streetprophets.com - 12/11/2008
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FIPL is in the forefront of those shaping the media narrative about the new religious landscape: religious voters are no longer shackled to a "narrow agenda" of abortion and gay marriage, and are voting on a "broader agenda," including poverty, the environment, and global HIV/AIDS.
eschatonblog.com - 12/18/2008
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Being anti-gay is perfectly acceptable, and nothing pleases
The Villagers more than punching hippies in the face,
so it's a two-fer. Greg Sargent: Such a decision would be met not just with screams from the right, but outrage from ...
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Our Bigoted Media-Industrial Complex
majikthise.typepad.com - 12/10/2008
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Lobbyists for the prison industrial complex
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Hullabaloo —
... to abortion rights. This criticism ignores the point of common ground and the significance of their efforts. Upon the release of "Come Let Us Reason Together," E.J. Dionne, noting Hunter’s opposition to gay marriage and belief that the rights of gay and lesbian couples should be protected, wrote: "That doesn’t settle the gay-marriage issue, but it would lead to a more—dare one use the word?—Christian approach to a matter that has bred so much anger. Pastor Dan takes them downtown: E.J. Dionne is a nice guy, and I'm glad that he thinks ...
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