats on the Franking Commission. Republicans are no longer allowed to use the words ... (more) GOP Not Allowed to Say 'Government-Run Healthcare"

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guardian.co.uk - 7/16/2009
The words of God do not justify cruelty to women | Jimmy Carter | Comment is free ...
— guardian.co.uk — "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of... any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion , political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status ... (more) The words of God do not justify cruelty to women | Jimmy ...

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Jimmy Carter: ‘The words of God do not justify cruelty to women.’
thinkprogress.org - 7/21/2009
Jimmy Carter: ‘The words of God do not justify cruelty to women.’
— thinkprogress.org — Former President Jimmy Carter, who in 2000 officially severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention after the... SBC declared its opposition to female pastors and reiterated its calls “for wives to be submissive to their husbands,” ... (more) Jimmy Carter: ‘The words of God do not justify cruelty ...

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The Moderate Voice:  Jimmy Carter Leaves Southern Baptists Over Treatment of Women

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Jimmy Carter Leaves Southern Baptists Over Treatment of Women
The Moderate Voice — Apparently Carter left the church a while ago but it is in the liberal and feminist blogosphere again now because the former president issued a position paper this week severing all ties: [M]y decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention’s leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ...

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