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Election 2008: My Radical Gay Agenda (by Sara Miles)
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Sara Miles
When people talk about radical homosexuals, they mean me. When they talk about left-wing, socialist feminists, that would be me. And when they talk about Christian voters, that’s me, too. So I’m driving along yesterday with my friend and colleague Paul: he’s a gay left-winger, too, and a priest at the church where I’m…
Put Away Falsehood
By
Mara Vanderslice
Just last week my cousin from Texas, whom I have not heard from for many years, forwarded me one of those emails. You know the ones that so many of us have gotten with the smears and lies about Senator Barack Obama: “Barack Obama supports infanticide.” “Barack Obama was sworn in on the Koran.” “Barack Obama…
The Racist Threat to Obama: Bigotry in the Head vs. the Polling Place
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Leonard Fein
Plainly, no one can confidently predict how large a factor racist attitudes will play in the November presidential election. In the privacy of the voting booth, people’s fears and prejudices may be more powerful than the marked (and widely documented) shifts in both American law and American culture these last 40 years or so. How…
America’s Mortal Sin: Class Bias. A Solution: Parochial Schools.
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Ray Flynn
In my last post, I asked how one decided which is the most important political issue and who he/she should vote for for president. I learned from my readings of the Bible to “Love thy neighbor” and that “I am my brother’s keeper.” So as a society, are we practicing His teachings in the political arena and in…
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