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While the state may have chosen to expand its definition of marriage to accommodate for some of the above legal benefits normally given to a husband and wife, it is not necessary for the Church to change its definition or understanding of the sacrament of Holy Matrimony to match the State’s definition. It is time for the Church to stop functioning as an agent of the State in issuing marriage licenses.

“The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.” Malcolm Muggeridge

Forty-nine years ago today: "Houston. Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed." Neil Armstrong. Photos of the Lunar Module, LM, pronounced LEM. The Command Module had to retract the LM from Apollo's third stage on the way to the moon. The LM consisted of a descent and ascent stage. No need for a aerodynamic design as the moon has no atmosphere. Hard to believe 12 men walked on the moon and all came home safely.

Grant.s Overland Campaign

Revisiting 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' by the Band. Any opinions? I think James Gleason nailed it in his Rolling Stone Review: Nothing I have read … has brought home the overwhelming human sense of history that this song does. The only thing I can relate it to at all is The Red Badge of Courage. It's a remarkable song, the rhythmic structure, the voice of Levon and the bass line with the drum accents and then the heavy close harmony of Levon, Richard and Rick in the theme, make it seem impossible that this isn't some traditional...

Preponderance of left-wing drivel on AT&T Yahoo home page, specifically leading with loony Huffington Post stories.

http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/detail/essence-1957/ A very good list of the essentials of conservatism. Russell Kirk - “Conservatism is something more than mere solicitude for tidy incomes.”

Anyone notice leftwing bias of AT&T Yahoo Website?

I attended my first MotoGP race over the weekend at The Circuit of the Americas in Austin. I've been following MotoGP for years and I've seen many races on the Speed Channel. Believe me, nothing can prepare you for this experience. Until you see and hear those motorcycles in person you haven't an inkling of the power and acceleration. It was a Repsol Honda day. The rookie Marc Marquez won, followed by fellow Spaniards Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha). This was on my bucket list and I was tremendously impressed. The traffic was horrendous but I knew that going...

Will Obama give Chief Justice Roberts a kiss on Monday after being sworn in? It was Roberts who saved Obamacare, and for the silliest of reasons - Roberts didn't want to appear vindictive. Remember that Obama and Biden both voted against Roberts's confirmation in the Senate. Roberts is a coward, plain and simple.

Canadian Free Press published this list of names and salaries of Michelle Obama's retinue: The benefit package for these servants of the first lady are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted assistants is paid by US taxpayers. 1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff) 2.. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady) 3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary) 4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special...

Babe Ruth's Birthday