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Support for legal marijuana may have reached tipping point, poll finds
For the first time, a majority of Americans – 52 percent – support legal marijuana, the Pew Research Center reports. In November, two states legalized marijuana for recreational use.
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Girl Scouts under scrutiny from Catholic bishops
Conservative criticism of alleged Girl Scouts policy on sexuality, birth control, and abortion pulls the organization back into the culture wars with an investigation by Catholic bishops. It's not the first time the girls have been caught in political crossfire.
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Senate hearing chronicles costs of DOMA: lost dignity, financial ruin
In emotional testimony, married gay and lesbian couples testified before a Senate committee as to the costs – financial and emotional – of the Defense of Marriage Act. The Senate is considering a repeal.
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Opinion: Newt Gingrich and the adultery question
Newt Gingrich's candidacy revives an old question: How relevant is adultery when it comes to choosing a president?
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DOMA: Was the Obama administration only pretending to defend it?
A conservative legal scholar, testifying to a House subcommittee, says the Justice Department sowed the seeds for the demise of the Defense of Marriage Act even as it publicly defended it.
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Scalia addresses Tea Party Caucus – but should he?
Critics question the propriety of a sitting justice attending a closed-door partisan session, but the event organizer insists all members of Congress are welcome at the 'Conservative Constitutional Seminar.'
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City of Man: Politics and Religion in a New Era
Two journalists offer a political blueprint for a new crop of young Evangelicals.
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Elena Kagan begins marathon week before Senate Judiciary Committee
Elena Kagan breaks weeks of public silence Monday when she faces a Senate panel on her confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Fight against poverty unites Christian left and right
Liberal and conservative groups bridge some differences in new collaborative efforts to fight the problem.
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Is the Republican Party in peril?
Conservative thinkers and political historians think the GOP could be at the end of its historic 40-year grasp on power.
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