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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3411754</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 21:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re misrepresenting science again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re misrepresenting science again.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3411463</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 01:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You do realize that it being against your religion means that YOU can&#039;t do it, not that other people can&#039;t, right?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You do realize that it being against your religion means that YOU can&#8217;t do it, not that other people can&#8217;t, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3411305</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[nothing in here is true or based on reality.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nothing in here is true or based on reality.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3411304</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 15:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s fine with me. 

Let Him show His displeasure. You stay out of it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s fine with me. </p>
<p>Let Him show His displeasure. You stay out of it.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3411300</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 15:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The LAW says that marriage equality is the right thing to do.

If you want to change it back, you have to now give a reason to do so.

Do you have one?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The LAW says that marriage equality is the right thing to do.</p>
<p>If you want to change it back, you have to now give a reason to do so.</p>
<p>Do you have one?</p>
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		<title>By: YaBoy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3411099</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[YaBoy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 02:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God I feel sorry for all the kids of single mothers or single fathers, they&#039;ve only got a male role model or a female role model. Just like children of gay marriage. We should remove the children of single parents and transfer them to orphanages and foster care until the parent marries.

That would be a perfect solution, wouldn&#039;t it?


IF YOU AGREE WITH PRESERVE MARRIAGE THEN YOU ALSO AGREE WITH THIS.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God I feel sorry for all the kids of single mothers or single fathers, they&#8217;ve only got a male role model or a female role model. Just like children of gay marriage. We should remove the children of single parents and transfer them to orphanages and foster care until the parent marries.</p>
<p>That would be a perfect solution, wouldn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>IF YOU AGREE WITH PRESERVE MARRIAGE THEN YOU ALSO AGREE WITH THIS.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410947</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[sure we do! We don&#039;t need your book or your God to tell us right from wrong. Your logic is completely faulty and, frankly, offensive. Religious people don&#039;t have a monopoly on morals.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sure we do! We don&#8217;t need your book or your God to tell us right from wrong. Your logic is completely faulty and, frankly, offensive. Religious people don&#8217;t have a monopoly on morals.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410783</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 13:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[False. This is not true.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>False. This is not true.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410585</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 00:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PM, a charity no MORE!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PM, a charity no MORE!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410582</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[no reply to this. Wonder why.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>no reply to this. Wonder why.</p>
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		<title>By: bdaboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410522</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bdaboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 20:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Let me educate you on equality! It simple means all humans are treated equally! SSM should’ve never been allowed in Bermuda.&quot;

read the crap you spewed, you contradict yourself. You can&#039;t educate anyone on anything, you don&#039;t have a clue.
Go away, bigot.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Let me educate you on equality! It simple means all humans are treated equally! SSM should’ve never been allowed in Bermuda.&#8221;</p>
<p>read the crap you spewed, you contradict yourself. You can&#8217;t educate anyone on anything, you don&#8217;t have a clue.<br />
Go away, bigot.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410467</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 18:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And here we have it again. The anti-equality folks pop in, post a bunch of false nonsense and then run away.

I have to ask again:

If your position is so strong, why do you have to resort to dishonesty and cowardice to defend it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And here we have it again. The anti-equality folks pop in, post a bunch of false nonsense and then run away.</p>
<p>I have to ask again:</p>
<p>If your position is so strong, why do you have to resort to dishonesty and cowardice to defend it?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410464</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science understands that there IS a cause, they&#039;re just not sure what it is. 
To claim that science&#039;s position is that things just popped into existence is misleading and false.

And isn&#039;t &quot;we know it happened, we just don&#039;t know how, yet, but we&#039;re looking at all the data and evidence in our effort to figure it out...&quot; more reasonable than &quot;God did it. There&#039;s no evidence, no data to back this up. Just trust me. He did it.&quot;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Science understands that there IS a cause, they&#8217;re just not sure what it is.<br />
To claim that science&#8217;s position is that things just popped into existence is misleading and false.</p>
<p>And isn&#8217;t &#8220;we know it happened, we just don&#8217;t know how, yet, but we&#8217;re looking at all the data and evidence in our effort to figure it out&#8230;&#8221; more reasonable than &#8220;God did it. There&#8217;s no evidence, no data to back this up. Just trust me. He did it.&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: Just the Tip</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3410337</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Just the Tip]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 12:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You ignored my point which is not suprising giving the type of poster you are.

