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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Patrick Goodenough
November 30, 2011
(CNSNews.com) – A religious freedom advocacy group is challenging all 2012
presidential contenders to sign a pledge committing themselves to promote
religious freedom at home and to make it a foreign policy priority.
As of late Tuesday, Republican former Sen. Rick Santorum had signed the Open
Doors USA pledge and the other candidates – including the Democratic
incumbent – were “considering” doing so, the organization said.
Signatories to the “pledge f... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 Senate Liberals Narrowly Lose Bid to Reverse SCOTUS Religious Freedom
Victory
via Breitbart Feed
Senate liberals--a mix of almost all Democrats and a few Republicans--missed
by a hair last week in a bid to overturn the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby
decision, which ruled unconstitutional the Obama administration’s heavy-
handed requirement that business owners provide abortion services for
employees, even in violation of their constitutionally protected religious
beliefs.
As reported by Politico:
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 August 22, 2014 - 7:05 PM
By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to quell a politically charged controversy, the
Obama administration announced new measures Friday to allow religious
nonprofits and some companies to opt out of paying for birth control for
female employees while still ensuring those employees have access to
contraception.
Even so, the accommodations may not fully satisfy religious groups who
oppose any system that makes them complicit in providing coverage t... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 4 By M. Alex Johnson and Winston Wilde, NBC News
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted a last-ditch plea from
Catholic groups Tuesday night to block a birth control mandate in the new
health care law for religious organizations, just hours before it was to
have gone into effect.
Sotomayor issued the stay at the request of an order of Catholic nuns in
Colorado, the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. They are part of
a larger effort by Catholic-affiliated groups from around the na... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38403 | 5 http://www.scribd.com/doc/17136871/American-Religious-Identific
Highlights
The ARIS 2008 survey was carried out during February-November 2008 and
collected answers from 54,461 respondents who were questioned in English or
Spanish.
The American population self-identifies as predominantly Christian but
Americans are slowly becoming less Christian.
86% of American adults identified as
Christians in 1990 and 76% in 2008.
The historic Mainline churches and
denominations have experienced the steepest ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 6 Published on CNS News http://www.cnsnews.com
Liberals’ Double Standard on Bathrooms, Boycotts, and Religious Freedom
If it wasn’t for double-standards, some liberals would have none at all.
That seems to be the lesson from the past few weeks, where liberals have
displayed three distinct forms of hypocrisy.
Liberal governors and mayors signed travel bans to North Carolina and
Mississippi, CEOs of major corporations pledged boycotts and relocations,
and Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams have can... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 7 The World Shugden Convention, sponsored by a Tibetan Buddhism organization
known as North American Gelug Association, was held in Bangkok on April 2nd
and 3rd, and was attended by over 20 Shugden disciples from the United
States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and from Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan of
Mainland China.
Dorje Shugden is one of the most important Buddha protectors worshiped by
the Gelugpa over the past few centuries, and owns a huge pool of followers.
Shugden is believed to have the power ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 8 Catholic Conference: Marriage Equality Bill Against Religious Liberty
By Julie Bolcer
TimothyDolanx390 (Arch NY) | Advocate.com
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan
The New York State Catholic Conference, which is lobbying to stop the state
Senate from voting on the marriage equality bill, argues that support for
the bill as currently worded would constitute “a vote against religious
liberty and against the very ministries and services that New Yorkers cannot
do without.”
In a note posted to Facebo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 N.Y. Senate Leader Sees Progress on Religious Exemptions
By Julie Bolcer
DEAN SKELOS X390 (.GOV) | ADVOCATE.COM
New York state senate majority leader Dean Skelos said Wednesday that his
conference and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have moved closer to agreement on
exemptions for religious organizations, an issue standing in the way of a
vote on the marriage equality bill.
Skelos emerged in the afternoon from a meeting with Cuomo and Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver in Albany, where the three leaders discusse... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 10 Exclusive Poll: 74% of Adults Believe Religious Freedom Trumps ObamaCare
by Mike Flynn
Barack Obama's pavlovian adherence to a progressive worldview has sparked an
unexpected challenge to his reelection hopes: his administration's "war" on
the Catholic Church. Earlier this year, the Obama Administration,
implementing ObamaCare, finalized regulations that would require all
employers, including religious institutions, to provide free access to
contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and steriliza... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 11 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Yet another first for the Obama administration:
The U.S. State Department removed the sections covering religious
freedom from the Country Reports on Human Rights that it released on May 24,
three months past the statutory deadline Congress set for the release of
these reports.
