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The Salvation Army discriminates. It is a religious institution. As such, it believes that our first amendment's "religious freedom" allows it to discrimin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/29 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:19 .
A vote "yes" would place the same-sex marriage ban [b]on[/b] the 2008 Massachusetts ballot.
A vote "no" would [b]kill[/b] the Massachusetts ballot question.

In other words, a "yes" vote would allow the general public to vote on civil rights and place discrimination into the Massachusetts cons... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/28 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:54:26 [center]http://news.bostonherald.com/galleries/images/965323_bh_Mar302006_A001.001.jpg
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[h3]Church fires photographer over Scalia picture: Freelancer pays for ‘right thing’[/h3]
by Jessica Heslam, Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, March 31, 2006 - Updated: 01:24 PM EST

A freelance photographer has been fired by the Archdiocese of Boston’s newspape... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/26 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:59:07 Scalia's one-hour lecture entitled "Does the U.S. legal system work?" given at his [i]alma mater[/i], the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, March 8, 2006, was followed by a Q&A session w/ the attending audience from which Scalia's off-the-wall, arrogant, and pontificating quotations were derived,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/25 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:25:01 [div class="excerpt"]

[h3]Justice fires back[/h3]
(LTTE) by Antonin Scalia(, Associate Justice SCOTUS)
(Boston Herald,) Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - Updated: 12:39 AM EST

To the Editor:

It has come to my attention that your newspaper [link:www.news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/22 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:58:37 The theocracy of George Walker Bush . . . its legacy . . .

"As surely as Franklin Roosevelt is remembered most for his leadership during World War II and Lyndon Johnson for Vietnam, presidential scholars and some of Bush's own advisers predict that history will judge Bush by his decision to order... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/15 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:55:27 In light of http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=43096 as to San Francisco Catholic Charities, gay adoptions, and the Roman Catholic Church . . . the turn of events will be [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x7867|similar] to those as in Boston'... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/12 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:07:40 .
Why did Catholic Charities get out of the child adoption services in MA? That's right. Catholic Charities (in Massachusetts) has chosen to get out of the child adoption services, [u]entirely[/u]! It will no longer handle gay (parent) adoptions of children in Massachusetts. It will no longer ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/1 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:48:51 .

What did U.S. Supreme Court [link:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes,_Jr.|Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes] say in his famous [u]Abrams v. U.S.[/u], 250 U.S. 616 (1919) dissent? Oh, yes, tis far better to have [u]more[/u] information published than it is to have information suppressed/cen... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/16 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:04:53 .

Massachusetts -- the ONLY state in the country -- that grants marriage to same-sex couples, has the lowest divorce rate in the country. And, Massachusetts is a no-fault divorce state too.

The highest divorce rates in the entire county -- fault or no-fault divorces -- occur in the bible-be... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/5 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 01:02:36 .
Folks are confused about marriage. Its definition. In other words, what [u]is[/u] marriage? Most folks cannot define it, or when they try, it tumbles about confused. As a long time family law attorney, this hits directly in my professional field.

I strongly urge you and others to read th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/3 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:40:41 .
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[h3]VATICAN BANS HOMOSEXUALS, November 29, 2005[/h3]
[ol]A directive released by the Vatican Tuesday banned practicing homosexuals, men with "deep-seated" homosexua... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/7 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:37:30 .
[div class="excerpt"][h3]Vatican document on homosexuals and seminaries -- full text [/h3]
Nov. 27(, 2005) CWNews.com - The following is an unofficial translation by CWN (Catholic World News) of the full Vatican document.

[h4]Congregation for Catholic Education [/h4]
Instruction concerning... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TaleWgnDg/6 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:47:45