Bristol, You Have A Choice

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 7:05 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 19:05

It's unfortunate that Bristol Palin found herself pregnant at 17 years of age, but we've been told that she made the choice to keep the baby and marry the father.

Or so we've been told.

Certainly, these discussions and the choices made are private family business, and it should not be our intention to interfere.

However...

What if Bristol wasn't given a choice?

What if she doesn't want the child?

What if she wants the child, but doesn't want to get married to the father?

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Bristol...

374 votes Vote Now!

Bristol...

You have a choice.

268 votes

Shut up and so what your mother tells you to do.

106 votes

The Next 4 Years

Yacka Jah Yacka

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 9:29 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 09:29

The issues surrounding the 2008 presidential election are numerous and complex. Many fear that the nuanced understanding needed to find effective solutions is neither understood nor appreciated by a significant portion the electorate. Others expect that anything less than simple, straightforward starting positions are a sign of inexperience, or worse, a lack of will.

If Tim Russert were still with us, I'm sure we could rely on his pithy analysis to at least give us some reference points, some way of prioritizing the issues, some framework to understand the interconnectedness of the challenges facing our nation today. Unfortunately, Tim is no longer with us, and no pundit has stepped up to fill his shoes.

The only hope we have is for one or both of the Presidential candidates to cut through the noise and give us a simple and familiar frame of reference from which we can all make an informed choice.

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I want to spend the next 4 years with...

8 votes Vote Now!

I want to spend the next 4 years with...

Ginger

2 votes

Mary Ann

6 votes

Advancing Gay Rights, Bipartisanly

Yacka Jah Yacka

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Thursday November 08, 2007 · 9:41 PM PST

2007/11/08 · 21:41

Drawing the line between supporters of gay rights and those opposed to gay rights is not as easy as one might think.

It's not simply a matter of Democrat versus Republican. Many Democrats, for example, working class black Baptists, are uncomfortable with the pro-gay stance of the party's vanguard. And many Republicans actually don't have a problem with civil unions or gay marriage. (A conservative friend of mine believes that cohabiting gay couples should be forced to get married.)

The fact is that marriage is a crazy sort of thing, regardless of whether you're talking about heterosexual or homosexual relationships. One of the first gay couples ot get married in Canada decided their relationship was not going to work after a mere three months as wife and wife, and found out to their horror that while Canadian law allowed them to marry, it did not, at that time, allow them to divorce. They were forced to remain bound in wedlock until the Canadian legislative process slowly ground its way to a resolution. So when it comes to enshrining rights through legislation or even a constitutional amendment, it's important to take things slowly and carefully, because you know, you might just get what you asked for.

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Should gays be allowed to serve in the US Armed Forces without having to hide or deny their sexual orientation?

21 votes Vote Now!

Should gays be allowed to serve in the US Armed Forces without having to hide or deny their sexual orientation?

Yes. Every American, regardless of sexual orientation, should be allowed the privilege of serving their country in the military.

17 votes

Yes. Gays should have the right to fight and die for their country.

4 votes

A Simple Way to End the War on Terror

Yacka Jah Yacka

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Tuesday October 23, 2007 · 9:03 PM PDT

2007/10/23 · 21:03

While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam.

Before we reject this out of hand, lets seriously consider it for a moment: Osama Bin Laden promised the wars would be over if Americans convert to Islam.

This may sound like a lot to ask from the most religious country in the industrialized world. But of all the Christians in America today who profess to be religious, how many of us are seriously devout?

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Will you convert to Islam in order to stop the terrorist threat?

314 votes Vote Now!

Will you convert to Islam in order to stop the terrorist threat?

Yes, I will convert to Islam

314 votes

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