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• District of Columbia is close to recognizing same sex marriage

  
  African American Political Pundit Blog — Authority: 474
  According  to the Washington Informer.com the The District of Columbia is close to recognizing marriage between members of the same sex. A D.C. Council committee voting on Tues., Nov.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Former Baseball All-star sent to Prison

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 129
  Jerry Koosman, an all-star pitcher and a key member of the legendary Mets baseball team that won the World Series beating the highly-favored Orioles against all odds in 1969 was sent to jail for 6 months for failing to pay his taxes from 2002 to 2004. During that time, he earned a total of $754, 950 including ...
  18 hours ago

• Catholic Church Threatens D.C. : Can Same-Sex Marriage Bill Or We Will Stop Providing Social Services

  
  The Gaytheist Agenda — Authority: 108
  The Catholic Church is apparently not content with keeping its own members submissive to its dogma. Now its blackmailing the District of Columbia, threatening to stop providing social services unless D.C. reverses its decision to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states The Catholic Archdiocese of ...
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• University of Phoenix’s Curious Take on the Law

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 439
  Apollo recently announced that it expects to pay $80 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two former employees who allege that Phoenix defrauded the governments student aid program by paying... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 day ago

• Catholic Church Threatens DC Council Over Marriage Equality

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 437
  The Catholic Church issued an ultimatum to the District of Columbia City Council over that bodys intention to end the ban on civil marriage for same-sex couples in the federal district: Allow Us To Discriminate Against Gays Or We Wont Feed Or Shelter The Homeless . The Washington Post reports : The ...
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• Right Wing Law Prof Challenged on Deceptive Anti-Marriage Testimony

  
  Right Wing Watch — Authority: 690
  Among those who testified against marriage equality legislation before the Council of the District of Columbia was Washington & Lee University Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson.  Wilson is also a member of the Virginia Marriage Commission, which is affiliated with the Family Foundation of Virginia, a Religious ...
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• Catholic Church and same-sex “marriage”: A threat to social service contracts in D.C.?

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 507
  Patrick J. Deneen, Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, discusses the Washington Post article, " Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum ": "I think the basic premise of the Posts story requires clarification. The premise of todays story was that the Catholic Church was threatening to cease to ...
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• Pass gay marriage, lose social services

  
  Legally Kidnapped — Authority: 498
  Pass gay marriage, lose social services Legalizing gay marriage is not without its unintended consequences. The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington told D.C. officials that it will discontinue social service programs it runs if changes are not made to the gay marriage bill. ---- “The archdiocese says that among ...
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• Forming an LLC – A Primer

  
  sherrill brown recommends — Authority: 139
  Entrepreneurs realize why new companies want to have a tight rein on the company’s budgets. Which is how forming a Limited Liability Company has become of the most popular ways to begin a enterprise. All 50 states, including the District of Columbia, allow the establishment of LLC corporations . In nearly all ...
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• Dear Catholic Church: Stop playing politics with social services

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 580
  This is absolute crap. And unfair to D.C. Taking care of its large gay community, the District of Columbia’s is about to vote on a law that will recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. But the Catholic Church is trying to leverage its power over the city – providing thousands with services such as ...
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• The Police And Their Duty To Protect Individual Citizens

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 567
  Despite all that information you might have taken away from crime shows on TV (yes, that’s exactly what law enforcement jobs are really like on a daily basis!), here’s something that you may not know… Courts in the United States illustrate a longstanding rule of law that police owe no duty of protection to ...
  2 days ago

• DC:Catholic Church Threatens to Withdraw Social Services if Gay Marriage Bill Passed

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 148
  In a surprisingly bold and seemingly unbiblical move, the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to discontinue its social support for nearly 70,000 people -- including a third of Washingtons homeless -- because of its opposition to a proposed same-sex marriage bill. Under the proposed bill, ...
  2 days ago

• New Report Aims To Improve DC TANF Program

  
  Poverty & Policy — Authority: 412
  The DC Fiscal Policy Institute and So Others Might Eat have issued a pioneering report on the Districts TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) program. The report pioneers in going beyond the usual bounds of advocacy to delve into problems with the way the program is administered. It also pioneers in the way ...
  2 days ago

• Catholic Church Threatens District of Columbia Over Gay Marriage Bill

  
  RHRealityCheck.org — Authority: 737
  According to the Washington Post , the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC is threatening to withdraw all social services from the District of Columbia (DC) if the city does not change its proposed same-sex marriage law. The Post reports that:  Under the bill, headed for a D.C. Council vote next month, ...
  2 days ago

• Goodbye and Good Riddance

  
  Big Money Tony — Authority: 99
  As Im sure you have heard, John Allen Muhammad, the DC Sniper, was executed yesterday .  And frankly, Im glad.  Before some of you think Im a death penalty supporter, let me tell you Im not.  Indifference is the best description for me.  I have not supported it, nor am I against it. In the case of Muhammad ...
  3 days ago

• CONFIRMED: D.C. sniper executed. Twitter’s talking about it now.

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 580
  Related posts: BREAKING: John Allen Muhammad, the D.C. Sniper, has been executed What’s it like to be married to the D.C. sniper? It’s pretty scary. Ryan Jenkins’ death has Twitter abuzz with chatter tonight
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• Education Innovation Is Lagging--But Is There Hope?

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 138
  On the heels of President Obamas speech last week touting the need for radical improvements in U.S. schools, the Center for American Progress (CAP) released "Leaders and Laggards," a state-by-state report on education innovation. CAP assesses states and the District of Columbia in seven key areas, including school ...
  4 days ago

• DC: Changes in “marriage” bill offer churches leeway

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 507
  Washington Post : "A D.C. Council committee is expected to approve major changes Tuesday to the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, including adopting a provision that will make it easier for church officials to avoid participation in gay weddings and receptions."
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• New York’s Girls Write Now Receives 2009 Coming Up Taller Award

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 439
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Girls Write Now, a New York City organization that matches at-risk high school girls with professional women writers for mentoring and writing training, has been nationally recognized as one of 15 youth arts and humanities programs to receive the prestigious 2009 Coming Up Taller Award. Youth and ...
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• Census NOT as easy as 1-2-3…

  
  The New Republic - the avenue Feed — Authority: 126
  There has been much talk lately about how politics complicates the 2010 Census. (See this , this , and this .) Politics aside, it’s a daunting task to count each of the nearly 308 million residents of the United States once and only once. Some people are inevitably missed, while others are counted twice. The ...
  4 days ago

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