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	<title>Arion's Home &#187; Civil-Rights</title>
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		<title>Prop 8 Closing Arguments Live Blogging via Prop 8 Trial Trackers</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/06/16/prop-8-closing-arguments-live-blogging-prop-8-trial-trackers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at the Live BLogging of the Closing Arguments for the Proposition 8 trial via Prop 8 Trial Tracker.  I have been very patiently waiting for this day.
You can find my previous comments on the Prop 8 atrocity them here if you are curious.
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		<title>A problem with conservative religions is that Dogma and tradition is more important than People</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/03/18/problem-conservative-religions-dogma-tradition-important-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major problem with many religions, especially conservative or fundamentalist religions,  is that, for them, their dogma, tenets, traditions, and beliefs are more important than people. Following their tradition and teachings is more important than the harm that they cause. It is easy to forget that people are affected by your teachings when the teachings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Constance Take Her Girlfriend to Prom</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/03/18/constance-girlfriend-prom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil-Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay-Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constance McMillen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Itawamba Agricultural High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba Agricultural High School, has petitioned her school to allow her to take her girlfriend as her date to prom, and to be be able where a tux. The school board has responded by saying  no and then canceling prom so that they do not have to deal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unite 4 Human Rights in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/02/05/unite-4-human-rights-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/02/05/unite-4-human-rights-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
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		<title>Thoughts about the Prop 8 Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/27/thoughts-about-the-prop-8-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/27/thoughts-about-the-prop-8-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil-Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Proposition 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Boies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ted Olson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theodore Olson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been following the Prop 8 Trial for the last week or so via the Prop 8 Trial Tracker and I can say I am really confused with the Defendants &#8211; the Pro-Prop 8 people. Their witnesses were to our advantage and their cross-examination of our witnesses yielded pretty much nothing of really use. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamentalist Christians Trying to Rewrite History Books in Texas&#8230; again&#8230;. =(</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/23/fundamentalist-christians-trying-to-rewrite-history-books-in-texas-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/23/fundamentalist-christians-trying-to-rewrite-history-books-in-texas-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think that what I am about to write does not affect you please take a look at this quote:
Texas is the nation’s second-largest textbook market and one of the few biggies where the state picks what books schools can buy rather than leaving it up to the whims of local districts, which means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prop 8 Trial Testimony and Coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/13/prop-8-trial-testimony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil-Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil-Unions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I read of the Proposition 8 Trial Tracker BLog&#8217;s account of the trial&#8217;s testimony the more I believe that there is really no valid argument against gay marriage.  Their Questioning, and their expert witnesses are crushing the pro- Prop 8 people. It is a blood bath in there. The historical evidence supporting the homosexuality has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposition 8 Trial Tracker Website</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/13/proposition-8-trial-tracker-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/13/proposition-8-trial-tracker-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil-Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a live blog detailing the happenings at the Proposition 8 trial: Proposition 8 Trial Tracker BLog from the Courage Campaign.
Read it and get involved. This is one of the most important civil rights issues of our time.
]]></description>
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		<title>Uganda&#8217;s Death Sentence Legislation for LGBT Peoples and the &#8220;Christians&#8221; Who Counseled Them Towards This End</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/12/ugandas-death-sentence-legislation-for-lgbt-peoples-and-the-christians-who-counseled-them-towards-this-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil-Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caleb Lee Brundidge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Schmierer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Lively]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read about it and you be the judge:

Uganda considers death sentence for gay sex in bill before parliament (Guardian UK, November 2009)
Uganda&#8217;s Anti-Gay Bill: Inspired by the U.S. (Time, December 2009)
Taboos Silence Opponents Of Uganda Anti-Gay Bill (NPR, December 2009)
Uganda&#8217;s bill to imprison gays for life is an outrage that should be rejected (Washington Post, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, a Republican with his head on his shoulders &#8211; Theodore Olson</title>
		<link>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/12/finally-a-republican-with-his-head-on-his-shoulders-theodore-olson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arionshome.com/2010/01/12/finally-a-republican-with-his-head-on-his-shoulders-theodore-olson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Neill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article in Newsweek titled &#8220;The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
Why same-sex marriage is an American value&#8221; is written by Theodore Olson who is a prominent Republican lawyer that served under Bush and Reagan during their presidential administrations. He, along with David Boies, a prominent liberal lawyer, have taken it upon themselves to overturn Proposition [...]]]></description>
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