You said &quot; . Actually this ruling was an unprecedented legal opinion that even the higher courts disagree with. No other jurisdiction in the world did this.&quot;

The Supreme Court in the USA is their highest Court, how many judges sit on the court is irrelevant. What you said was incorrect.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You ignored my point which is not suprising giving the type of poster you are.</p>
<p>You said &#8221; . Actually this ruling was an unprecedented legal opinion that even the higher courts disagree with. No other jurisdiction in the world did this.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Supreme Court in the USA is their highest Court, how many judges sit on the court is irrelevant. What you said was incorrect.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409810</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 14:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And? Some straight people are against marriage, too. Should we listen to them?

You&#039;re reaching again. 

(And it&#039;s just called &quot;marriage&quot; now. There&#039;s no need for the &quot;SS&quot; in front of it.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And? Some straight people are against marriage, too. Should we listen to them?</p>
<p>You&#8217;re reaching again. </p>
<p>(And it&#8217;s just called &#8220;marriage&#8221; now. There&#8217;s no need for the &#8220;SS&#8221; in front of it.)</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409807</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 14:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How are you educating ANYONE on equality when you start with something correct, &quot;All humans are treated equally&quot; and then go on to say that a certain group of them - for absolutely no reason - should NOT be treated equally with &quot;SSM should&#039;ve never been allowed in Bermuda&quot;?

These are contradictory statements. 
The only ignorance around here is yours.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How are you educating ANYONE on equality when you start with something correct, &#8220;All humans are treated equally&#8221; and then go on to say that a certain group of them &#8211; for absolutely no reason &#8211; should NOT be treated equally with &#8220;SSM should&#8217;ve never been allowed in Bermuda&#8221;?</p>
<p>These are contradictory statements.<br />
The only ignorance around here is yours.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409750</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 10:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[more like a dangerous cult who will they hate on next now they cant cherry pick the Gay thing out of the Bible?
suggestion.. a campaign against Lobster Eaters
but reality check..... best to give the money to the homeless it would be more GOdly]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>more like a dangerous cult who will they hate on next now they cant cherry pick the Gay thing out of the Bible?<br />
suggestion.. a campaign against Lobster Eaters<br />
but reality check&#8230;.. best to give the money to the homeless it would be more GOdly</p>
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		<title>By: aceboy</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409734</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[aceboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 09:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He knows]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He knows</p>
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		<title>By: Daylily</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409674</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daylily]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 04:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know some gay people are against SSM.  To afraid to tell other LGBT people because they don&#039;t want to be ostracized.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know some gay people are against SSM.  To afraid to tell other LGBT people because they don&#8217;t want to be ostracized.</p>
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		<title>By: Daylily</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409671</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daylily]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 04:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually the countries influenced by Christian principles have been the most open to SSM.  Countries primarily opposed like in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa do so for social and cultural reasons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually the countries influenced by Christian principles have been the most open to SSM.  Countries primarily opposed like in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa do so for social and cultural reasons.</p>
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		<title>By: Torch</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409668</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Torch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 04:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great point.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great point.</p>
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		<title>By: Torch</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409667</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Torch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 04:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government didn&#039;t put civil unions on the table.  The choice was SSM or SSCU, the legal forerunner to SSM.  This gives credence to the government being intent on having SSM.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Government didn&#8217;t put civil unions on the table.  The choice was SSM or SSCU, the legal forerunner to SSM.  This gives credence to the government being intent on having SSM.</p>
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		<title>By: Torch</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409666</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Torch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 04:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Supreme Court had a panel of judges not 1 judge.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US Supreme Court had a panel of judges not 1 judge.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409658</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 02:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re right- I should have put &#039;science and reason&#039; in quotation marks to indicate that his position only CLAIMS science and reason, when in fact it is neither scientific or reasonable. (Things that begin to exist don&#039;t just pop into existence without a cause)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re right- I should have put &#8216;science and reason&#8217; in quotation marks to indicate that his position only CLAIMS science and reason, when in fact it is neither scientific or reasonable. (Things that begin to exist don&#8217;t just pop into existence without a cause)</p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409657</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 02:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More succinctly, dawkins stated: &quot;...no design, no purpose, no evil, no good. Nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.&quot;

