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	<title>Comments on: Hundreds Watch Gay Marriage Referendum Hearing</title>
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		<title>By: Homosexuals Will Fuck Up Photosynthesis Video Corner - The Sexist - Washington City Paper</title>
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		<dc:creator>Homosexuals Will Fuck Up Photosynthesis Video Corner - The Sexist - Washington City Paper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] same-sex marriages are officially recognized in the District of Columbia, we can all finally behold the full testimony of Oxon Hill Minister Leroy Swailes, who attempted to shut down the legislation with an anti-gay [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] same-sex marriages are officially recognized in the District of Columbia, we can all finally behold the full testimony of Oxon Hill Minister Leroy Swailes, who attempted to shut down the legislation with an anti-gay [...]</p>
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		<title>By: ADF Alliance Alert &#187; Hundreds Watch DC Marriage Referendum Hearing</title>
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		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert &#187; Hundreds Watch DC Marriage Referendum Hearing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Washington City Paper: After gaveling the hearing to order this morning, the board heard approximately 90 minutes of testimony from proponents of the referendum. They heard first from Brian Raum, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, a “legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.” [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Washington City Paper: After gaveling the hearing to order this morning, the board heard approximately 90 minutes of testimony from proponents of the referendum. They heard first from Brian Raum, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, a “legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.” [...]</p>
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		<title>By: H.Jackson</title>
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		<dc:creator>H.Jackson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlKyLFCgBPQ

This is what the real DC blacks think about the situation.</description>
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<p>This is what the real DC blacks think about the situation.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank</title>
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		<dc:creator>Frank</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Religion is a conscious choice, but no matter how evil it is, it&#039;s still protected under the law.

After hearing the Nazi speech from &quot;Minister&quot; Swailes, I certainly don&#039;t think religion should be protected by any law.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Religion is a conscious choice, but no matter how evil it is, it's still protected under the law.</p>
<p>After hearing the Nazi speech from "Minister" Swailes, I certainly don't think religion should be protected by any law.</p>
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		<title>By: Vox Populi » The District Digest: Holocaust Museum shooting, voting rights derailed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vox Populi » The District Digest: Holocaust Museum shooting, voting rights derailed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Board of Elections and Ethics will decide whether or not opponents of same-sex marriage will be able to hold a referendum vote on the D.C. Council&#8217;s decision last month to legally recognize same-sex marriages performed [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Board of Elections and Ethics will decide whether or not opponents of same-sex marriage will be able to hold a referendum vote on the D.C. Council&#8217;s decision last month to legally recognize same-sex marriages performed [...]</p>
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		<title>By: AndreasLights</title>
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		<dc:creator>AndreasLights</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, one more.

I propose a study. There is a device called a rigidometer. It scientifically measures how stimulated a man becomes after being exposed to certain stimuli. Let&#039;s hook up three groups and let them watch gay sex on video and see what comes up.

Three groups to be studied: 1. Self-identifying gay males. 2. Self-identifying straight males (who have no objection to allowing same-sex marriage for others). 3. Self-identifying straight males who object to allowing same-sex marriage for others. (It may be difficult to find subjects willing to participate in the third group, for obvious reasons!)

Let&#039;s see how heterosexual these anti-gay folks REALLY are. Maybe the Soros Foundation would pay for the study. Let&#039;s get SlateCrate to participate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, one more.</p>
<p>I propose a study. There is a device called a rigidometer. It scientifically measures how stimulated a man becomes after being exposed to certain stimuli. Let's hook up three groups and let them watch gay sex on video and see what comes up.</p>
<p>Three groups to be studied: 1. Self-identifying gay males. 2. Self-identifying straight males (who have no objection to allowing same-sex marriage for others). 3. Self-identifying straight males who object to allowing same-sex marriage for others. (It may be difficult to find subjects willing to participate in the third group, for obvious reasons!)</p>
<p>Let's see how heterosexual these anti-gay folks REALLY are. Maybe the Soros Foundation would pay for the study. Let's get SlateCrate to participate.</p>
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		<title>By: AndreasLights</title>
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		<dc:creator>AndreasLights</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>P.S. Did SlateCrate CHOOSE to be heterosexual? Assuming he/she/it (they) are. 

If they did make a conscious choice, then I&#039;ll be my bottom dollar that they are either bisexual or, more likely, a closet-case who chose to ignore their true sexuality. Since they chose to act straight and live a lie, they think the rest of us should be as miserable. Most people who protest too much are probably have deeply-rooted, latent homosexual inclinations and live their lives in the closet. Larry Craig, for example, a leader in the fight against equality for gays (all inclusive LGBTQI etc.)

Come out, come out, whoever you are!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>P.S. Did SlateCrate CHOOSE to be heterosexual? Assuming he/she/it (they) are. </p>
<p>If they did make a conscious choice, then I'll be my bottom dollar that they are either bisexual or, more likely, a closet-case who chose to ignore their true sexuality. Since they chose to act straight and live a lie, they think the rest of us should be as miserable. Most people who protest too much are probably have deeply-rooted, latent homosexual inclinations and live their lives in the closet. Larry Craig, for example, a leader in the fight against equality for gays (all inclusive LGBTQI etc.)</p>
<p>Come out, come out, whoever you are!</p>
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		<title>By: AndreasLights</title>
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		<dc:creator>AndreasLights</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s entirely NOT surprising that SlateCrate won&#039;t accept that sexual orientation (and identity, by the way) are not the conscious choice of the individual.