The new human rights reports--purged of the sections that discuss the
status of religious freedom in each of the countries covered--are also the
human rights reports that include th... 阅读全帖 |
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G*M
发帖数: 6042 | 12 【 以下文字转载自 Belief 讨论区 】
发信人: theisland (the island), 信区: Belief
标 题: Scientist alleges religious discrimination in Ky. (ZT)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Dec 17 13:38:07 2010, 美东)
Scientist alleges religious discrimination in Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An astronomer argues that his Christian faith and his
peers' belief that he is an evolution skeptic kept him from getting a
prestigious job as the director of a new student observatory at the
University of Kentucky.
Martin Gaskell quickly rose to the top of a li... 阅读全帖 |
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G*M
发帖数: 6042 | 13 Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, study finds
Rob Waugh August 12, 2013 Yahoo! News
Religious people are less intelligent than non-believers, according to a new
review of 63 scientific studies stretching back over decades.
A team led by Miron Zuckerman of the University of Rochester found “a
reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity” in 53 out
of 63 studies. Even in extreme old age, intelligent people are less likely
to believe, the researchers found - an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 14 ...very little has been written about what actually happens at so called
reparative therapy. Chaim Levin enrolled on a Jewish scheme to try to turn
himself straight. This is his story.
I grew up in a traditional Jewish family in Crown Heights. I love my mother,
my father and my family. I had always felt different and was the subject of
relentless bullying by other boys for “seeming” gay. When I was 17 I
confided to a friend that I was attracted to men and not sexually attracted
to women at all. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2570 | 15 Scientist alleges religious discrimination in Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An astronomer argues that his Christian faith and his
peers' belief that he is an evolution skeptic kept him from getting a
prestigious job as the director of a new student observatory at the
University of Kentucky.
Martin Gaskell quickly rose to the top of a list of applicants being
considered by the university's search committee. One member said he was "
breathtakingly above the other applicants."
Others openly worried his Chr... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 16 Religious fanaticism is fanaticism related to a person's, or a group's,
devotion to a religion. However, religious
fanaticism is a subjective evaluation defined by the culture context that is
performing the evaluation. What constitutes
fanaticism in another's behavior or belief is determined by the core
assumptions of the one doing the evaluation. As
such, there is currently no constant academic standard for what defines a
fanatical religious position. As with any
fanaticism (e.g. atheistic fana... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 17 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CATHOLIC
ADOPTION SERVICES
Local Catholic Charities agencies around the country have
long provided adoption and foster care services to the
neediest children. Catholic Charities agencies often take on
the most difficult placements, including older, abused
children and children with disabilities and special needs.
When placing children with couples, Catholic Charities
makes sure those children enjoy the advantage of having a
mom and a dad who are married.
In 2006, Catholic ... 阅读全帖 |
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E*****m
发帖数: 25615 | 18 http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Religious+Canadians+bend+m
Religious Canadians bend morals for the almighty buck: study
BY MISTY HARRIS, POSTMEDIA NEWS OCTOBER 23, 2013
Religious Canadians bend morals for the almighty buck: study
A new Canadian study has found that the more importance people place on
religion, the more likely they are to lie for financial gain.
Photograph by: Fotolia/File , Postmedia News
Do unto others — so long as you recognize them from church.
Incongruous as it sounds, ... 阅读全帖 |
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l**t
发帖数: 6971 | 19 这个和他是不是狂热基督徒，你自己信不信教，都根本没关系。关键是你想不想民主党
上台。如果你不想，那咱们当然没什么好说的。如果想，就应该承认现在美国有很多
religious voters，而他们大多投共和党，使民主党选举非常被动这个现实。民主党只
有设法吸引很大一部分religious voter才能争取主动。
04年Bush已经非常unpopular了，还是赢了，甚至比00年赢的都多。我认为旧金山市长
在选前搞的那个给同性恋发marriage certificate的闹剧起了很大的反作用，激起了
religious voter支持共和党的决心。
今年这个形势，经济衰退通货膨胀美元贬值油价高涨股市崩溃房价下跌伊拉克战争没完
没了地烧钱，按说民主党躺着选都能赢啊！不要说Hillary Clinton，就算Chelsea
Clinton来选都该赢。但是你觉得现在是这个势头吗？这就好比阿扁倒行逆施八年，民
进党靠着台独铁票，还是让国民党没有必胜的把握。
那是不是由Hillary来搞这个religious left coalition更合适，白人更能接受呢？有
可能啊。我也发现好多白人就是不选 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 Army Training Manual Lists Catholics, Evangelicals and Jews as ‘Religious
Extremists’
by Jammie
Naturally, the odious hate group the Southern Poverty Law Center has a hand
in this.