Of course atheists can appreciate the beauty in the world and universe. Why couldn&#039;t they? But With regards to right and wrong and issues of morality... i&#039;m not saying atheists can&#039;t be moral people. Some of the nicest, kindest people I know call themselves atheists. What I am saying is that from this worldview there is no objective reasoning to justify what one wants to call right or wrong. So ultimately there is no argument they can provide for what is right or wrong which isn&#039;t simply their own belief of right and wrong. How do we contend with all the differing views of what is right and wrong? Does majority rule on these issues?

If we are at our core the result of billions of years of evolving pondscum, then no person has any place saying what is right and wrong.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More succinctly, dawkins stated: &#8220;&#8230;no design, no purpose, no evil, no good. Nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.&#8221;</p>
<p>Of course atheists can appreciate the beauty in the world and universe. Why couldn&#8217;t they? But With regards to right and wrong and issues of morality&#8230; i&#8217;m not saying atheists can&#8217;t be moral people. Some of the nicest, kindest people I know call themselves atheists. What I am saying is that from this worldview there is no objective reasoning to justify what one wants to call right or wrong. So ultimately there is no argument they can provide for what is right or wrong which isn&#8217;t simply their own belief of right and wrong. How do we contend with all the differing views of what is right and wrong? Does majority rule on these issues?</p>
<p>If we are at our core the result of billions of years of evolving pondscum, then no person has any place saying what is right and wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: Janice</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409641</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2017 00:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation should commence on how the gay members of preserve marraige got to be straight the New England journal of medicine needs that report]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An investigation should commence on how the gay members of preserve marraige got to be straight the New England journal of medicine needs that report</p>
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		<title>By: FUI</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409601</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FUI]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 21:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PM  you lot need to look in the mirror real hard and get your skeletons OUT of the closet. By the way you also DO NOT SPEAK NOR THINK for ME]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PM  you lot need to look in the mirror real hard and get your skeletons OUT of the closet. By the way you also DO NOT SPEAK NOR THINK for ME</p>
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		<title>By: Honestly</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409597</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Honestly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 21:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me educate you on equality! It simple means all humans are treated equally!  SSM should&#039;ve never been allowed in Bermuda.  This OBA needs to stop and think about they are doing to our children&#039;s children. Cut the nonsense aka ignorance.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me educate you on equality! It simple means all humans are treated equally!  SSM should&#8217;ve never been allowed in Bermuda.  This OBA needs to stop and think about they are doing to our children&#8217;s children. Cut the nonsense aka ignorance.</p>
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		<title>By: Father Ted</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409572</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Father Ted]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 19:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think ON should also stone adulterers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think ON should also stone adulterers.</p>
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		<title>By: Onion</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409570</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Onion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 19:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US did.  South Africa.  Probably others.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The US did.  South Africa.  Probably others.</p>
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		<title>By: Young observer</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409569</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Young observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 19:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[pie in the sky? lol that is pretty funny. If we took the bible as it stands, we&#039;d be stuck in the past. Women with no rights, People of color with no voice, but hey w.e right.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>pie in the sky? lol that is pretty funny. If we took the bible as it stands, we&#8217;d be stuck in the past. Women with no rights, People of color with no voice, but hey w.e right.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409568</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 19:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good side is that now that the law has changed - and thank goodness that it has! - Preserve Marriage now needs to provide an argument to change it back. 
They haven&#039;t done this so far, which leads me to believe that they don&#039;t actually have one. 
I stand to be corrected, if anyone wants to offer one they&#039;d be willing to discuss and answer questions about.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The good side is that now that the law has changed &#8211; and thank goodness that it has! &#8211; Preserve Marriage now needs to provide an argument to change it back.<br />
They haven&#8217;t done this so far, which leads me to believe that they don&#8217;t actually have one.<br />
I stand to be corrected, if anyone wants to offer one they&#8217;d be willing to discuss and answer questions about.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409566</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 19:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, and an ad populum &quot;Well, everyone else is doing it!&quot; argument isn&#039;t a reason to go back to discrimination against Bermudians for absolutely no reason.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and an ad populum &#8220;Well, everyone else is doing it!&#8221; argument isn&#8217;t a reason to go back to discrimination against Bermudians for absolutely no reason.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409565</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 19:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course you do. 
You&#039;re just as bigoted as they are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course you do.<br />
You&#8217;re just as bigoted as they are.</p>
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		<title>By: Sara</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409553</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Preserve Marriage would be better served speaking out against adultery and children born out of wedlock as this is a big issue in Bermuda but we don&#039;t here anything from them on it. Care to explain why??]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps Preserve Marriage would be better served speaking out against adultery and children born out of wedlock as this is a big issue in Bermuda but we don&#8217;t here anything from them on it. Care to explain why??</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409523</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why not? Because the law is discriminatory.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why not? Because the law is discriminatory.</p>
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		<title>By: ImJustSayin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409521</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ImJustSayin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Research has shown that marriage provides substantial psychological and physical health benefits due to the moral, economic and social support extended to married couples. Conversely, recent empirical evidence has illustrated the harmful psychological effect of policies restricting marriage rights for same-sex couples. Additionally, children raised by same-sex couples have been shown to be on par with the children of opposite-sex couples in their psychological adjustment, cognitive abilities and social functioning.&quot;

