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Octomom Being Investigated for Welfare Fraud
Last August, we learned that Nadya Suleman (AKA "Octomom") applied for food assistance and other forms of welfare for her and her 14 children after struggling to make ends meet. She went off welfare...
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Gay Marriage At The U.S. Supreme Court This Week!!
The above image has been showing up a lot recently on my Facebook feed over the past several days. For those who don't know, The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments tomorrow regarding the...
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DOMA's Route to the Supreme Court
This graphic is making the rounds today, detailing the nine separate cases where all or portions of the Defense of Marriage Act has been ruled unconstitutional by lower courts. Hopefully this trend...
View ArticleSuperior Spider-Man #6 Video: Don't Try This At Home
For several months, Marvel has been embedding these little AR symbols on many of their comic books. If you download the special Marvel AR app and then hold your device over symbols when they show up on...
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SCOTUS Blog Summary of the Supreme Court/Prop 8 Oral Arguments
Initial thoughts by those who professionally think about such thing indicate that the U.S. Supreme Court will neither uphold or invalidate California's Proposition 8. Joe My God offered screenshots...
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United Church of Christ Leadership Shows Support for Gay Marriage!
There are times when I really appreciate my denomination, the United Church of Christ. Today while the U.S. Supreme Court was debating the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the UCC leadership was...
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Has Gay Marriage Negatively Affected Your Traditional Marriage?
Has gay marriage negatively affected your traditional message? That was the question being bandied about yesterday, at the NOM Anti-Gay Family March in Washington DC, as well as at the U.S. Supreme...
View ArticleBVP Shares his "March for Marriage" Memories
Thrice-failed gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats of The FAMiLY Leader shared his reaction to yesterday's March for Marriage in Washington DC. Check out this video to hear his story. Somehow, his...
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"Wolverine and the X-Men" #27 Nitpick OR How Much of a Nerd Should I Be On...
I grabbed the latest issue of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN (#27) and began reading it while cooking supper tonight. I got two pages into the book and immediately noticed a glaring issue that has been...
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SCOTUS BLOG Summary of the Supreme Court/DOMA Orgal Arguments
Yesterday, I shared some screenshots from the SCOTUS BLOG Twitter account about the main impressions from the Prop 8 oral arguments. I thought I would do the same for today's U.S. Supreme Court oral...
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Holy Week 2013 at Faith UCC in Iowa City
It is Holy Week 2013 and Faith United Church of Christ invites any and all who wish to come together for worship during the special week.Maundy Thursday -- Thursday, March 28, at 6:30 PM: Service will...
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"Young Avengers #3": Miss America Has Two Mommies!!
Early this year, Marvel Comics relaunched its YOUNG AVENGERS title, which features young adults who are not quite members for the (older) Avengers. The team started out as a quasi-legacy team, but has...
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Nero at Daycare -- 03/28/13
Nero had a blast at doggy daycare today. Check out that happy face:
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Johnson County (Iowa) Board of Supervisors Proclaim Support for Same-Sex...
Supervisor Rod Sullivan proposed the following proclamation to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors here in Iowa City yesterday morning. It reads:PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING MARRIAGE EQUALITY -- MARCH,...
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Alt-Folk Singer Michelle Shocked Protests Canceled Gig
I wrote quite a bit last week about alternative folk singer Michelle Shocked, her ill-stated gay marriage rant/discussion, and her cryptic efforts to salvage her reputation and her fanbase. (You can...
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Zombies Invade Davenport, IA
It looks like the undead have invaded portions of the Quad Cities -- they appear to be focused this time on a bunch of runners in the Quad Cities. You would think that the shambling masses would seek...
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Georgia GOP Chair: "Gays Cannot Marry Because Straights Will Gay-Marry for...
The Marietta Daily Journal of Marietta, GA, published an article this weekend on marriage equality and last week's Proposition 8/DOMA oral hearings with the U.S. Supreme Court. The article ended with a...
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Iowa's Gov. Branstad: "I Declare April 7 to be Harlem Globetrotter Day!"
(source)Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds were visited at the Iowa Statehouse by Hammer Harrison of the Harlem Globetrotters earlier today. In honor of the team's anti-bullying message and...
View ArticleImagine If We Did This To Their Churches
Apparently, this Methodist Church in North Carolina decided to stop performing weddings until gay and lesbian couples are given the opportunity to get married. I don't really agree with that decision,...
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Michelle Shocked on CNN: "I'm Not Homophobic"
Much has been written about alternative folk singer Michelle Shocked in recent weeks following her disasterous "Truth Versus Reality" speech on Proposition 8, religion, and whether or not she really...
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