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	<title>Thinking it through... or Just something to think about... &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Stephen Black expressing, feelings, thoughts, concerns, hopes, joys and frustrations.</description>
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		<title>‘Gay Marriage’ in The Heartland by Andy Comiskey</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/04/gay-marriage-in-the-heartland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2009/04/04/gay-marriage-in-the-heartland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 4, 2009 While we were sleeping, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously overturned the state’s ban on ‘gay marriage’ on grounds that it was unconstitutional. Most believers I spoke with in and around Iowa knew little if anything about the Court’s deliberation. Those who did seemed sleepy in their response. And uncertain. Even getting information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Is A Great State</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/11/08/oklahoma-is-a-great-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Election Results Post elections reveal that Oklahoma is truly a conservative state.  Every county in Oklahoma overwhelmingly voted for the Republican ticket for President of the USA &#8211; John McCain and Sarah Palin.  I am so proud to be an Oklahoman. Oklahoma sends all the incumbents (Senator Jim Inhofe(R), Representatives: Tom Cole(R), John Sullivan(R), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gays threaten violence against Christians and to burn down churches.</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/11/07/gays-threaten-violence-against-christians-and-to-burn-down-churches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/11/07/gays-threaten-violence-against-christians-and-to-burn-down-churches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homosexuals are outrageously hypocrital!  The very crowd that says they are for tolerance, and &#8220;say no hate&#8221; are the most intolerant and hateful people when they do not get their own way!  Thus revealing the deeper need of a heart change.  God Have Mercy! Activists protest at temple: Thousands demand the LDS church be stripped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President-Elect Obama Log ~ First Week After Election</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/11/05/president-elect-obama-log-first-week-after-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/11/05/president-elect-obama-log-first-week-after-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 5, 2008 – Today is historic in American politics. We have elected a very young inexperienced eloquently speaking charismatic, youth-drawing biracial Democrat President, and a newly empowered Democrat controlled Congress of the United States of America. I really do not like all the focus on his skin color, and how this has been played [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you Imagine the Dangerous Three Running the USA?</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/10/29/can-you-imagine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/10/29/can-you-imagine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will the USA be like with these three dangerously liberal Democrats leading our country? Watch the videos below! — Obama no experience, and his running mate Joe Biden gurantees the American people that if Barack Obama is elected the USA will be involved in an international crisis! — Obama too risky to be our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Home and the End or Our Society?</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/10/28/the-end-of-the-home-and-the-end-or-our-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/10/28/the-end-of-the-home-and-the-end-or-our-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Pastor Paul Blair with Fairview Baptist Church, Edmond, OK Fact:  Barack Obama opposes and has promised to see all Defense of Marriage Acts overturned. Fact:  Barack Obama supports homosexual marriage ensuring that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits of natural traditional marriage are extended to same-sex couples.   In addition, it will be illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Will It Be Like If We Have A Democrat White House and Congress?</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/10/17/what-will-it-be-like-if-we-have-a-democrat-white-house-and-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/10/17/what-will-it-be-like-if-we-have-a-democrat-white-house-and-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This stated question is one to really ponder, &#8220;What will it be like?&#8221; I am very concerned what this could mean for our society, for Bible believing Christians and for me as a minister. I am writing the following because I sincerely care about my country, my family and the Church of Jesus Christ. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/09/16/voting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/09/16/voting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe voting is the responsibility of every mature Christian; and as mature Christians we should be productive and involved citizens. We should contribute in all of our God-given abilities to influence righteousness or at least moving towards what is right. I think Pete Winn did a good job at revealing a Biblical precedent for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The MANY reasons I cannot vote for the Obama / Biden Ticket</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/09/15/the-reasons-i-cannot-vote-for-obama-biden-ticket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/09/15/the-reasons-i-cannot-vote-for-obama-biden-ticket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BARACK OBAMA Senator Obama does not communicate concisely. He is very wordy when he talks about his policies, and most of the time it is spin. It is difficult to really understand WHAT he is saying and WHAT DIRECTION he will really take as President. He has flipped flopped on several issues. He just doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin &#8211; John McCain&#8217;s Vice President &#8211; Great Choice!</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-john-mccains-vice-president-great-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-john-mccains-vice-president-great-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today history was made; Governor Sarah Palin was selected by John McCain as his Vice-President. I was skeptical at first, but then I listened to this woman speak. WOW! I told my wife, &#8220;she&#8217;s gotta be a believer in Jesus Christ.&#8221; Knowing nothing about her at the time, but hearing her heart, I knew she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Mind-Sweltering News Items about the Homosexual Political Agenda, and Hate Speech</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/06/10/seven-mind-sweltering-news-items-about-the-homosexual-political-agenda-and-hate-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/06/10/seven-mind-sweltering-news-items-about-the-homosexual-political-agenda-and-hate-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Revamping Leading to Anarchy and Societal Chaos? Freedom of Speech is NOT for Christians any more… It seems many Christians and conservatives are not aware of how politically motivated gay activists and those involved in the homosexual agenda are in producing policies, ordinances and law changes across the United States.  The efforts are being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Approval, Affirmation, and Sanctioning of Homosexual Marriage in California</title>
		<link>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/05/23/approval-affirmation-and-sanctioning-of-homosexual-marriage-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stephenblack.org/2008/05/23/approval-affirmation-and-sanctioning-of-homosexual-marriage-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 22:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gay affirming policies and politics are leading to the ruin of marriage as once known between one man and one woman. Marriage is on the fast-track of no longer being sacred. According to a recent Gallup poll, 78% to 88% of American youth ages 16 to 25 embrace the idea of homosexuality as a valid, [...]]]></description>
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