Current Events – Page 83

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal an Unnecessary Distraction

Sep 20, 2011JerryCurrent Events, ValuesDon't Ask Don't Tell

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been on the books for almost twenty years. President Clinton signed it into law as a compromise to allow homosexuals to serve in the military without facing harassment or discrimination. General James Amos, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, has testified in favor of it before Congress; and a survey of U.S. Marines shows that the majority favor keeping the policy in place. With that in mind, ending it just doesn’t make sense.

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Come to a Debate on Medical Marijuana

Sep 15, 2011JerryCurrent EventsMarijuana

I want to let you know about an upcoming event in Fayetteville.

On September 21 (Wednesday) at 6:00 p.m., Asa Hutchinson will debate Ethan Nadelman on legalization of medical marijuana.

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Todd Beamer’s Prayer Wouldn’t Have Been Allowed at 9/11 Ceremony

Sep 12, 2011JerryCurrent EventsPrayer, September 11

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to ban clergy-led prayer from all 9/11 observances. It was just too controversial, too divisive, too politically incorrect, and too much trouble to keep from offending people, so he did what politicians always do—take the easy way out. Aren’t we glad those first responders didn’t take the easy way out ten years ago?

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