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Free Speech/Nathan

by Guest with Questions in

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i started this on another thread so a lot of it is in response to nathan's.. there is still free speech, even for christians.

a lot of people would like to take free speech away from christians; that we keep our mouths shut.

as americans, what do you think of the fairness doctrine that henry waxman wants to revive?

Happy Harvester

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

In the case of fanatics and fundamentalists, absence does make the heart grow fonder.

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Across the Universe

by bikerchic in

awesome movie i loved it.

i saw it with a 27 year old and a 35 year old and they were awestruck!

there are a lot of subtleties in it.

Happy Harvester

Sounds great! My daughter and I adore the Beatles, although I don't usually go in for musicals. I will check it out! Thanks for bringing this up.

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Dumbledore is gay.

by Priest73 in

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didn't see this one coming...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/showbiz/books/10/20/harry.potter.ap/index.html

Happy Harvester

Fascinating, actually.

I like the way that she has made her books a "prolonged argument for tolerance."

How brilliantly subversive!

Now I don't wonder as much why her fan base includes such a diverse age group.

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SO MUCH FOR PREVIOUS TRADITIONAL MORALS

by REBORNAGAIN in

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the city of philadelphia has decided to punish the boy scouts of america because it will not allow homosexuals to serve as scout leaders.

city officials said they will charge the cradle of liberty scouts council $200,000 a year to use the city-owned headquarters.

the council was paying $1 per year (since 1928).

Happy Harvester

J-O,

I believe there have been a few good studies on gay parenting that might illuminate the issue for you.

What I recall is that many kids of homosexual parents turn out to be better adjusted than most kids from straight families; and that there is little if any role confusion resulting from healthy, loving partnerships like this - either gay or lesbian.

Inappropriately exposing kids to any sexual behavior, though, is surely damaging, whether the sex is hetero- or homo- or bi-. Kids ususally don't confuse sex with affection unless their parents are really screwed up or someone is abusing them.

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