A slideshow presentation shown to US Army Reserve recruits classifies
Christians, including both evangelicals and Roman Catholics, as religious
extremists, placing them in the same category as skinheads, the Ku Klux Klan
, Hamas and Al Qaeda.
The presentation also warned that members of the military are prohib... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 372 | 21 There are so many religious systems in this world. However, nobody could make
an objective comparison of all the religious theories since each person always
has his/her own stand, which is subjective. Poll data on religious behavior
and practice is notoriously unreliable. Individuals often describe their own
behavior inaccurately.
But, if you neglect the most important source of most people's understanding
of right and wrong: their religious tradition, you won’t get a clear picture
of some histo |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 Posted on Advocate.com August 29, 2011 03:35:00 PM ET
Religious Right, Oppressed Minority
By Trudy Ring
TONY PERKINS SPEAKING X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Those straight white male right-wing Christians keep playing the victim card
. Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, has joined Brian Brown
of the National Organization for Marriage and Republican presidential
hopeful Rick Santorum in casting the religious right as an oppressed
minority.
Speaking last week with conservative radio h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9433 | 23 Religious fanaticism is fanaticism related to a person's, or a group's,
devotion to a religion. However, religious fanaticism is a subjective
evaluation defined by the culture context that is performing the
evaluation. What constitutes fanaticism in another's behavior or belief
is determined by the core assumptions of the one doing the evaluation.
As such, there is currently no constant academic standard for what
defines a fanatical religious position.
In his book, Holy War, Just War, Lloyd Stef |
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发帖数: 5754 | 24
Gay Rights, Religious Liberties: A Three-Act Story
"As gay couples in California head to the courthouse starting Monday to get
legally married, there are signs of a coming storm. Two titanic legal
principles are crashing on the steps of the church, synagogue and mosque:
equal treatment for same-sex couples on the one hand, and the freedom to
exercise religious beliefs on the other.
The collision that will play out over the next few years will be filled with
pathos on both sides.
....
Now paroch... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9485 | 25 In 1843, Joseph Smith said with regard to religious liberty, “I am bold to
declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights
of a Presbytarian [sic], a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination
; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the Latter-
day Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of any
other denomination.”
More recently, Latter-day Saint Apostles have frequently emphasized the
importance of religious libe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 759 | 26 The world's peoples could never hope to achieve intellectual uniformity on
religious matters. Varying religious ideology is inevitable, and advancing
Democracy must
always make allowance for such variances. However, when one man's religious
ideology constitutes a threat to another man's well-being, even to his life,
then moral
discernment demands an intervention. If vanguards of righteousness of the
human order stand ready to step in to ultimately encourage spirit unity in the
face of such
gr |
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发帖数: 2153 | 27 Survey’s surprising finding: tea party less popular than atheists and
Muslims
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In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Robert D. Putnam, a professor of
public policy at Harvard, and David E. Campbell, a political scientist at
Notre Dame, say they have collected data indicating that the tea party is "
less popular than much maligned groups like 'atheists' and 'Muslims.'"
But Campbell says the tea party was really an afterthought in their research
."We didn't go into this study to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 315 | 28 Obama 狡辩religious adviser 和 political adviser 的区别.但问题是
- 他的牧师赋予的灵感下写的audacity of hype 是religious散文吗?
