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		<title>Benny 16 Offers Home to Anti-Gay Christians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have heard that Pope Benedict XVI decision to allow members of the Anglican church to &#8220;re-join&#8221; the pews of the Catholics. While this may seem like a great recruitment drive, it is much more. Apparently, the &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/benny-16-offers-home-to-anti-gay-christians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=67&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hate Crimes Bill Heads to Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both houses of Congress have now approved legislation that expands hate crimes to include those against people because of sexual orientation. This is another step forward and hopefully one in a string of events that will lead us closer and &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/hate-crimes-bill-heads-to-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=63&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crude the Movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This film presents the legal case of ChevronTexaco versus Ecuadorans in the Amazon jungle. All angles are being presented about this issue of the power of an MNC and the real environmental impacts (and such social, psychological, and economic) on &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/crude-the-movie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=59&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Global Handwashing Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Global Handwashing Day! Today  is the day advocating the use of handwashing with soap in all areas of the world. The purpose of today is to educate the global community about the benefits of such washing and to promote &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/its-global-handwashing-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=55&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Olympia Snowe On-Board With Healthcare Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Finance Committee approved the healthcare reform bill today which allows it to go onto the next level. While the decision of the Democrat-controlled committee was not a surprise, the vote of Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) is a huge step &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/senator-olympia-snowe-on-board-with-healthcare-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=22&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israelis Block School Supplies to Gaza</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israelis have set-up a blockade into Gaza which includes school supplies <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/israelis-block-school-supplies-to-gaza/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=13&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Poverty?</title>
		<link>http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-end-of-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sjen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the trailer I watched for this film (narrated by Martin Sheen), there are some really thought provoking questions and issues that will be raised. The documentary takes a look at the inequities in the distribution of resources and wealth &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/the-end-of-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=45&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Loan Can Change A Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a lot of press coverage about this a year ago, but I recently stumbled back upon them on Twitter. In an age of peer-to-peer interaction via the internet, why not step it up and make those interactions worthwhile? &#8230; <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/your-loan-can-change-a-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=23&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Approve Referendum 71</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Referendum 71. If approved, it will give registered domestic partners in the state (LGBTQ or 62+) the same legal rights as married couples without the label of marriage. <a href="http://sjen.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/approve-referendum-71/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=3&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Gaga Addresses The National Equality March</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YouTube &#8211; Lady Gaga Addresses The National Equality March. Lady Gaga advocating for the LGBTQ community. Posted in LGBTQ Tagged: Gaga, Lady GaGa, LGBTQ, National Equality March, Obama<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sjen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9925629&amp;post=42&amp;subd=sjen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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