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26 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Dear Mr. Santorum

I’d like to take a moment to respond to your idea that it is appropriate for us to require women to carry their children to term regardless of their desires or the circumstances of conception. First of all, I am the result of an ‘unplanned’ pregnancy, so I speak from experience when it comes to [...]

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15 November 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Cafeteria Catholic- Same Sex Marriage

The 2008 election was an historic election. No, not for Barack Obama. The residents of the State of California decided that the right for any two people to marry, regardless of their gender, was no longer to be sanctioned. The text of Proposition 8 read, simply, that “(o)nly marriage between a man and a woman [...]

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02 November 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Cafeteria Catholics- Abortion

As a Cafeteria Catholic, I don’t agree with all the core precepts of my faith. I guess it means I’m not much of a Catholic, but I am who I am, and I figure some faith is better than none, Believe it or not, I was a teenager once. As a stupid young man, I [...]

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26 October 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Cafeteria Catholic- Overview

Considering my history, I hope it’s easy to understand that I might not agree with all the teachings of my faith. Since my mother is divorced, some of those teachings, technically, make me an unwelcome member of the faith. Others would alienate my friends. Heck, I rarely receive communion because I’m suppossed to go to [...]

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