It seems to me that most average people opposed to higher taxes on higher income brackets (aka progressive taxation) don't actually understand the tax system at all.
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Specifically, the provision reads that stimulus funds may not be used for "modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities -- (i) used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of divinity; or (ii) in which a substantial portion of the functions o …
I have a suggestion: I vote we re-classify rape as a hate crime.
A pro-family activist is questioning why there is no outrage over the murder of a college student by a homosexual. On November 21, William Smithson, 43, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to life in prison for the September 2006 strangulation murder of 23-year-ol …
The election of Barack Obama to be the 44th President of the United States of America was a joy of joys for millions, both here in the U.S. as well as all around the world.
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I found this article posted in a Yahoo group that I belong to. A Fable About Equality by John Schrag One day, the Catholics of the world realized that they far outnumbered all the other kinds of Christians.
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While there's anger in California's gay-rights movement after voters there banned same-sex marriage, gay couples in Connecticut are at the opposite extreme: They're getting ready to exchange vows.
The latest instrument in this campaign of emotional intimidation is a "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America," [download PDF] produced by Focus on the Family Action, the PAC arm of Dobson's organization.
The McCain campaign has indefatigably hammered Barack Obama about his purported "relationship" with Bill Ayers, the former 60s Weather Underground leader who committed acts of violence in an attempt to stop the Vietnam War.
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Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions. The ruling comes just weeks before Californians go to the polls on a historic gay-marriage ballot question, the first time the issue will be put before voters in a state where same-sex couples are legally wed.
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I just got this in my email: National 'Truth for Youth' Week - Order your free Bible online now! Help to reach 53.8 million youth in America's public schools with "the truth" of God's Word September 11, 2008
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I live in the DC Metro area, not too far from the Pentagon. Going to work this morning involved avoiding several traffic jams due to roads blocked off for the 9-11 memorial ceremony there today.
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There has been a great deal of uproar recently regarding a speech Obama made recently in which he referred to the expression "You can put lipstick on a pig, It's still a pig." The McCain campaign and right-wing pundits are claiming that this was a clear reference to Sarah Palin a …
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If you listened to Governor Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention, you learned something interesting about the Democratic candidate, Senator Barack Obama.
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Before Julia Child became known to the world as a leading chef, she admitted at least one failing when applying for a job as a spy: impulsiveness. Details about Child's background as a government agent come into the public spotlight Thursday with the National Archives' release of more than 35,000 top-secret personnel files of World War II-era spies. The CIA held this information for decades.
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Newly disclosed letters by the Archbishop of Canterbury could liven the debate as the Anglican church confronts dissent over homosexuality and the consecration of New Hampshire's gay bishop.The Times of London reports Archbishop Rowan Williams wrote that the Bible doesn't forbid …
I was shocked after I wrote, "Momentum is High For Gay Rights", when I discovered that the US Census Bureau will not count gay and lesbian couples married in Massachusetts and California for its 2010 census.
Officers also found a four-page letter in the suspect's car. "It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred for the liberal movement," Chief Owen said.
By now, most readers will have heard of the incident in Iraq where a US marine has been removed from duty for handing out coins, minted in arabic, with the question "Where will you spend eternity?" on one side and John 3:16 on the reverse.
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Officials with the Campaign for Children and Families are working with the United States Justice Foundation to encourage county clerks, who are assigned the duties of issuing marriage licenses, to refuse to issue licenses to same-sex duos.
DENVER โ State Sen. Jennifer Veiga said Focus on the Family founder James Dobson is using "scare tactics" in condemning the signing of a bill she sponsored that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing and public accommodations.
FALLUJAH, Iraq - At the western entrance to the Iraqi city of Fallujah Tuesday, Muamar Anad handed his residence badge to the U.S. Marines guarding the city.
Tens of thousands of gay men who were persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime are remembered in a memorial unveiled yesterday in central Berlin.
The House easily passed a bill Thursday to require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental illness and drug and alcohol addiction.
The American Family Association is calling on Procter & Gamble to adopt a neutrality policy on controversial issues, especially when it comes to pushing the homosexual agenda on network television.
Teacher in England is fired for complaining to principal that muslim students in his class regard 9/11 attackers as heroes.
The deficit numbers โ a projected $1.3 trillion in fiscal 2011 alone โ are breathtaking. What is even more breathtaking is the Republicans' cynical refusal to acknowledge that the country would never have gotten into so deep a hole if President George W.
Washington (CNN) -- Colin Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former secretary of state, has come out in favor of eventually repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay and lesbian service members.
Apple revealed the truth behind the rumors by presenting its new tablet to the world, called the iPad. Probably the worst kept rumor in Apple's history, it's a half an inch thick and just 1.5 pounds, lighter than any netbook.
Haggling over an item in a store. Bargaining for a good price. Dickering for a deal. I've never really done it outside of a few instances of buying souvenirs in countries where the practice is common.
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