EVERY ARGUMENT against treating homosexuals fairly and equally under all laws, including marriage laws, EVERY ARGUMENT uses the foundational argument that being gay is a choice.

Without the false foundation of choice, every argument is stripped away, with only modernly-unfounded, currently-irrational, presently-outdated and quite unnecessary FEAR of homosexuality remains.

SlateCrate wrote, &quot;Shadow man I do not believe you.&quot; 

Of course not. Without your false evidence, your case is dismissed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's entirely NOT surprising that SlateCrate won't accept that sexual orientation (and identity, by the way) are not the conscious choice of the individual.</p>
<p>EVERY ARGUMENT against treating homosexuals fairly and equally under all laws, including marriage laws, EVERY ARGUMENT uses the foundational argument that being gay is a choice.</p>
<p>Without the false foundation of choice, every argument is stripped away, with only modernly-unfounded, currently-irrational, presently-outdated and quite unnecessary FEAR of homosexuality remains.</p>
<p>SlateCrate wrote, "Shadow man I do not believe you." </p>
<p>Of course not. Without your false evidence, your case is dismissed.</p>
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		<title>By: SlateCrate</title>
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		<dc:creator>SlateCrate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shadow man  I do not believe you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shadow man  I do not believe you.</p>
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		<title>By: shadow_man</title>
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		<dc:creator>shadow_man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those of you claiming homosexuality is a &quot;lifestyle&quot;, that is a false and ignorant statement. Homosexuality is not a choice.  Just like you don&#039;t choose the color of your skin, you cannot choose whom you are sexually attracted to. If you can, sorry, but you are not heterosexual, you are bi-sexual. Virtually all major psychological and medical experts agree that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. Most gay people will tell you its not a choice. Common sense will tell you its not a choice. While science is relatively new to studying homosexuality, studies tend to indicate that its biological. 

http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/differential-brain-activation.pdf
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/dn14146-gay-brains-structured-like-those-of-the-opposite-sex.html
Gay, Straight Men&#039;s Brain Responses Differ
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155990,00.html
http://www.livescience.com/health/060224_gay_genes.html
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w27453600k586276/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/16/172/

There is overwhelming scientific evidence that homosexuality is not a choice. Sexual orientation is generally a biological trait that is determined pre-natally, although there is no one certain thing that explains all of the cases. &quot;Nurture&quot; may have some effect, but for the most part it is biological.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you claiming homosexuality is a "lifestyle", that is a false and ignorant statement. Homosexuality is not a choice.  Just like you don't choose the color of your skin, you cannot choose whom you are sexually attracted to. If you can, sorry, but you are not heterosexual, you are bi-sexual. Virtually all major psychological and medical experts agree that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. Most gay people will tell you its not a choice. Common sense will tell you its not a choice. While science is relatively new to studying homosexuality, studies tend to indicate that its biological. </p>
<p><a href="http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/differential-brain-activation.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/differential-brain-activation.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/dn14146-gay-brains-structured-like-those-of-the-opposite-sex.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/dn14146-gay-brains-structured-like-those-of-the-opposite-sex.html</a><br />
Gay, Straight Men's Brain Responses Differ<br />
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155990,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155990,00.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.livescience.com/health/060224_gay_genes.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/health/060224_gay_genes.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/w27453600k586276/" rel="nofollow">http://www.springerlink.com/content/w27453600k586276/</a><br />
<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/16/172/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/16/172/</a></p>
<p>There is overwhelming scientific evidence that homosexuality is not a choice. Sexual orientation is generally a biological trait that is determined pre-natally, although there is no one certain thing that explains all of the cases. "Nurture" may have some effect, but for the most part it is biological.</p>
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		<title>By: abuzznDC</title>
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		<dc:creator>abuzznDC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh what time we have on our hands: consider-primary education, graduating percentages of our children, crime, our environment, unemployment, health care, immigration, infrastructure, our soldiers here and overseas, and we&#039;re getting bogged down in an issue that should be next to divorce rates.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh what time we have on our hands: consider-primary education, graduating percentages of our children, crime, our environment, unemployment, health care, immigration, infrastructure, our soldiers here and overseas, and we're getting bogged down in an issue that should be next to divorce rates.</p>
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		<title>By: Q</title>
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		<dc:creator>Q</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LL, is this simply an overview or a full fledged article?  More details are needed.  Was each side of the referendum given 90 minutes?  When will a verdict be given?  From the cellphone-quality photo, it suggests that the hearing was recorded.  Do you know if/when it will be available?  

Help a brother out here.  I hope renewing my free subscription is not going to waste, LOL!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LL, is this simply an overview or a full fledged article?  More details are needed.  Was each side of the referendum given 90 minutes?  When will a verdict be given?  From the cellphone-quality photo, it suggests that the hearing was recorded.  Do you know if/when it will be available?  </p>
<p>Help a brother out here.  I hope renewing my free subscription is not going to waste, LOL!</p>
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