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Uncivil discourse: Tips from experts to avoid verbal venom and poisoned posts
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As the Nov. 5 presidential election draws closer, what appears to be another season of verbal venom has returned. Though the attempted assignation of former President Donald Trump on July 13 led to public outcry for more harmonious interplay between this year’s presidential candidates and allies — which initially resulted in some egregious ads being removed —…
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With abortion battle shifting to states, hard work lies ahead, both sides of debate say
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Angry outcries on one side – and joyous celebrations on the other – erupted with Friday’s anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the decades-old law guaranteeing women’s ability to get an abortion. The ruling on a 2018 Mississippi state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation effectively overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision…
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Abortion: A great religious divide that also unites faithful opponents and supporters
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When anyone seeks counsel regarding abortion from Rabbi Jay Sherwood, leader of Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs’ largest Jewish synagogue, he cites Jewish law, which, he maintains, subscribes to an undisputed rabbinical conclusion that life begins at birth, not at conception. Sherwood points to the Talmud, the main source of Jewish religious law and theology, referencing the unborn…
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Abortion opponents gear up for potential overturning of Roe v. Wade
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This is the 49th year for people who oppose abortion to gather for rallies and marches recognizing the January anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in all states. It’s a pivotal time, anti-abortion advocates say, with the possibility of the nation’s highest court overturning Roe v. Wade this year and…
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Protesters dressed as ‘Handmaids’ plan to greet Vice President Mike Pence at Colorado GOP fundraiser
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Protesters dressed like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” plan to greet Vice President Mike Pence Thursday outside a fundraiser for Colorado Republicans in Greenwood Village. “By wearing the handmaid’s red cape and white bonnet, we will send a strong message to Pence and the administration that we demand freedom and autonomy…
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Conservative Centennial honors founder of like-minded Focus on the Family
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Focus on the Family founder James Dobson – revered by the religious right, reviled by the secular left and influential for years in national politics – will be recognized by the Centennial Institute for his advocacy of bedrock conservative stands on some of the country’s most hotly debated issues. The institute, based at Colorado Christian…
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Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs
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Protesters cloaked in red robes and wearing white bonnets like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” greeted Vice President Mike Pence on Friday when he spoke at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs. The 1985 Margaret Atwood novel depicts a dystopian society under fundamentalist rule where women are treated…
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Protesters plan to greet Mike Pence in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ garb at Focus on the Family speech in Colorado Springs
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Some of the protesters planning to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to Colorado Springs on Friday will be wearing red robes and white bonnets from the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which depicts a fundamentalist society that treats women as property, organizers told Colorado Politics. “It’s our way of making kind of a shocking statement,”…
