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“In case you missed it, Chicago public schools are set to begin teaching sex-ed to Kindergartners,” Family Research Council head Tony Perkins tweeted earlier this week . Adding his voice to a growing chorus of right-wing fearmongering , Perkins is referring to the fact that the city’s Department of Education approved a new policy requiring public schools to teach age-appropriate, LGBT-inclusive sexual health instruction at each grade level. The youngest students — the primary subjects of the recent concern trolling — will learn about anatomy, reproduction, healthy relationships, and personal safety.

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Archbishop John Myers In the latest example of the Catholic Church hierarchy digging in their heels against marriage equality, a Newark Archbishop recently sent a pastoral letter to implore over 1 million Catholics in his New Jersey parish to stop supporting same-sex marriage.

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by Matthew Rothschild, September 7, 2012 It was reassuring to hear him pronounce the three letters, “FDR,” again, which I thought had been deleted from the President’s alphabet. read more

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By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, September 8, 2012 Sept.

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By Ed Morales, September 4, 2012 We don’t have a welfare problem in America. We have a poverty problem in America. And Republican race-baiting does not get us any closer to solving it

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By Rebecca Kemble, September 4, 2012 They challenge the new capitol police chief, who is initiating a crackdown. read more

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By Ruth Conniff, September 4, 2012 How does Obama recapture the excitement of 2008, and motivate people to get to the polls so he can pull off what most think will be a narrow victory in November? read more

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By Amitabh Pal, September 3, 2012 Pakistani-American rock legend Salman Ahmad is busy on all fronts. read more

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By Amitabh Pal, August 31, 2012 Crass mercenary incentives should not cause the United States to destabilize the planet. read more

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