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October 25 2012 By virtueonline Prediction: Same-Sex Bills To Be Defeated - Mike McManus

Same-sex marriage is legal in New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington D.C. However all are the result of court cases or votes by Legislatures.

In the 32 states where it has appeared on the ballot, ALL HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.

Furthermore, the polls are narrowing. In Washington a September Elway Poll reported 51% in favor of same-sex marriage vs. 37% opposed. The most recent Elway Poll: 49% to 45%.

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October 24 2012 By virtueonline Tufts University Bans Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship

"TCF is the Tufts chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, an evangelical Christian mission on college campuses across the country, and also has ties to the university Chaplaincy," the Tufts Daily reports.

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October 23 2012 By virtueonline Church of England Evangelical Council says "Do not abstain"

CEEC Chairman: The Venerable Michael Lawson Executive Officer: The Revd Canon Michael Walters Communications Officer: The Revd Peter Breckwoldt

The chairman Michael Lawson has commented:

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October 19 2012 By virtueonline Ex-gay families ask government take down links to websites demeaning ex-gays

PFOX is also asking President Obama, who appointed those responsible for this website, to intervene.

According to PFOX director Regina Briggs, the CDC website does not present "complete factual information to youth and parents" and "sends the wrong message that unpopular sexual minorities like former homosexuals are not entitled to safety or respect."

"The CDC is engaging in sexual orientation bias against disfavored groups," writes Griggs.

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October 17 2012 By virtueonline The Episcopal Church, faith, defying the defiers on "Pulpit Freedom Sunday"

However, Rev. Ed Bacon, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, did the opposite and even went as far as telling the story of the IRS attending church, in the second video, and accusing the church of practicing politics during an election season. The IRS, after demanding the church admit to it, with the church refusing to do so, dropped the inquiry after two years.

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October 16 2012 By virtueonline 10 reasons why the government is wrong to redefine marriage

Myth 2 Marriage has always evolved

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October 16 2012 By virtueonline Two Rival Religions? Christianity and Post-Christianity

"The chief modern rival of Christianity is 'liberalism,'" Machen asserted. "Modern liberalism, then, has lost sight of the two great presuppositions of the Christian message - the living God and the fact of sin," he argued. "The liberal doctrine of God and the liberal doctrine of man are both diametrically opposite to the Christian view. But the divergence concerns not only the presuppositions of the message, but also the message itself."

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October 15 2012 By virtueonline GRANBY, Quebec: Pro-abortion protesters storm church...'If Mary had an abortion'

The pro-abortion protesters stormed the stairwell leading to the conference hall, but were stopped short by the conference doors that had just been barricaded.

"One of our people physically blocked the doors to prevent the protesters from entering," said Buscemi.

The pro-abortion groups provided free transportation to what they told participants would be an "action pacifique théâtrale" (peaceful action drama).

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October 12 2012 By virtueonline Pastors Become Political in Pulpit

Some 1,586 pastors preached a similar sermon last Sunday, outlining their Biblical reasoning for voting for either Obama or Romney.

This is the fifth year that a growing number of pastors preached a political sermon.

What's more, they taped their sermons and sent them to the IRS.

On the Steven Colbert Show, Colbert asked Garlow "You have been trying to poke the hornet's nest of the IRS. But they've never responded. Why?"

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October 11 2012 By virtueonline UK: A challenge to all evangelicals - Peter Ould

Vaughan's challenge to the evangelical and traditional Anglo-Catholic arms of the Church is actually very simple. We need to become a Christian community that is far more accessible for those who struggle in this particular area. The pastoral significance of what Vaughan has done is to indicate to those in the pews that their leadership shares the same issues they do.

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