Nov 09 2012
Heartbeat: My Involuntary Miscarriage and ‘Voluntary Abortion’ in Ohio By Tamara Mann, 11/01/2012 10:30 am On June 19, the state of Ohio declared that I had a voluntary abortion. My rabbi and my doctors disagreed. I simply wanted to be pregnant. The ordeal began two weeks earlier; I was in stirrups. The sonogram technician …
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Nov 09 2012
How Evangelicals Decided That Life Begins at Conception By Jonathan Dudley, 11/05/2012 4:34 pm In the late 1960s and early 1970s, evangelical Christians widely believed the Bible says life begins at birth and supported looser abortion policies. That was my argument in an Oct. 31 op-ed for CNN, titled, “When evangelicals were pro-choice.” Understandably, …
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Nov 06 2012
Well, we finally did it. My wife and I decided to go see the most wholly reverend Dwain Miller of Eldorado, Arkansas, in the flesh. We have just returned and I have three words of prophecy for you: OH-MY-GAWD! First of all, let me say that the Glory Barn regulars are the salt of …
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Nov 02 2012
1 Not-So-Simple, Pretty Funny Question for the 73% of White Evangelicals Who Will Apparently Be Voting for Romney By Frank Schaeffer, October 31, 2012 According to polls 73 percent of WHITE evangelicals will be voting for Mitt Romney. If the polls are correct here’s the question I’d like to ask evangelicals using their own …
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Oct 29 2012
Just remember Rome Dear editor: Attention, people of America. Do you love your country? I mean really love it? We have a man in Washington, D.C., who claims to be a Democrat. John Kennedy was a Democrat. Bill Clinton was a Democrat. This man is no Democrat. I grew up in a …
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Oct 26 2012
A New Twist to the Adam and Eve Story By Rabbi Manis Friedman, 10/25/2012 1:51 pm Do you know the story of Adam and Eve? If we truly understand what took place on that day in the Garden of Eden, it would help us understand a lot about what we are supposed to being …
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Oct 25 2012
The real Republican rape platform By Jill Filipovic, Thursday 25 October 2012 07.30 EDT Dear GOP candidates and party members, I’m going to give you some free campaign advice: stop talking about rape. The latest Republican rape commentary comes from Romney-endorsed Indiana senatorial candidate Richard Mourdock, who tells us: “I think even …
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