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    What's the best way to reduce the deficit?

    Like Karl said, there will be no deal because Republicans are not interested in reducing the deficit, period. If they were, they would agree to a balanced, commonsense solution of half cuts and half revenue increases. But they have ruled out ANY tax increases, so it's not happening. Until they...
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    "No Sex Before Marriage" - As A Concept

    So my question again is, how does sex becoming a major feature of a relationship negatively affect how well you get to know a person? Are you trying to say there's less time for conversation or emotional bonding or what? Because I just don't get how introducing sex=you don't know a person as...
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    What's the best way to reduce the deficit?

    I'm not talking about businesses, I'm talking about the federal government's budget. It's irrelevant that private businesses had to rework their budgets. It has nothing to do with the fact that Clinton reduced spending and raised taxes. That is exactly the kind of compromise that could begin to...
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    What's the best way to reduce the deficit?

    Sorry, but that's not how it works. I understand where you're coming from, but raising taxes on, for example, a university dean who makes a $500,000 per year salary is going to produce more revenue. With that being said, we also need to simplify the tax code and eliminate loopholes and other...
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    Anti-gay Christian group backing away from anti-gay therapy

    So what does that have to do with being gay then? You can't equate being aroused at a particular moment with being gay or being straight. It's just not the same thing. Again, sexual orientation is a comprehensive part of one's being, while an instance of sexual arousal is just that, a passing...
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    Do you believe in God? [W:10]

    I don't believe in "god" and I don't think it makes sense for anyone to believe in a god or gods. There's no evidence, just cultural and religious upbringings that perpetuate blind faith. There's no more reason to believe in god than to believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Russell's...
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    Should Romney Be Expected To Release Tax Records and Financial Holding Records?

    Under normal circumstances, it's not a big deal to me and I don't really care about tax returns. HOWEVER, and this is a big however, the immense secrecy and steadfast refusal of Team Romney to release any more details than 1 year of tax returns is a HUGE red flag to me. He is VERY OBVIOUSLY...
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    Anti-gay Christian group backing away from anti-gay therapy

    This honestly has to be a joke, but whatever I'll play along. The difference between being gay and being angry is that one is a mood (temporary feeling) and one is a permanent fixture of one's being. I can feel angry one minute and happy the next minute, but I'm NOT in a gay mood one minute...
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    "No Sex Before Marriage" - As A Concept

    I really don't understand the idealization of "waiting" to have sex in general, because I think the concept of it being better to wait comes more from people's emotions than any kind of tangible evidence. It's certainly not obvious to me why waiting improves a relationship, and your argument...
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    Anti-gay Christian group backing away from anti-gay therapy

    You can't be serious. So being gay is equivalent to being angry, sad, or happy? On what planet?
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    What's the best way to reduce the deficit?

    I agree that tax increases on the low- and middle-income would be disastrous, but why do you think raising taxes on people making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year or more would be foolish? They've had these tax rates for a decade and guess what, the "job creation" from these wealthy "job...
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    School tried to stop 5th grader from giving speech on SSM

    How does exposing them to the reality of gay couples=force feeding them? And again, what do you mean they are impressionable? Impressionable meaning that they will see firsthand that gay couples are just as loving and committed to each other as their own parents presumably are? If you think...
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    School tried to stop 5th grader from giving speech on SSM

    Exactly what I thought. It's not about the children at all, it's simply about perpetuating homophobia. You don't want the kids to learn that gay people are normal, healthy, happy, and well-adjusted and that they're just as good of people as anyone else.
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    School tried to stop 5th grader from giving speech on SSM

    So then you must agree that we shouldn't talk to children about straight people who are married either. If you truly think that the ONLY reason we shouldn't talk about gay marriage with children is because they don't understand adult relationships, then you MUST agree that we shouldn't discuss...
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    School tried to stop 5th grader from giving speech on SSM

    I don't have children but I don't understand why it's necessary to pretend that their uncle has a "best friend" instead of a partner. Why does it make a difference? If they knew that he was happily in love and committed to a man, how would that negatively affect them in your opinion? As for...
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