Aug. 11, 2010	- American Psychological Association]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Research has shown that marriage provides substantial psychological and physical health benefits due to the moral, economic and social support extended to married couples. Conversely, recent empirical evidence has illustrated the harmful psychological effect of policies restricting marriage rights for same-sex couples. Additionally, children raised by same-sex couples have been shown to be on par with the children of opposite-sex couples in their psychological adjustment, cognitive abilities and social functioning.&#8221;</p>
<p>Aug. 11, 2010	- American Psychological Association</p>
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		<title>By: ImJustSayin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409518</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ImJustSayin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other illogical pro Prop.8 argument is that same-gender marriage threatens traditional, biblically based marriage. This may be the greatest red herring that is readily assumed as normative.

There is no such thing as traditional, biblically based marriage - at least in the Western hemisphere. I know of no heterosexual couple living that has a marriage that is remotely similar to what is found within the Bible. Biblical marriage viewed women as property; based almost exclusively on procreation.

Thus, those who wish to oppose same-gender marriage on a biblical basis must do so by advocating for their private view of morality as the best way for society, using a stagnant definition of marriage that never existed in a world that is constantly evolving…]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The other illogical pro Prop.8 argument is that same-gender marriage threatens traditional, biblically based marriage. This may be the greatest red herring that is readily assumed as normative.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as traditional, biblically based marriage &#8211; at least in the Western hemisphere. I know of no heterosexual couple living that has a marriage that is remotely similar to what is found within the Bible. Biblical marriage viewed women as property; based almost exclusively on procreation.</p>
<p>Thus, those who wish to oppose same-gender marriage on a biblical basis must do so by advocating for their private view of morality as the best way for society, using a stagnant definition of marriage that never existed in a world that is constantly evolving…</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409516</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope. That would be you and yours, &quot;frank&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. That would be you and yours, &#8220;frank&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409513</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What untruthfulness? 
The only ones being dishonest around here are PM.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What untruthfulness?<br />
The only ones being dishonest around here are PM.</p>
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		<title>By: ImJustSayin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409512</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ImJustSayin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;I am a Christian, and I am in favor of gay marriage. The reason I am for gay marriage is because of my faith.

