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• • 05 Apr 09
  • 4:34 pm

  You're correct, Arnold. No state or government created marriage. However ,those states and governments created benefits that heterosexual people in a committed ceremony receive, and for those same sex partners in a committed relationship/ceremony, they cannot receive those benefits--income tax returns, hospital visitation rights. Call it whatever you want to to preserve YOUR definition of marriage, but then give the exact same benefits administered by the government to those who are also in a loving, committed partnership. That's what equality under the law means. And as for the 65% of Iowans opposed to same sex marriage, we know that if they …

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• • 05 Apr 09
  • 4:42 pm

  Wow, great. Let's boycott the only democracy in the region. If Israel is SOOOO bad, how come all the Muslim and Christian citizens aren't boycotting Jewish owned shops and restaurants? If Israel is SOooo bad ,then why are Arab Muslims running for Parliament? Israel is a free country and gives the most amount of Aid to the Palestinians following the US and Jordan. They're not under any legal or moral obligation to do so because theirs was a small country partitioned by the UN in 1947. Back then, Israel had less territory then it did after the Muslim Arab states attacked …

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• • 05 Apr 09
  • 6:08 pm

  Sure, I know nothing. Like the UN Resolution 181that actually partitioned Israel into two states. Ha ha, remember that? A two state solution in 1974? Remember that the Babylonians exiled the Jews, or that the Romans finished off the Kingdom of Israel in 70AD? Israel, when founded, was attacked by the surrounding arab states. They're the ones that violated an international agreement instituting the State of Israel. When Egypt closed the straits of Tehran and kicked out the UN peace keeping force in 67, it wasn't breaking any international law or demonstrating a lack of civilized behavior under your paradigm of …

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• • 05 Apr 09
  • 6:09 pm

  Partition in 1947. Typo

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• • 07 Apr 09
  • 11:23 pm

  Coordinated boycotts are part of an overall Arab/Muslim strategy of non-recognition of Israel's existence. of course, if one chooses to boycott israel, make sure not to use your Pentium intel chip in your PC, since Intel Israel developed it. And don't use your motorola phone. In fact, stay away from non-invasive breast cancer detection techniques developed at the Weizman Insttitute in Rehovot, and make sure that certain types of drip irrigation prevelant in North American and Europe are not used to grow the food you eat. when you look at the population and history of cities in Israel such as Jerusalem, …

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