- 他的牧师的演讲传播的是福音吗? |
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发帖数: 33825 | 29 http://events.cuny.edu/eventDetail.asp?EventId=24527
======================
This presentation will explore Chinese immigrant religious institutions’
response to HIV/AIDS and the potential for government and other nonprofit
organizations to partner with them on HIV prevention, support and stigma-
reduction activities. Religious institutions’ HIV/AIDS engagement also acts
as a lens for viewing community institutions’ roles in preserving culture
and managing cultural change in response to new reali |
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发帖数: 141625 | 30 【 以下文字转载自 Poetry 讨论区 】
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: Poetry
标 题: Khajuraho, India: Religious Eroticism
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 3 01:23:02 2013, 美东)
看silverblade写Khajuraho的诗和照片，想起以前贴过的Khajuraho图片和其他相关的
书歌影的零碎感想：
上次说好要贴印度古寺庙Khajuraho的雕塑照片。后来连带又想起来Bernini的富有争议
的St Theresa雕塑，想起来小说《Da Vinci Code》和电影《Eyes Wide Shut》里面的
密教组织涉及eroticism的宗教仪式的镜头，还想起来enigma演唱组最早那盒专辑里的
主打歌曲，也涉及religious eroticism。
先贴Khajuraho——印度中部一寺庙，建于9-12世纪之间，其雕塑以eroticism著称。
画册为《Khajuraho》：Photographs by Raghu Rai, text by Louis Frédéric,
1992, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3656 | 31 There is a federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed and signed in
the 90s. sponsored by Chuck Schumer, signed by Bill Clinton. as far as I
know, that law is not repealed.
If a business refuses to server a gay customer. said customer has the right
to file discrimination suite in court against the business. it is the burden
on the business to prove to the court that its religious freedom would be
burdened by serving said customer. It the business failed to convince the
court, it faces pena... 阅读全帖 |
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wh
发帖数: 141625 | 32 【 以下文字转载自 Poetry 讨论区 】
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: Poetry
标 题: Khajuraho, India: Religious Eroticism
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 3 01:23:02 2013, 美东)
看silverblade写Khajuraho的诗和照片，想起以前贴过的Khajuraho图片和其他相关的
书歌影的零碎感想：
上次说好要贴印度古寺庙Khajuraho的雕塑照片。后来连带又想起来Bernini的富有争议
的St Theresa雕塑，想起来小说《Da Vinci Code》和电影《Eyes Wide Shut》里面的
密教组织涉及eroticism的宗教仪式的镜头，还想起来enigma演唱组最早那盒专辑里的
主打歌曲，也涉及religious eroticism。
先贴Khajuraho——印度中部一寺庙，建于9-12世纪之间，其雕塑以eroticism著称。
画册为《Khajuraho》：Photographs by Raghu Rai, text by Louis Frédéric,
1992, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 171 | 33 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Religious_views
Religious views
Although he was raised Jewish, he was not a believer in Judaism. He simp
ly admired the beauty of nature and the universe. From a letter written
in English, dated March 24, 1954, Einstein wrote, "It was, of course, a
lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being s
ystematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have ne
ver denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something |
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wh
发帖数: 141625 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 Poetry 讨论区 】
发信人: wh (wh), 信区: Poetry
标 题: Khajuraho, India: Religious Eroticism
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 3 01:23:02 2013, 美东)
看silverblade写Khajuraho的诗和照片，想起以前贴过的Khajuraho图片和其他相关的
书歌影的零碎感想：
上次说好要贴印度古寺庙Khajuraho的雕塑照片。后来连带又想起来Bernini的富有争议
的St Theresa雕塑，想起来小说《Da Vinci Code》和电影《Eyes Wide Shut》里面的
密教组织涉及eroticism的宗教仪式的镜头，还想起来enigma演唱组最早那盒专辑里的
主打歌曲，也涉及religious eroticism。
先贴Khajuraho——印度中部一寺庙，建于9-12世纪之间，其雕塑以eroticism著称。
画册为《Khajuraho》：Photographs by Raghu Rai, text by Louis Frédéric,
1992, ... 阅读全帖 |
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m****a
发帖数: 9485 | 35 For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons),
Robinson’s premonition that “the Lord had more truth and light yet to
break forth” proved prophetic. Latter-day Saints believe that the pilgrims,
among many others, helped create the environment of religious freedom in
the United States that paved the way for a restoration of Christ’s ancient
church.
Speaking to the body of the Church in 2005, Elder Robert D. Hales of the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles recounted that as “re... 阅读全帖 |
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m****a
发帖数: 9485 | 36 In the 18th century, the founders of the United States established religious
freedom for all citizens through the Bill of Rights. This newly secured
liberty allowed for the lawful establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints.
In 2009, Elder Dallin H. Oaks stated, “‘For the rights and protection of
all flesh’ the United States Constitution includes in its First Amendment
the guarantees of free exercise of religion and free speech and press.”
