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    Biden/Warren

    All it says is "cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted". There are no qualifiers whatsoever. It doesn't say that it won't be done to American citizens. It doesn't say that it won't be done on American soil. It doesn't say that it won't be done to anyone not declared an enemy...
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    Biden/Warren

    Actually, that's exactly what we need. That's how we'll actually keep our civil rights, prevent religious mores from unconstitutionally becoming law, and keep the middle class in existence. It's not meaningless at all, despite how the right wing block keeps trying to gut it. That's why...
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    Huckabee's hard line on abortion: 10-yr-old rape victim should carry child [W:20,111]

    Re: Huckabee's hard line on abortion: 10-yr-old rape victim should carry child [W:20, It also says that slavery is okay and women are essentially chattel. So, in reality, we don't care what ancient people said, and we apply modern ideas to determine our morality. Even if ancient people got...
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    Same-sex couples sue over Mississippi adoption ban

    The states rights argument relies on ignoring the supremacy clause and fundamentally misunderstanding the 10th amendment, which, in two centuries of jurisprudence, has never been held to prohibit the federal government from doing anything. The 10th does not say that power that are considered...
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    Huckabee's hard line on abortion: 10-yr-old rape victim should carry child [W:20,111]

    This kind of thing shows us how religious "morality" isn't moral at all. Humanistic ideas that come from modern thinking and discussion are how we really determine what is right and what is wrong. What barbarians in past ages had to say should be a source of revulsion to us, not inspiration...
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    And So It Begins... [W:301]

    It's very amusing how Christians (mainly Protestants), which have enjoyed a powerful and privileged status in this country for centuries, throw a tantrum when reduced to simply being equal to everyone else.
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    Mormon church releases photos of ‘seer stone’ used by founder Joseph Smith

    So how do you feel about translations with a political agenda? This, of course, includes the King James Version, and the New International Version that American conservatives love so much. Most likely whatever bible you learned as a child and whatever is preached in your church is one of...
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    Sanders: Make Election Day a holiday

    Funny how conservatives consider a day off bribery but think that massive tax loopholes and corporate subsidies are just fine.
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    How to fight racism (this forum desperately needs to be educated) [W:54]

    Re: How to fight racism (this forum desperately needs to be educated) There is an enormous gulf of difference between the actions and positions of a powerful majority and those of a powerless minority. Bigotry without power is just a bad attitude. You mistake the problem that racism is not...
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    Dem supporters of Sanders: Why him over Hillary?

    Sanders will actually take on the corporate interests and the top-down economic policies that have shredded the middle class. Hillary will take baby steps to solve these problems. For Sanders, it's a top priority. Every candidate is talking about how they'll strengthen the economy and rebuild...
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    How to fight racism (this forum desperately needs to be educated) [W:54]

    Re: How to fight racism (this forum desperately needs to be educated) So long as we think of racism and bigotry as overt acts of hatred by inherently bad people, we will never solve these problems. Instead, we must recognize that bigotry comes in a thousand subconsciously-taken everyday...
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    The Left is Losing Control of the Monster They Created

    So as it turns out, this incident has led Bernie Sanders to take a stronger stance on addressing problems of race in this country. This stance is loudly endorsed by Sanders' supporters and I would say it speaks to the values of the left as a whole. This intervention was necessary and...
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    Maximizing Demand For Labor By Minimizing Barriers To Entry

    No quantity of business owners nor repealed regulations will create demand when the population is too poor to buy anything. Stop whining about creating businesses. Worry about how hyperfocusing on one side of the economic equation is bankrupting the other side, and driving the whole thing into...
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    Muslim Scholars Prepare Call for Action on Climate Change

    The world needs to unite completely to solve this problem.
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    Mayor Forces Man To Leave Public Meeting Because He Won’t Stand During Prayer

    That same effect can easily be produced without asserting supernatural beings. It's the positivity, which comes from us, not the extolling of a divine ruler for boons.
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