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		<title>Lest we forget&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic violence: &#8216;keep it quiet&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3669/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anti-LGBT]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Eugene Ornelas]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Julian Mullis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The mayor of Mulberry, Fla., was attacked by his partner in the early morning hours of Friday, June 19. 
According to news station WTSP Channel 10, 29-year-old Eugene Ornelas came home at 5 a.m. in the morning with someone he met at a local bar. Ornelas is Mayor Julian Mullis&#8217; partner. The couple has two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A recommendation: Senate&#8217;s apology for slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate will debated a resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 26, apologizing for slavery and &#8220;Jim Crow&#8221; today
The resolution reads that the Senate&#8230;
Acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws;
Apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Right to Life holds convention in Charlotte</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3657/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Right to Life Committee, the nation&#8217;s largest anti-choice organization, will hold its annual convention in Charlotte June 18-20 (Charlotte Observer story here).
The group&#8217;s annual convention, being held at the Blake Hotel in Uptown Charlotte, will feature dozens of speakers, including anti-choice and anti-gay activists and leaders.

U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) will speak at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Alternatives to the March on Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3643/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cleve Jones]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[grassroots activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[March on Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has become one of my biggest pet peeves (and, I do have many) since beginning work at a &#8220;real world&#8221; day job. When people offer complaint, they should also offer a suggestion for improvement or a solution. Criticism is fine by me, but it should be constructive.
Veteran activist Cleve Jones has called for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retiring &#8220;Matt Hill Comer&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3639/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call today from a friend in Washington, D.C. He asked me, &#8220;Are you going by Matt Hill Comer or Matt Comer, because you&#8217;re using both.&#8221;
And, he would be right.
When I changed my last name in college (long story, read it here), I went by “Matt Hill Comer” as many of my friends, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Harry Jackson favors banning divorce, requiring forced marriages</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3635/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a column for the conservative Townhall.com, anti-gay pastor Biship Harry Jackson, Jr., laments over the psychological and biological harms of children living outside of families headed up by one dad and one mom.
Among his facts:
Consider these statistics. Over half of Americans studied in a survey in 2001 by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A step in the right direction for Winston-Salem students</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3632/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[High School]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jeannie Metcalf]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good news from my childhood hometown and school system: The North Carolina Senate passed a &#8220;local bill&#8221; on Monday, changing current Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education elections from partisan to non-partisan. Already passed by the House and not in need of the governor&#8217;s approval, the bill is now law. The Winston-Salem Journal has the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Defender of Discrimination?</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3629/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the campaign and through his first few months in office, we&#8217;ve heard Obama and his assistants say that the president is still committed to repealing &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell.&#8221;
Except, Obama&#8217;s administration isn&#8217;t fighting to repeal the ban. Instead, they&#8217;re fighting to defend it. The Associated Press reports (emphasis added):
The Supreme Court on Monday turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeMint: Twisting history on economic progress</title>
		<link>http://www.interstateq.com/archives/3627/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina&#8217;s Greenville News has a report on U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and his vision for the Republican Party.
Raju Chebium reports:
Since Democrats took control of Congress and the White House in January, the South Carolina Republican has sharpened his message of economic fundamentalism and is trying to get more Republicans to oppose what he [...]]]></description>
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