John Nixon writes in his newletter:

Despite a clear statement that

Marriage is only conducted and recognized in the Orthodox Church as taking place between a man and a woman. Same-sex marriages are a contradiction in terms. The Orthodox Church does not allow for same-sex marriages (http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article8083.asp),

Greek Orthodox Senators Olympia Snowe and Paul Sarbanes (the latter having been named a “Model Greek Orthodox Christian” by H.A.H.E.P. Bartholomew I) have voted today against the constitutional amendment to define marriage as being between a man and a woman.

One wonders who is giving them pastoral guidance on how their faith should impact their public service. Click here for the roll call vote in the Senate.

Prior to the Civil War there were two major political parties in the United States: the Democrats, who believed Americans should have the freedom of choice to own slaves; and the Whigs, who wanted to be the big tent party embracing free and slave states.

The Whigs diminished in power and in Ripon, Wisconsin, an anti-slavery group met in February of 1854 to discuss a new party.
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Last month I signed up for a service that filters spam out of my email. For $1 a month its a great deal. Logging in a few minutes ago, I found 191 messages from the last three days alone. Of those, perhaps seven were legitimate. Spamming is completely out of control.

All this junk used to drop into my mail program. I would end up deleting legitimate mail by mistake (I probably still do but not nearly as much). Fortunately my mail program is a bit cleaner, but I still have to spend my time going through all the mail.