I was reading something today that implied that Obama would decriminalize the procedure commonly known as "partial birth abortion". Firstly, I would like to state that this terminology is specifically designed to horrify the reader/listener and set us up with a certain expectation about the procedure and about the woman/doctor who would carry it
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I'm not disallowing your opinions. I am simply stating that you should not be allowed to make your opinions laws, or to enforce your narrow morality on all of the United States. I am not telling you to stop going to church. I'm not telling you not to pray. I'm not telling you to sleep with people of the same sex as you. And I'm not telling you to
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I'm a monogamous bisexual. I could very well end up with a female life partner. I'm a liberal woman. I want to be treated with respect in the workplace. I want to be paid equally. I want the same opportunities as a man. And I want all my friends to have the same opportunities as a white man, even if they aren't. And I know people who have had
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one of my colleagues from St Olaf, ellis, is touring pretty regularly around the country now, and she will be at uncommon ground on Devon in November. I want to go.