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		<title>Lifting Up Rocks Only to Find More Gosnells.</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/05/13/lifting-up-rocks-only-to-find-more-gosnells/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephnelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of first degree murder of three of the four babies.  He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the case of the woman he gave an overdose of Demerol to. Planned Parenthood took to Twitter and extended sympathy for the woman, with no mention of the babies.  This [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2717&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: &#8220;Unplanned&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/05/09/book-review-unplanned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephnelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abby Johnson&#8217;s relationship with Planned Parenthood began as a volunteer.  She progressed from volunteer to abortion clinic director within eight years.  Abby writes a beautiful story of her slow metamorphosis from the pro-choice side to the pro-life side.  But her story is about so much more than that.  Along the way she learns to hear [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2708&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shouldn&#8217;t Men be Manly?</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/05/01/shouldnt-men-be-manly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Day</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am quite interested in men&#8217;s fashion lately. I find there is a trend that I keep seeing.  It&#8217;s not all that bad, but I wonder where these styles came from.  I am twenty-two and I am interested in fashion in an average way. This blog is a worldview blog and I think our worldview reflects how [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2651&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion: Not Safe, Legal and Rare. Just Legal.</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/24/abortion-not-safe-legal-and-rare-just-legal/</link>
		<comments>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/24/abortion-not-safe-legal-and-rare-just-legal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephnelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Unless you go to Kermit Gosnell, then it&#8217;s not safe, legal or rare! Some time has passed since the Gosnell story broke the news.  Even more time has passed since the Gosnell trial began.  If you don’t know what I am talking about, you can read about the murder, scissors, feet, and blood here. You [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2613&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview With &#8220;Nelson at the Helm.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/18/interview-with-nelson-at-the-helm/</link>
		<comments>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/18/interview-with-nelson-at-the-helm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephnelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you love indie music?  If so, you will thank me for introducing you to my family. My brother in law Jared, (Chris&#8217; brother) and his new wife Rachelle, just released their first music single.  Their band is called &#8220;Nelson at the Helm.&#8221; And the song is called &#8220;Mechanical.&#8221;  I interviewed them briefly about this [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2540&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faith vs Reason</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/16/faith-vs-reason/</link>
		<comments>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/16/faith-vs-reason/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephanielasater</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I fell madly in love with Jesus when I was 14. My life was changed by the message of the gospel. I didn’t have reasons to believe that the claims made by those in my church were true. I didn’t have justification for why I believed the Bible was the word of God. I just [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2545&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Grenade in the Worldview War.</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/11/another-grenade-in-the-worldview-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephnelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week MSNBC set a fire with statements made by host, Melissa Harris-Perry, that include but aren&#8217;t limited to: “We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we&#8217;ve always had kind of a private notion of children. Your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven&#8217;t had a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2544&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water Cooler Talk: Religion and Politics</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/09/water-cooler-talk-religion-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JJ Day</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He completely disagrees with me. I completely disagree with him. He hates America, I adore America.  He violently attacks Christianity, I sweetly offer it to anyone who is willing to listen.  He&#8217;s into the darkest things, I wait for the morning so I can dance under the light of day.  He&#8217;s water and I am [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2300&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Kids to Be Responsible</title>
		<link>http://thecivicarena.org/2013/04/03/teaching-kids-to-be-responsible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stephnelson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amy Vassar Responsibility.  I think that’s one of the weightiest words I ponder as a parent.  What can I do to teach my children responsibility?  How can I prepare them to take ownership of their lives and their decisions?  What is the best way to help them transition from the authority of Dad and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2504&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Enemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed how quick we are to project our own views on to everyone else? I am guilty of this. I recently read a book called The Cross in the Closet. It is about a bigoted, obnoxious, conservative Christian, young-adult man who decides to “go in the closet” and pretend to be gay [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecivicarena.org&#038;blog=38438084&#038;post=2464&#038;subd=thecivicarena&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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