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	<title>Comments on: Maggie finds Judge Walker&#8217;s orientation relevant, not necessarily relevant, could be relevant, not totally irrelevant</title>
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		<title>By: IamPosterity</title>
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		<dc:creator>IamPosterity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For Humor Sake:

Can we prosecute NOM, AFA, FRC, Focus on the Family, The Mormon Church, Ex-gay anything and any other affiliates as domestic terrorist under the definition set forth by the Patriot Act:

 
Under current United States law, set forth in the USA PATRIOT Act, acts of domestic terrorism are those which: &quot;(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.&quot;[3]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States

Regardless on your take on homosexuality we are still part of the civilian population and Yes on 8 Ads seemed pretty coercive if you asked me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For Humor Sake:</p>
<p>Can we prosecute NOM, AFA, FRC, Focus on the Family, The Mormon Church, Ex-gay anything and any other affiliates as domestic terrorist under the definition set forth by the Patriot Act:</p>
<p>Under current United States law, set forth in the USA PATRIOT Act, acts of domestic terrorism are those which: &#8220;(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.&#8221;[3]<br />
Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States</a></p>
<p>Regardless on your take on homosexuality we are still part of the civilian population and Yes on 8 Ads seemed pretty coercive if you asked me.</p>
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		<title>By: Gib Wallis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gib Wallis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You know, as much as I loathe what she stands for, her rancor on the various news shows I&#039;ve seen wasn&#039;t really evident in this clip.

She was as reasonable as she&#039;s ever been -- she sounds much more intelligent.

Granted, she&#039;s wrong. Both about bigotry and that she&#039;s a bigot. And she&#039;s also wrong about our needing to know whether or not Judge Walker is gay. We don&#039;t need to know and if he is, it really doesn&#039;t matter.

If he has a boyfriend or domestic partner worth billions of dollars from a trust fund or inerhitance and the money can only be shared with a legal spouse, then, yeah, Judge Walker might have an issue of bias.

Somehow I doub that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, as much as I loathe what she stands for, her rancor on the various news shows I&#8217;ve seen wasn&#8217;t really evident in this clip.</p>
<p>She was as reasonable as she&#8217;s ever been &#8212; she sounds much more intelligent.</p>
<p>Granted, she&#8217;s wrong. Both about bigotry and that she&#8217;s a bigot. And she&#8217;s also wrong about our needing to know whether or not Judge Walker is gay. We don&#8217;t need to know and if he is, it really doesn&#8217;t matter.</p>
<p>If he has a boyfriend or domestic partner worth billions of dollars from a trust fund or inerhitance and the money can only be shared with a legal spouse, then, yeah, Judge Walker might have an issue of bias.</p>
<p>Somehow I doub that.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not a fan of the &quot;give the baby what it&#039;s whining about&quot; strategy of &quot;civil unions for everyone&quot;.  Religion neither invented nor owns the word or the institution, so why on earth should we render unto the faithful what is caesar&#039;s?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not a fan of the &#8220;give the baby what it&#8217;s whining about&#8221; strategy of &#8220;civil unions for everyone&#8221;.  Religion neither invented nor owns the word or the institution, so why on earth should we render unto the faithful what is caesar&#8217;s?</p>
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		<title>By: grantdale</title>
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		<dc:creator>grantdale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is no way in hell of an Anita Bryant moment happening with her. The pie wouldn&#039;t stand chance.

Think of the children Maggie -- &lt;b&gt;your&lt;/b&gt; children, and the legacy you are leaving them. Too sad. Embarrassing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no way in hell of an Anita Bryant moment happening with her. The pie wouldn&#8217;t stand chance.</p>
<p>Think of the children Maggie &#8212; <b>your</b> children, and the legacy you are leaving them. Too sad. Embarrassing.</p>
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		<title>By: Emily K</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emily K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>oh, and this was in 1993.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oh, and this was in 1993.</p>
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		<title>By: Emily K</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emily K</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;yes, folks, in 1961 it was not considered child abuse to allow your 6 year old to walk a couple blocks to school in the Midwestern suburbs, my older brothers watched from a block behind&lt;/blockquote&gt;

gee, guess my parents were soft, coddling liberals because i didn&#039;t start walking to school til I was 9, when we moved close enough for me to walk there and not take the bus. By myself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>yes, folks, in 1961 it was not considered child abuse to allow your 6 year old to walk a couple blocks to school in the Midwestern suburbs, my older brothers watched from a block behind</p></blockquote>
<p>gee, guess my parents were soft, coddling liberals because i didn&#8217;t start walking to school til I was 9, when we moved close enough for me to walk there and not take the bus. By myself.</p>
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		<title>By: Gus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Always remember, just a few decades ago, anyone not married in the Roman Catholic Church was not seen as officially ‘married.’ The Church owns the rite. 

This offspring of a Lutheran pastor and his wife was considered a bastard and was called such as I walked past the parochial school on my way to public school. This happened to me daily with a nun watching. As a 6 year old in 1961, I did not know the meaning of the word and asked my parents what it meant.  To say the least, the priest in charge of the facility got a phone call.

(yes, folks, in 1961 it was not considered child abuse to allow your 6 year old to walk a couple blocks to school in the Midwestern suburbs, my older brothers watched from a block behind)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Always remember, just a few decades ago, anyone not married in the Roman Catholic Church was not seen as officially ‘married.’ The Church owns the rite. </p>
<p>This offspring of a Lutheran pastor and his wife was considered a bastard and was called such as I walked past the parochial school on my way to public school. This happened to me daily with a nun watching. As a 6 year old in 1961, I did not know the meaning of the word and asked my parents what it meant.  To say the least, the priest in charge of the facility got a phone call.</p>
<p>(yes, folks, in 1961 it was not considered child abuse to allow your 6 year old to walk a couple blocks to school in the Midwestern suburbs, my older brothers watched from a block behind)</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Burroway</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Burroway</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my god. There goes nine minutes that I&#039;m never going to get back, aren&#039;t I?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my god. There goes nine minutes that I&#8217;m never going to get back, aren&#8217;t I?</p>
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		<title>By: Mel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I suggested this strategy here in Maine. The government stops issuing &quot;marriage&quot; licenses and everyone get a civil union. All marriages conducted prior to the law and all marriages conducted out of state are automatically recognized as civil unions for purposes of state law. What other states choose to do with respect to recognition of that status is entirely up to them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, I suggested this strategy here in Maine. The government stops issuing &#8220;marriage&#8221; licenses and everyone get a civil union. All marriages conducted prior to the law and all marriages conducted out of state are automatically recognized as civil unions for purposes of state law. What other states choose to do with respect to recognition of that status is entirely up to them.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark F.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark F.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok Maggie, civil unions for all and we can leave &quot;marriage&quot; to private organizations. We can stop the culture wars!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok Maggie, civil unions for all and we can leave &#8220;marriage&#8221; to private organizations. We can stop the culture wars!</p>
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