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[the Sandwich Shop] A MIDDLING RESPONSE, BUT A RESPONSE NONETHELESS. ...: Conservatives have been running around screaming about "defending", as opposed to "defining" marriage for awhile now. Aser of fact, the current governing law in the United States is called "The Defense of Marriage Act." DOMA was passed by the Republican Congress and signed by President Clinton. That few marriages required defending anywhere near as much as President Clinton's should go without saying.
[Bluelemur.com] Republicans Anonymous: The White House says it has made no decisions about how to pay for establishing the accounts, and among Republicans on Capitol Hill there are divergent opinions about how much borrowing would be prudent at a time when the government is running large budget deficits. Many Democrats say that the costs associated with setting up personal accounts just make Social Security’s financial problems worse, and that the United States can scarcely afford to add to its rapidly growing national debt.
[Fff.org] Hornberger's Blog - June 2003: In ‘Hitler's Second Book: The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf,’ to be published in English translation in October by Enigma Books, Hitler admires the ‘young, racially select’ American people and the nation's restrictive immigration policies at the time.
[Badhairblog.blogspot.com] The Bad Hair Blog: Indeed, given the rather tepid estimates of actual 'global warming reduction' the Kyoto Protocol might achieve if everyone does everything they have pledge to do (increasingly unlikely), there is a strong argument that a tax reform that reduces tax rates across the board (personal and business) and reduces the tax burden on saving and investment, would do a lot more to advance the stated goals of Kyoto than Kyoto itself. As Asia surges ahead in the global economy, the peoples of Asia are demanding more and more energy to drive their economies, and the efficiency of their energy use will become a truly vital international concern: a concern the Kyoto Protocol doesn't even pretend to address.
[Doctorpundit.com] A Daily Weblog: In the absence of marriage rights, gay and lesbian couples often pay more in taxes and receive less in federal benefits than other taxpayers, according to a new report by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. As Congress considers an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would permanently deny marriage benefits to same-sex couples, the report shows how much more same-sex couples already pay in taxes and lose in benefits as a result of being denied the right to marry. It also shows that same-sex parents are more likely to adopt than heterosexual parents, have high rates of stability despite being denied the right to marry, and are generally as likely as heterosexual couples to have one parent staying at home with the children.
[Linuxinsider.com] YOUR LETTER TO CONGRESS Darl. You may have no memory but WE DO.: "[...] I beleive that Open Source, as it is currently constituted, is a slippery slope. It undermined our basic system of intellectual property rights, and it destroys the economic reasons for innovation" - Darl McBride, President and CEO, The SCO Group, Inc. This quote appears in a letter sent to every member of congress.
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