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Steven Waldman
Why Pro-Lifers Oppose “Family Planning” To Reduce Abortion: Pro-Life Leader Jill Stanek Explains
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I’m often asked by pro-choice friends why pro-lifers oppose sex education, family planning, and contraception. Don’t those approaches reduce unintended pregnancy and therefore the numbers of abortions? It’s a question at the heart of efforts to achieve “common ground” on abortion. I know pro-life activists hate that some money goes to Planned Parenthood, which also…
Check Out the Tan Lines on that Bathsheba (Mark Sanford vs. King David)
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swaldman
Most religious conservative politicians who get caught in a sex scandal make Adam their friend. Because he took the bite of that apple, long before there were hookers or F.B.I. stings, he insured that we were “all sinners.” Christ came along later to absolve us of our sins but didn’t change the basic human nature.…
Is Adultery More Acceptable If You’re In Love With Your Mistress?
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swaldman
“This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story. A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day.” –Mark Sanford Several women friends have told me that they had more sympathy with South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford than other philandering politicians because…
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