corner.nationalreview.com - 1/26/2009
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The Obama presidency is only one week old, but it has already limned its main moral outlines:
On January 20, President Obama called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. He also declared his intention to give multiple rights and privileges to homosexual couples.
On January 22, he ...
hellobeautiful.blackplanet.com - 1/26/2009
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Last week I shared with you all my
challenges in discussing race with my six-year-old, and I...
just wanted to share what’s happened since. After the MLK assignment, which required him to color in Dr. King, Justin was given an assignment on Abraham ...
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His President's Black
mcclatchydc.com - 1/19/2009
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mcclatchydc.com —
On Tuesday, Barack Obama will stand on the
steps of the U.S. Capitol and take an oath...
making him the nation's first president of African heritage. The statue of Abraham Lincoln, which sits facing the Capitol in a temple two miles away, will not give ...
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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01/19/2009 | Leonard ...
usatoday.com - 1/20/2009
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usatoday.com —
For Lincoln, the book was an accident of
history. Lincoln's family Bible was unavailable for the swearing-in,...
most likely packed with belongings being shipped from his home in Springfield, Ill., to the White House. Instead, the clerk of the Supreme ...
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Obama to be sworn in on 'Lincoln Bible'
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... to Osama bin Laden, reveals himself to be a whiny bitch of the highest order. He says that Obama's call for the repeal of the Defense Against Marriage act is ...
WaPo Bails Out Obama!
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... And I’m still waiting for an answer to this question: If we’re broke, why are we spending taxpayer money on overseas abortion? Why is this an urgent priority? How does this in any way help or stimulate the US economy?
Transparency: The Bush White House used to release transcripts of the White House Press Briefings. Those do not presently seem to be continuing under President Obama.
Week 1, Michael Novak:
These decisions humiliated those who voted for ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... "This is a relapse into paganism," - Michael Novak, NRO, reacting to Obama's pledge to repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. ...
Lapsing into paganism
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LAPSING INTO PAGANISM.... The National Review 's Michael Novak assesses Barack Obama's first six days in office, and is concerned about the implications of the president's decisions. From these announcements we learn that President Obama recognizes no difference between the Jewish-Christian covenant between a woman and a man (a covenant that they will have and nurture children, if they are so blessed), and a civil contract between two persons of any sex, in order to set up a household of affection and sexual favors. This is a relapse into paganism. Got that? Because the ...
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