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New York Senate Democrats Flake Out On Marriage Equality
By the end of this month, marriage equality may finally come to New York State. The state Assembly has already passed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage, and the Senate is considering similar...
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Partly Sunny and Warm: A Fine Day to Protest the Patriot Act in DC
After a long winter, isn’t it nice to stretch your legs and take a walk in the warming sunshine? Isn’t it nice to bring your family along to a park and watch the kids play on the grass? So why not do...
View ArticleAmericans Elect Funder and Chair Peter Ackerman Hires Son to run Rules Committee
For a connected chain of private political corporations, arranging presidential elections is a family affair. In the 2008 election season, when Unity08 organized to run its own ticket for President of...
View ArticleGOP Illinois Congressional Candidate Suggests Family Is Only For Christians
Paul McKinley, the Republican candidate to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. as the U.S. Representative for the 2nd congressional district of Illinois, presents himself as a family man. “As your congressman, I...
View ArticleMitch McConnell: Communist Sympathizer by Association?
Yesterday’s mail brought Irregular Times quite a claim: Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is apparently a communist sympathizer! Jack Blackburn writes: Senator Mitch McConnell is...
View ArticleStates With Gay Marriage Have Higher Fertility
One of the arguments people make to justify their opposition to the legalization of same-sex marriage is that marriage equality will wreck fertility rates. The purpose of marriage, they say, is to...
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Marriage, Religion, And An Alternative To Christian Family Values
Sometimes, when it comes to understanding data, numbers aren’t sufficient, and even written descriptions fail to effectively communicate context. Sometimes, it takes a picture to show what data means....
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Celebrate The Family Doesn’t
Ask a parent of young children what happens between 6:00 and 8:00 PM on a Saturday night, and you’ll likely be told that that’s family time. At 6:00 PM, the family will be having dinner together. Then,...
View ArticleMike Huckabee Is Faithful To the Issue Of Marriage, Not To Marriage Itself
Today, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said, “I am absolutely faithful to the issue of marriage. Not because it’s politically expedient, but because it’s the Biblical position, the...
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The Family Is Falling! Warns Pope Francis
This morning, Pope Francis lectured the U.S. Congress: “How essential the family has been to the building of this country! And how worthy it remains of our support and encouragement! Yet I cannot hide...
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