http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111601298.html?hpid=topnews
By Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 16, 2009; 10:26 AM
"The Supreme Court on...
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"Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said a law extending legal privileges to gay and lesbian couples is unconstitutional.He said it ignores a voter-approved constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage and any...
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Because many of you are not from the South, I thought I would translate a few of the words, that Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama recently used in describing Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
I believe I am fully capable of making this translation as I am...
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