In a June 5, 2019 tweet, Castro addressed his views on the Hyde Amendment, which restricts the use of federal funds to pay for abortion: “All women should have access to reproductive care, regardless of their income or the state they live in. Abortion care is health care—it’s time to repeal the Hyde Amendment.” In […]
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In discussing the Masterpiece Cake Shop court case, which dealt with whether businesses can refuse certain services based on the First Amendment claims of free speech and free exercise of religion, Warren argued the refusals were discrimination and not constitutionally protected, tweeting on June 17, 2019: “It was never about a cake—it’s about making sure
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Marianne Williamson has made various statements about vaccines. On February 1, 2011, following a series of now deleted facebook posts about vaccination, Williamson stated, “I understand the controversial aspects of vaccinations, and I share many of the concerns. I took down those posts, though I do admire what the Gates Foundation is doing for children
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Lubbock could be one plane ride, one visitor, one brush with the wrong person away from a possible measles outbreak. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified over 800 measles cases so far this year — the most since a 1994 outbreak. The outbreaks have so far mainly been clustered among populations
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As a small child, for Lane Joslin, every dish towel became a dress, or long hair. The Christmas wish list included Barbie dolls. Pink nail polish eventually became a subtle way to self express. Joslin’s mother, Barbara MacLeod, remembers well strapping her child into a car seat listening to exclamations of, “I’m a girl, I’m
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In a plan for her first 100 days, released June 18, 2019, Klobuchar explained her position on and plans for private school vouchers, listing as a goal: “Prevent the expansion of private school vouchers. Senator Klobuchar will stand firmly with our public schools and end discussions of Secretary Betsy DeVos’s $50 billion proposal to fund
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U.S. Vice President and former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence warned graduates at Taylor University’s commencement Saturday morning they should be “prepared to stand up” in the face of “opposition” to their religious beliefs. Most of the audience at Taylor, a Christian university in Upland, greeted the vice president with a standing ovation, but a few
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Connecticut legislators said Thursday that they are holding off on changes to the state’s childhood vaccination laws, including the religious exemption. After holding several public hearings this year on vaccine policy — many of which lasted hours — lawmakers said they want more immunization data and input from the state Department of Health before rolling
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On June 17, 2019 Inslee tweeted: “Donald Trump’s Muslim ban was wrong in January 2017 and it’s wrong now. When I’m president, I will put an end to the ban — and work to prevent future blanket entry bans, too.”
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In October 2014, after the National Organization for Marriage encouraged social conservatives to vote for Moulton instead of his openly gay republican opponent, Moulton rejected the support, with a spokesperson saying: “Seth Moulton fundamentally disagrees with everything NOM stands for and has long said that equality is the civil rights fight of our generation…fighting against
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