Santorum on Election of Muslim Brotherhood Candidate in Egypt…
How dare they pick the Muslim version of me?
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Court Agrees: Fed Gov Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
Two of the three judges who upheld the ruling were GOP appointees.
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State of the Union Stuck in that Olde-Time Semi-Niebuhrianism
Obama’s SOTU was a deft combination of centuries-old American exceptionalism and a decades-old consensus that can best be called “semi-Niebuhrianism.”
Read MoreDan Savage to Debate with National Org for Marriage President?
Guess who (might be) coming to dinner.
Read MoreLatest Misogyny Wasn’t First Shocking Comment from Hannity’s Preacher Pal
7 from the Reverend Lee Peterson collection.
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The Obama Same-Sex Marriage Statement:
A Religious Analysis
No need to choose between God and gay.
Read MoreOnly 5 Million “Real” Catholics in the U.S.?
Perhaps the Vatican’s hard-line tactics are an intentional purge.
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Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?
Anti-abortion news and opinion websites have taken to calling Chinese dissident Guangcheng Chen “pro-life,” which is fundamentally misleading. Chen is not opposed to abortion, per se, he’s opposed to forced abortion.
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Netanyahu Patriarch Dies at 102, Leaves Hawkish Legacy
Recently, Mitt Romney has been referring to the Israeli Prime Minister as ‘my friend,’ and invoking memories of the short period when the two ambitious young businessmen were working for the same Boston consulting firm in the 1970s. The elder Netanyahu’s death has given Romney yet another opportunity to position himself as ‘pro-Israel’—or in his words, a champion of “all who care about Israel.”
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Liberals Enabled Bishops in Contraception Battle
What propelled a ginned up controversy into a media frenzy wasn’t that the Bishops opposed Obama—again; it was that “even progressive Catholics” were up in arms about it.
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