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Entries for the ‘Election 2008’ Category

Blackwater, Mormons, and Evangelicals: Prop. 8 Strange Bedfellows

The more I dig down into Proposition 8, the more bizarre the facts are. Like everyone else, I like to follow the money to identify the agendas. Here’s what I know:
Blackwater
From Calitics.com

Andrew Sullivan notes today that one of the biggest financial supporters of the Yes on 8 campaign is Elsa Prince Broekhuizen, who [...]

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8 Minutes on Prop 8: Please watch this!

Lawrence Lessig is very eloquent and logical about why, fundamentally, the concept of Proposition 8 is wrong.
Lessig is one of the most reasonable and reasoned people I know. And he’s straight, married, with two kids. Just watch. Listen. Think.
Then vote No on Proposition 8.

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Monumental Lie of the Yes on 8 Campaign

In living color. These misguided people somehow think handing the state a strict definition of marriage guarantees their constitutional freedoms? Don’t they realize the consequences of abrogating what the church has been free to define themselves to the state?
See, they want you to think that somehow churches will be forced to perform same-sex marriages. Of [...]

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Yes on 8 Bus Tour: Impressions at an Exhibition

I don’t know exactly how to tell the story of my attendance at the media bus tour rally for Proposition 8 in Camarillo today. If told in a linear fashion, I doubt you’d make it to the end. Ultimately, it may be best to tell it in vignettes, not necessarily in time sequence, but [...]

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Yes on 8 Group Schools Kids Out of School

[Disclosure: I am a Christian, and I oppose Proposition 8. I support education, tolerance, and inclusion. See Mark 12:31]
The other day, my daughter told me that one of her friends wasn’t in school because she was joining her parents at a Yes on 8 rally. I was amazed. And outraged. As the mom of [...]

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Will Democrats Kill Your 401k?

The short answer is NO. But if you follow news about 401k plans, you might find some pretty scary headlines like this one or this one, where the writers contend that the Democrats want to take away the tax incentive out of 401k plans and force a mandatory pension savings of 5% on employees. [...]

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