EarthQuake tracd to the Bush Fault
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Megan Kelly presented this scientific explanation for the unsuspected Earth Quake that has affected DC
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Lila Rose to lead picket at Catholic Hospital over abortionist on staff
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Live Action Founder Lila Rose DURANGO, Colorado, July 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Lila Rose, the founder of Live Action Films, will lead a protest of a Catholic hospital in Colorado that has kept an abortionist on its OB/GYN staff. Rose will lead a protest organized by LifeGuard on Thursday, August 4th, to expose the relationship of abortionist Richard Grossman and Catholic Hospital Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. Grossman is the longest-serving physician at the hospital, and commits abortions on Fridays at Planned Parenthood of Durango. Pro-lifers say that Grossman, a Quaker who has worked at the Catholic hospital for...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Navy ensign given discharge; cited Quaker beliefs
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Hartford, Conn. (AP) -- Officials say a junior officer at a Connecticut submarine base has received an honorable discharge after suing the Navy, saying his Quaker beliefs prevent him from participating in war. . . . As part of his honorable discharge, he will reimburse the Navy for his education.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Free Republic "Post Clock" time
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Your "Post" time clock is in error
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Native dancing ban lifted in Alaska village
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NOORVIK, Alaska (AP) -- Bobby Wells has lived all his life in this remote Alaska village, where the Eskimo dancing of his ancestors was banned by Quaker missionaries a century ago as primitive idolatry. Now Wells, 53, and other residents of Noorvik have wholeheartedly embraced the ancient practice outlawed in the Inupiat Eskimo settlement, which was established in 1914. Wells, the mayor, said dancing is not just for the ancient religious practice of shamanism as the missionaries had believed. It's also a form of worship dating back to the Bible, a view now held by many in the community of...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Quakers 'to allow gay marriages' (UK)
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One of the UK's oldest Christian denominations - the Quakers - looks set to extend marriage services to same-sex couples at their yearly meeting later. The society has already held religious blessings for same-sex couples who have had a civil partnership ceremony. But agreeing to perform gay marriages, which are currently not allowed under civil law, could bring the Quakers into conflict with the government.
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Quaker teacher fired for changing loyalty oath
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California State University East Bay has fired a math teacher after six weeks on the job because she inserted the word "nonviolently" in her state-required Oath of Allegiance form. Marianne Kearney-Brown, a Quaker and graduate student who began teaching remedial math to undergrads Jan. 7, lost her $700-a-month part-time job after refusing to sign an 87-word Oath of Allegiance to the Constitution that the state requires of elected officials and public employees. "I don't think it was fair at all," . . .
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Laurie Baker,for whom home was extension of land, dies at 90
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Laurie Baker, for whom home was extension of land, dies at 90 RAJEEV PI So impressed was Gandhi with this Royal Navy hand’s shoes stitched from scraps, he asked him if he would build homes for the poor THIRUVANANTAPURAM, APRIL 1: The Briton who turned the canons of conventional homemaking on their head and became one of India’s greatest living architectural legends, is no more. Laurie Baker, 90, passed away at his Thiruvanantapuram home this morning after prolonged illness. He will be buried tomorrow. The boy from a middle class home in Birmingham who studied architecture in London, Baker came...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
American Apparently Tortured Before Death
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American Apparently Tortured Before Death By BUSHRA JUHI ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - 0311dv-fox-killed-reax An American aid worker taken hostage with three other peace activists was apparently tortured before he was shot in the head and chest and his body dumped near a railroad line in Baghdad, Iraqi police said Saturday. Tom Fox, a 54-year-old member of Christian Peacemaker Teams from Clear Brook, Va., was the fifth American hostage killed in Iraq. There was no immediate word on his fellow captives, a Briton and two Canadians. The U.S. command in Baghdad confirmed that Fox's body was picked up by...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Your Opinion: New Dave Matthews Band Song "American Baby"
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Dave Matthews Band American Baby Album: Stand Up-Released May 10,2005 RCA If these walls came crumbling down And fell so hard to make us lose our faith From what’s left you’d figure it out Still make lemonade taste like a sunny day Stay beautiful baby I hope you stay American baby American baby Nobody’s laughing now God’s grace lost and the devil is proud But I’ve been walking for a thousand miles One last time I could see you smile I, I hold, hold on to you You bring me hope I’ll see you soon And if I don’t see...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
Kerry's Choice for Religious Outreach Director 'Confounding,' Group Says
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(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign has hired a new director of religion outreach, who is being described by a Catholic group as "a curious choice." Mara Vanderslice, who formerly worked as religion outreach director for Democrat Howard Dean, was raised without any faith and didn't become an evangelical Christian until she attended Earlham College, a Quaker school known for its adherence to pacifism, the Catholic League said on Monday. According to Catholic League President William Donohue, when Vanderslice was in college she was active in the Earlham Socialist Alliance, a group that supports convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 10:33:34 AM
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