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    • 12 Ratings
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    The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality

    MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation

    • 0 Ratings
    • 322 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    New pope, same as the last pope

    MARCH 13, 2013 5:30PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: abortion, argentina, bergoglio, bigotry, birth control, buenos aires, catholic church, contraception, discrimination, european white males, gay rights, homophobes, homophobia, homosexuality, italian, italians, italy, jorge bergoglio, jorge mario bergoglio, jose mario bergoglio, joseph ratzinger, latin america, misogynists, misogyny, patriarchs, patriarchy, politics, pope benedict, pope francis, pope francis i, pope palpatine, popes, religion, same-sex marriage, women's rights, belief/religion, feminism, gay/lesbian, news

    • 1 Ratings
    • 170 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Only a Wayback Machine can save the Repugnican Tea Party now

    MARCH 3, 2013 4:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: women's rights, women, wingnuts, white supremacists, white supremacism, wayback machine, wabac machine, voting rights act of 1965, voting rights act, treason, traitors, time machine, stupid white men, saudi arabia, sarah palin, same-sex marriage, rnc, republican tea party, republican party, republican national committee, reince priebus, reince preibus, red states, rape, racists, racism, politics, palestinians, palestine, muslims, mr. peabody, mittens romney, mitt romney, michelle obama, michael steele, mexico, mexican americans, marco rubio, lesbians, latinos, karl rove, israel, iraq, iran, immigration, immigrants' rights, immigrants, homophobia, history, george w. bush, gays, gay rights, gay men, gay and lesbian rights, feminism, fascists, fascism, electoral college, election theft, election fraud, discrimination, cuban americans, cuba, blue states, blacks, black americans, birth control, bigots, bigotry, barack obama, arizona, abortion, abel maldonado, 9/11, 47 percent

    • 8 Ratings
    • 479 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    "Take One MORNING AFTER PILL...and Pray to CVS"!

    JANUARY 29, 2013 2:59PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: video, comedy, health, science, sex, birth control, plan b, emergency only, morning after pill, bridled sex, oops, satire, humor, tongue in cheek

    • 1 Ratings
    • 170 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Birth Control Coverage is an Equal Pay Issue

    JANUARY 26, 2013 8:35PM

    By LaRae Meadows


    Topics: feminism, equality, equal pay, affordable care act, obamacare, birth control

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2013 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    An Open Letter to My Catholic Cousin

    JANUARY 22, 2013 10:25AM

    By Andrew E. Mathis


    Topics: ppaca, obamacare, birth control, gay marriage, abortion

    • 5 Ratings
    • 621 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Faith v. Democracy

    JANUARY 19, 2013 10:17AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: assault weapons, gun control, values notre dame, god's law, morality, truth, big government, liberty, religious freedom, patriarchy, women's rights, compromise, traditions of civility, traditionalism, theocracy, bigotry, civil rights, property ownership, politics, secularism, founding fathers, obamacare, birth control, war on women, catholic church, hobby lobby, liberalism, democracy, religious right, fundamentalism, religion, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 54 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    A Reflection: Nancy LaMott, Eva Cassidy, Planned Parenthood

    JANUARY 10, 2013 1:34PM

    By J.C. Klotz


    Topics: planned parenthood, birth control, abortion, contraception, teilhard, aquinas, belief/religion, family, science, consciousness

    • 0 Ratings
    • 25 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    A Reflection: Nancy LaMott, Eva Cassidy, Planned Parenthood

    JANUARY 10, 2013 1:33PM

    By J.C. Klotz


    Topics: consciousness, science, family, belief/religion, aquinas, teilhard, contraception, abortion, birth control, planned parenthood

    • 11 Ratings
    • 828 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    "NOT A WOMB TO CALL THEIR OWN"! Birth Control!

    OCTOBER 23, 2012 12:59PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: politics, family, health, birth control, abortion, contraception, sex, planned parenthood, no comedy zone, for the undecided, vote, my 2 grandmothers

    • 26 Ratings
    • 1645 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    My Earliest Sexuality Comes to Mind With "Call the Midwife"

    OCTOBER 7, 2012 4:46PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: call the midwife, pbs, sexuality, women, birth control, northwestern

    • 0 Ratings
    • 147 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    One Child Only Posters, China

    OCTOBER 7, 2012 3:28AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: propaganda, demographics, demography, population, china, birth control

    • 0 Ratings
    • 145 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    A Tribute To Sandra Fluke

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 6:59PM

    By Mariann Aalda


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, feminism, comedy, reproductive rights, contraception, birth control, women's health care, sandra fluke

    • 3 Ratings
    • 313 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Pay No Attention to TV; Here is Sandra Fluke's Real Speech

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 7:31PM

    By Arthur Louis


    Topics: democratic national convention, birth control, limbaugh, obama, sandra fluke

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 8527 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    Ann Romney May Love Me, but I don't Love Her

    AUGUST 29, 2012 6:08PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: you didn't build that, education, republicans, hypocrisy, freedom, birth control, feminism, mitt romney, rnc, ann romney

    • 1 Ratings
    • 159 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    It's time to stop calling them "women's issues."

    AUGUST 26, 2012 12:04AM

    By Amy Nordosten


    Topics: open+call, news, politics, feminism, men's issues, birth control, abortion, redefining rape, women's issues are everyone's issues, women's issues, women are not a special interest group, can we please shut up about sex issues and focus on the economic recession

    • 1 Ratings
    • 681 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Women who vote against their own interests--Baffling!

    AUGUST 1, 2012 5:27PM

    By Michele Gwynn


    Topics: democrat, gop, obama, romney, roe v. wade, birth control, abortion, politics, woment's rights

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1282 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Infant Abandonment in Tough Economic Times

    JULY 11, 2012 6:19PM

    By SheilaTGTG55


    Topics: birth control, abortion rights, starvatio, europe, us and underdeveloped countries., economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6544 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

    • 3 Ratings
    • 477 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Transformative Catholic Church

    JUNE 26, 2012 4:31PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: holy roman catholic church, u.s. conference of bishops, vatican ii, pope john xxiii, pope paul vi, cobo center, migrant farm workers, undocumented immigrants, amnesty, contraception, birth control, euthanasia, equal rights amendment, sex education, homosexuality, human dignity, catholic bill of rights, cardinal john krol, philadelphia, holy communion, divorce, pope john paul i, argentina, jorge rafael videla, karol wojtyla, popee john paul ii, cardinal joseph ratzinger, nazi youth, inquistion, congregation for the doctrine of faith, pope benedict xvi, catholic universities, nuns, liberation theology, el salvador, death squads, episcopal priests, celibecy, marriage, jews, tridetine mass, islam, bishop fabian bruskewitz, nebraska, child sexual abuse, detroit, 1976

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