“Without these great fundamentals o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 40861 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Joke 讨论区 】
发信人: rinse (东城 西就), 信区: Joke
标 题: 学术版，indiana的religious freedom law是啥意思
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 31 17:05:24 2015, 美东)
任何人都可以拒绝向LGBTQ服务？
。。。。 |
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发帖数: 303 | 39 那不正好？你们两轮着来
发信人: buzhuce (buzhuce), 信区: talk
标 题: Re: 关于Obama搞religious left coalition
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Mar 16 19:17:13 2008)
你一下变得这样乐观了，sigh |
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发帖数: 1504 | 40 when talking about freedom of choice
他昨天的讲话如下
Well, I think it is wrong to assume that if you legalize liberty and freedom
, that someone might do something wrong, you don't want to legalize it...
think about it in a religious sense...in this country you are even allowed
to be an atheist, well, someone may say there is the danger of being an
atheist, and we don't legalize the freedom of choice...blah blah blah
这个其实很代表基督徒内心的傲慢和偏见
there is the *danger* of being an atheist (他一般是用海洛因做例子的，现在改
成无神论了)
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 July 28, 2012 | Posted by Warner Todd Huston
This video is a perfect example of the essential lawlessness of the Obama
administration.
There are some things that are essentially a basic truth. Murder is always
wrong. Rights must be safeguarded. And violations of rights must be
prosecuted. Also, the U.S. Department of Justice should always, always be
zealous in the scheme of protecting those rights.
But not to Obama. No, to Obama the DOJ is only a political office, one that
operates on no essen... 阅读全帖 |
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e***s
发帖数: 1397 | 42 A well-educated republican with intellectual intelligence can appreciate a
person's view on economics yet respectfully disagree on his or her religious
philosophy. This is exactly the spirit of tolerance.
Ryan's words and your pathetic dirty words, just proved my point, and your
vulgarity, succinctly.
philosophy
person
believed
Ayn |
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G**Y
发帖数: 33224 | 43 Lawmakers on Friday also introduced a separate measure that would allow
students to use religious grounds to have separate but equal bathrooms to
segregate them from transgender students. |
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发帖数: 3157 | 44 在Paul Ryan的twitter上置顶，这算是彻底翻脸了
A religious test for entering our country is not reflective of America's
fundamental values. I reject it.
https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan |
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t*c
发帖数: 8291 | 45 穆斯林要杀人的时候，也不会对他做religious test的。倒也算公平。
他不做测试就把人放进来，人家放自杀炸弹炸死他也不给他测试。 |
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S**C
发帖数: 2964 | 46 Originally published on 05-20-2004 by Petrocelli, and it was a great read,
cannot help laughing. Love it.
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Last week, WL attended Diehards IV to attempt to investigate rumors that it
was a religious cult. These rumors had been circulating in the Diehard Forum
for several years, and were perpetuated by those who opposed indexing.
When I arrived at the reunion, I first spoke with Diehard Mel Lindauer. (
Notably, Mel also had interv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 112 | 47 太倒霉了，第一次rfe是体检过期，重新体检后，现在收到第二次rfe要求提供出生证明
和结婚证明的secondary evidence. 请问该准备什么材料？出生证明可以用户口本来证
明吗？结婚证明可以用小孩的出生纸来证明吗？
===== 具体要求贴在下面的回复里了，请问有人碰到过这中情况吗？出生时没有
religious document啊。另外宣誓书是让父母写然后找人公证就可以了吗？ |
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发帖数: 112 | 48 rfe里说出生证明的问题是late registration
要求提供以下证明:
- Religious documents
- Affidavits
- His or her full name and address
- His or her date and place of birth
- His or her relationship to you
- Full information concerning the event，and
- Complete details concerning how he or she acqired knowledge of the event |
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发帖数: 131 | 49 to beat those stupid and stubborn religious people!!! |
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发帖数: 14369 | 50 Event in USC:
April 18 Friday, 2014 4:00 pm-5.30pm
Topic: Tibetan Yoga
Speech by: Grudrag Tulku Rinpoche
Tibetan Yoga of Breath: Guide By Rinpoche
Fishbowl Room. Univ
Religious center, USC
Free admission
NEED RSVP to Leo Zhao
Email: z******[email protected] Tel: 213-880-6937
Facebook: USC Tibetan Buddhism Association
非常感谢版上一位童鞋帮我们设计的海报
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