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Today a bill was introduced in the South Dakota Legislature proposing an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution banning gay marriage. It would also such render invalid such things as civil unions and domestic partnerships. The measure appears assured of passage, being sponsored by 56 of 70 House members and 23 of 35 Senate […] Item 1: As a follow-up to my earlier post on the “under God” resolution in the South Dakota legislature, it appears no state Senator was willing to stand up and be counted. Item 2: I see Thune is co-sponsoring a bill that would propose an amendment to the US Constitution banning gay marriage. I will […] Knight-Ridder released this Friday but I didn’t see it until it was in the Argus this morning: BAGHDAD, Iraq – The United States is steadily losing ground to the Iraqi insurgency, according to every key military yardstick. A Knight Ridder analysis of U.S. government statistics shows that through all the major turning points that […] This began as a long post I wrote about the irony in Bush using “freedom” as the theme of his inaugural address and how, in reality, it’s just part of his continued hijacking of that term, 9/11 and “values”. You are spared my discourse because before posting it I saw this post of Juan Cole’s. […] Hats off to five South Dakota legislators. The state House voted 63-5 Thursday to approve a resolution “expressing legislative support for the preservation of the words, under God, in the pledge of allegiance.” The resolution purports to be an effort to protect religious tolerance. Yet religious tolerance would recognize that there are persons in this […] |
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