What I see in the Bible’s accounts of Jesus and his followers is an insistence that we don’t have the moral authority to deny others the blessing of holy institutions like baptism, communion, and marriage. God, through the Holy Spirit, infuses those moments with life, and it is not ours to either give or deny to others...

It is not our place, it seems, to sort out who should be denied a bond with God and the Holy Spirit of the kind that we find through baptism, communion, and marriage. The water will flow where it will.

Intriguingly, this rule will apply whether we see homosexuality as a sin or not. The water is for all of us. We see the same thing at the Last Supper, as Jesus gives the bread and wine to all who are there—even to Peter, who Jesus said would deny him, and to Judas, who would betray him.

The question before us now is not whether homosexuality is a sin, but whether being gay should be a bar to baptism or communion or marriage.

The answer is in the Bible. Peter and Jesus offer a strikingly inclusive form of love and engagement. They hold out the symbols of Gods&#039; love to all. How arrogant that we think it is ours to parse out stingily!&quot;

May 19, 2012	- Mark Osler, JD]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I am a Christian, and I am in favor of gay marriage. The reason I am for gay marriage is because of my faith.</p>
<p>What I see in the Bible’s accounts of Jesus and his followers is an insistence that we don’t have the moral authority to deny others the blessing of holy institutions like baptism, communion, and marriage. God, through the Holy Spirit, infuses those moments with life, and it is not ours to either give or deny to others&#8230;</p>
<p>It is not our place, it seems, to sort out who should be denied a bond with God and the Holy Spirit of the kind that we find through baptism, communion, and marriage. The water will flow where it will.</p>
<p>Intriguingly, this rule will apply whether we see homosexuality as a sin or not. The water is for all of us. We see the same thing at the Last Supper, as Jesus gives the bread and wine to all who are there—even to Peter, who Jesus said would deny him, and to Judas, who would betray him.</p>
<p>The question before us now is not whether homosexuality is a sin, but whether being gay should be a bar to baptism or communion or marriage.</p>
<p>The answer is in the Bible. Peter and Jesus offer a strikingly inclusive form of love and engagement. They hold out the symbols of Gods&#8217; love to all. How arrogant that we think it is ours to parse out stingily!&#8221;</p>
<p>May 19, 2012	- Mark Osler, JD</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409511</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then why do they keep using religion as an reason to continue this discrimination? 
They&#039;ve never offered any realistic arguments and always fall back on their religion. 

It&#039;s not a bully tactic to refer to a group based on their actions. 

It IS a bully tactic to pressure the Government and our society to deny people equal access to rights.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Then why do they keep using religion as an reason to continue this discrimination?<br />
They&#8217;ve never offered any realistic arguments and always fall back on their religion. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s not a bully tactic to refer to a group based on their actions. </p>
<p>It IS a bully tactic to pressure the Government and our society to deny people equal access to rights.</p>
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		<title>By: ImJustSayin</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409509</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ImJustSayin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall, the evidence suggests that letting same-sex couples marry would be good public policy. Same-sex couples and their families will benefit, and the institution of marriage does not suffer. Gay couples’ interest in marriage is a vote in favor of the ongoing relevance of marriage in today’s world, a change that should strengthen, not weaken, the institution.&quot;

Mar. 22, 2011	- M.V. Lee Badgett, P]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Overall, the evidence suggests that letting same-sex couples marry would be good public policy. Same-sex couples and their families will benefit, and the institution of marriage does not suffer. Gay couples’ interest in marriage is a vote in favor of the ongoing relevance of marriage in today’s world, a change that should strengthen, not weaken, the institution.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mar. 22, 2011	- M.V. Lee Badgett, P</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409508</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Nobody cares what relationships people have...&quot;

Um. This is ALL Preserve Marriage cares about. 

