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Louisiana Court OK's Marriage Vote,

Posted on September 15, 2004 by lucia

Posting in comments at “Alas, A Blog”, Rev. Ian Brumberger suggests: God says, “No,” sends Hurricane. Rev. Brumberger’s full comment; 365.com’s story

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Pill propelled into abortion debate

Posted on September 15, 2004 by lucia

Evidently, some anti-abortion groups are working to curb sales of birth control pills. Lisa Boyd, of Planned Parenthood, summarizes the situation in Wisconsin: “They’ve done so much with outlawing and restricting access to abortion that they’ve set their sights on … Continue reading →

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Keyes promises inflammatory comments!

Posted on September 14, 2004 by lucia

I’ve been disappointed. I visit the Chicago Tribune every morning, search on “Alan Keyes” just to find new outrageous remarks. Sadly, for the past several days, I haven’t read any new ones. I was afraid he is growing tired. Now, … Continue reading →

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First Same Sex Divorce

Posted on September 14, 2004 by lucia

While I feel failed marriages are always sad, equal treatment requires extension of divorce to same sex couples. So, with mixed feelings, I bring you this story, via Iafrica: Canada grants world’s first gay divorce. When the article calls this … Continue reading →

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Cali. Domestic Partner Privileges Upheld

Posted on September 9, 2004 by lucia

On Wednesday, Judge Loren E. McMaster of the California Superior court in Sacramento upheld a new California law that grants nearly all the duties and privileges of marriage to domestic parthers. The Argus reports: The law, in fact, gives same-sex … Continue reading →

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Arranged vs. same sex marriage?

Posted on September 8, 2004 by lucia

At MarriageDebate.com, David Moloney wonders: I’m wondering whether there’s a definition of “marriage” that’s big enough to include both gay marriage and arranged marriage. I should think there would be no problem finding a definition that’s big enough. The world … Continue reading →

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The Horse Race

Posted on September 8, 2004 by lucia

I commented recently on the erosion of the poll bounce for Bush. Rasmussen provides tracking polls; I always prefer graphs to columns of data, so I plotted the data. Click to see larger image for the popular vote: The Rasmussen … Continue reading →

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Washington: Second court rules for marriage equality.

Posted on September 8, 2004 by lucia

The Seattle Times reports: Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks was the second trial judge in four weeks to strike down Washington’s Defense of Marriage Act, overwhelmingly approved by the Legislature six years ago. In his 38 page ruling … Continue reading →

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Convention Bounce?

Posted on September 7, 2004 by lucia

Matt Yglesias’s noticed quick turn around polls showed big bounces for both Kerry and Bush during their respective parties’ conventions. However, later polls showed significant erosions. He highlights the most recent eroding bounce: Time and Newsweek both registered massive bounces … Continue reading →

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Molar Tattoo

Posted on September 5, 2004 by lucia

Following Alan Keyes campaign is addictive. You get to read so many odd things, some only tangentially related to Alan Keyes. Today, while reading the Chicago Tribune story Keyes, state GOP gearing up blame campaign, I read this: In actuality, … Continue reading →

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