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    Vaticans- Alberto Melloni - Consider Reality Leaks Instead

    MAY 27, 2012 7:52PM

    By Joey Piscitelli


    Topics: belief/religion, vatican, vatican leaks, pope, catholic church

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2211 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience

    • 0 Ratings
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    Death Panels

    MAY 22, 2012 2:20PM

    By Viki Mason


    Topics: catholic church, prostate cancer, breast cancer, obamacare

    • 5 Ratings
    • 328 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama’s cold calculation on same-sex marriage

    MAY 9, 2012 11:14PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: barack obama, bigotry, bigots, catholic church, catholic cult, civil rights, discrimination, equal rights, gay men, gay rights, haters, hatred, homophobes, homophobia, human rights, joe biden, lesbians, marriage, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormon cult, mormonism, north carolina, politics, prick santorum, rick santorum, romney, salt lake city, same-sex marriage, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion, politics

    • 6 Ratings
    • 336 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    America Faces Its Own "Clash of Civilizations"

    MAY 9, 2012 11:43AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, republican party, catholic church, catholic bishops, nuns, war on women, karl rove, the inquisition, garry wills, authoritarianism, occupy wall street, social gospel, birth control controversy, free will, fascism, vatican, second vatican council, ej dionne, modernity, supreme court, citizens united, plutocracy, feminism, clash of civilizations, samuel huntington, saddam hussein, cold war, george w bush, democracy, republican in name only (rino), leadership conference of women religious, paul ryan

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4858 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Did the Catholic Church castrate abuse whistleblowers?

    MAY 4, 2012 11:41AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: netherlands, holland, child abuse, abuse scandal, catholic church

    • 5 Ratings
    • 326 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Republicans Running Away From Their Own Party

    MAY 1, 2012 10:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, scott brown, us senate, right wing, frank luntz, elizabeth warren, president obama, filibuster, tea party, george w bush, propaganda, michael gerson, social security, medicare, wall street reform, big government, budget cuts, conservative movement, obamacare, paul ryan, ayn rand, capitalism, supply side economics, catholic church, catholic bishops, social justice, new deal, keynesian economics, mitt romney, socialism, conservatism, liberalism

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 2931 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 231 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    ARE BOYCOTTS ECONOMIC TERRORISM, OR SOCIAL POLITICS?

    APRIL 26, 2012 5:15AM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: war on the poor, occupy wall street, alec, monsanto, fmo, genetically modified organisms, the leadership conference of women religious, lcwr, catholic church, bill cunningham the great american

    • 1 Ratings
    • 223 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Nuns and priests abused kids in many ways

    APRIL 25, 2012 9:28AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: snap, priests, nuns, catholic school, catholic church, priest sex scandals, health, politics, news, gay/lesbian, belief/religion

    • 7 Ratings
    • 476 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    War on Women No Hoax

    APRIL 12, 2012 2:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, catholic church, birth control, women's rights, civil rights movement, martin luther king, conservatism, religious fundamentalism, war on women, planned parenthood, concerned women for america, human rights watch, saudi arabia, iran, israel, ultra-orthodox judaism, peter beinart, andrew sullivan, phyllis schlafly, equal rights amendment, jimmy carter, john stuart mill, on liberty, cardinal timothy dolan, dr. richard land, southern baptist convention, james dobson, focus on the family, tim lahaye, patriarchy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 105 Views
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    Peace Talks in the War on Christianity

    APRIL 3, 2012 3:59PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: war on religion, war on christmas, theocracy, secular businesses, religion-owned businesses, religion, politics, onward christian soldiers, one size fits all, government funding, freedom of religion, first amendment, civil rights, church and state, christianity, christian, catholic church, abortion services

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1221 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Pope Benedict: “Marxism no longer corresponds to reality”

    MARCH 29, 2012 4:50AM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: republicans, science, obamacare, healthcare, lesbian, gay, politics, religion, belief, catholic church, benedict, pope

    • 4 Ratings
    • 561 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Catholic Bishops Abandon Poor, Sick for Political Power

    MARCH 27, 2012 10:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, bishops, catholic charities, same sex couples, birth control, president obama, medicare, medicaid, balanced budget act of 1997, cardinal timothy dolan, cardinal francis george, democracy, theocracy, citizens united, supreme court

    • 2 Ratings
    • 383 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Assorted shit Sunday!

    MARCH 25, 2012 6:15PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: abortion, andrew breitbart, barack obama, birth control, catholic church, catholicism, communism, contraception, cuba, etch-a-sketch, fascism, feminism, fidel castro, florida, gallup daily tracking poll, gated communities, gay men, gay rights, george zimmerman, gun nuts, gun violence, havana, homophobia, karl marx, latin america, lesbians, louisiana, marxism, misogyny, mississippi, mitt romney, mittens romney, murder, newt gingrich, patriarchy, pennsylvania, politics, pope, pope palpatine, porn, pornography, prick santorum, racism, racists, rick santorum, roe v. wade, roe vs. wade, romney, ron paul, santorum, south, southerners, theocracy, theofascism, trayvon martin, vigilantes, vigilantism, violence, wild west, wisconsin, women, women's rights, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 735 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Ire of Ingraham

    MARCH 20, 2012 8:16AM

    By Bjorn Philip Beer


    Topics: contraception, condoms, laura ingraham, laura unleashed, catholic church, hiv, aids, belief/religion, family, feminism, health, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 167 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Same Cafeteria, Just Different Entrees

    MARCH 20, 2012 6:01AM

    By Naithom


    Topics: pope benedict, polls, catholic church, politics, santorum

    • 3 Ratings
    • 288 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    There goes the men’s vote

    MARCH 18, 2012 4:56PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: wingnuttery, wingnuts, vatican, tobacco, theocracy, sex, santorum, roe vs. wade, roe v. wade, rick santorum, republican tea party, republican party, puerto rico, prick santorum, pornography, porn, pope palpatine, pope, politics, playboy, nudity, miller vs. california, miller versus california, miller v. california, military-industr, john ashcroft, internet pornography, internet porn, guns, global warming, fossil fuels, first amendment, firearms, fascists, fascism, corporations, contraception, child pornography, censorship, catholic church, birth control, alcohol, abortion, "the miller test", "obscenity", "freedom", "christo"fascists, "christo"fascism

    • 6 Ratings
    • 506 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Bishops Double Down on Attacks on Women's Freedom

    MARCH 16, 2012 1:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, birth control, freedom, conservatism, liberalism, frank luntz, republican party, health insurance, michale gerson, john locke, religious freedom, authoritarianism, first amendment, griswold v connecticut, supreme court, cardinal richard cushing, democracy

    • 4 Ratings
    • 570 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Reframing the Contraception Debate

    MARCH 15, 2012 2:00PM

    By Bjorn Philip Beer


    Topics: romney, gingrich, santorum, sociobiology, female reproductive ecology, open+call, evolution, science, us conference of catholic bishops, bishops, healthcare, birth control, obama, rush limbaugh, sandra fluke, catholic church, contraception, science, politics, feminism, family, belief/religion

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