The last abortion clinic in Mississippi

"Operation Save America" recently posted this epiphany on its website:  Little did any of us know, as we ran to the roar to help those devastated by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana, that God was preparing us to return to Mississippi to deal with an even more deadly foe—Abortion!…

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What if Democrats had done what Bush has done?

Here's a provocative post by Byron Williams at Huffpo.  For instance, Williams asks what if the "Democratic president's secretary of defense were Ted Kennedy and our military committed Abu Ghraib-like torture?  At that point, would conservatives still be content with their "a few bad apples alibi"? Williams asks a good question: …

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Special proms for prepubescent fundamentalist girls

In "What is Conservative Culture?" (July 3, 2006 issue of The New Republic), Rick Perlstein reports that a new kind of prom has spung up in some fundamentalist communities.  It's not for high school seniors but for prepubescent girls. They dress up in party dresses and take their fathers as…

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I don’t know if homosexuality is a lifestyle choice or not, but I am certain that bigotry is

Over the course of my life, I've met many heterosexuals.  To my knowledge, not one of them has ever spontaneously become homosexual.  Likewise, I've met many homosexuals and, to my knowledge, not one of them as ever spontaneously become heterosexual.  Likewise, I've never (to my knowledge) met a pedophile, but…

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