And who designed marriage? 

Oh, as for social benefit? Stable, committed relationships, supported by legal rights ARE a social benefit.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Nobody cares what relationships people have&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Um. This is ALL Preserve Marriage cares about. </p>
<p>And who designed marriage? </p>
<p>Oh, as for social benefit? Stable, committed relationships, supported by legal rights ARE a social benefit.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409503</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about the standard we all pretty much agree on?
Something along the lines of &quot;If we, as society, feel that a person or group needs to be denied access to rights, it has to be done for a reason.&quot;? For example, removing someone&#039;s right to freedom of movement by imprisoning them, is usually done with good reason. Pretty much every time we treat people inequally, it is done for a reason. 

However, that is not the case here. Bermudians were denied access to rights and no acceptible, defensible reason was given. This was wrong and unjust and, rightly, the judge&#039;s ruling reflected that. 

Or do you disagree with that standard?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about the standard we all pretty much agree on?<br />
Something along the lines of &#8220;If we, as society, feel that a person or group needs to be denied access to rights, it has to be done for a reason.&#8221;? For example, removing someone&#8217;s right to freedom of movement by imprisoning them, is usually done with good reason. Pretty much every time we treat people inequally, it is done for a reason. </p>
<p>However, that is not the case here. Bermudians were denied access to rights and no acceptible, defensible reason was given. This was wrong and unjust and, rightly, the judge&#8217;s ruling reflected that. </p>
<p>Or do you disagree with that standard?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409502</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing in here is true. &quot;Stop hiding behind... science and reason&quot; and then denouncing his &quot;worldview&quot; as &quot;unREASONable and unSCIENTIFIC&quot;? How does that work?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing in here is true. &#8220;Stop hiding behind&#8230; science and reason&#8221; and then denouncing his &#8220;worldview&#8221; as &#8220;unREASONable and unSCIENTIFIC&#8221;? How does that work?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409501</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What they haven&#039;t done is offer a reason to continue this discrimination. 

That&#039;s what they have to do now, after the ruling. 

And the &quot;bundle of rights&quot; you&#039;re speaking of has a name. It&#039;s called &quot;Marriage&quot;.
And there is no reason whatsoever to deny people access to those rights. 

Or is there? Will you be offering one?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What they haven&#8217;t done is offer a reason to continue this discrimination. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s what they have to do now, after the ruling. </p>
<p>And the &#8220;bundle of rights&#8221; you&#8217;re speaking of has a name. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Marriage&#8221;.<br />
And there is no reason whatsoever to deny people access to those rights. </p>
<p>Or is there? Will you be offering one?</p>
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		<title>By: blankman</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409500</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[blankman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[True - they have the right to believe whatever they want, as bigoted and prejudicial as it may be.

However, they do not have the right to impose those beliefs on everyone else.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True &#8211; they have the right to believe whatever they want, as bigoted and prejudicial as it may be.</p>
<p>However, they do not have the right to impose those beliefs on everyone else.</p>
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		<title>By: blankman</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409499</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[blankman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PM can&#039;t appeal - they weren&#039;t a party to the original suit.

On this one, the Human Rights Act is supreme and it says that SSM is a human right - it is not overruled by the Convention.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PM can&#8217;t appeal &#8211; they weren&#8217;t a party to the original suit.</p>
<p>On this one, the Human Rights Act is supreme and it says that SSM is a human right &#8211; it is not overruled by the Convention.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike Hind</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2017/05/preserve-marriage-government-appeal/#comment-3409497</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Hind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nope. Your religion is YOURS. It shouldn&#039;t apply to anyone else that doesn&#039;t want it. 
That is what religious freedom is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. Your religion is YOURS. It shouldn&#8217;t apply to anyone else that doesn&#8217;t want it.<br />
That is what religious freedom is.</p>
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