Saturday, October 15th, 2011

When I was a freshman in college, I shared an apartment with a student who was a junior at the same college I was attending. His name was Dale. Dale and I were opposites in a lot of ways. I was a more serious student than he was. I majored in Accounting and he majored in Parks and Recreation. Dale was a tall, good looking, charming guy who liked playing around. He attracted…
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Did you know that at one

time Peoria was known as the “Whiskey Capital” of Illinois? According to a PeoriaMagazines.com article written by Jerry Klein, between 1837 and 1919, there were 24 breweries and 73 distilleries in Peoria. In another publication, “A Brief History of Peoria,” published by C.A. Cockle in 1896, it was noted that out of all of the breweries in Peoria,…
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

When I graduated from a public high school 36 years ago (1975), no one in high school talked openly about homosexuality. There were some rumors about one of our teachers, but that was it. If there were any students who were homosexual, nobody knew about it because it was never discussed.…
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Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Homesexuality, Public School System, Respect For Marriage Act, School Vouchers
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

Every July 4th we celebrate “Independence Day,” the anniversary of when our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776).
The United States of America is the only nation in the history of mankind that formally declared at the time of its founding that its citizens would always be allowed to exercise their God-given rights to life,… Read More
Tags: 4th of July, American Exceptionalism, Assisted Suicide, Birth Control, Divorce, Freedom, Gay Marriage, Homosexuals, Independence Day, Liberty
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010

The
Pocket Catholic Dictionary defines “marriage” as follows:
As a natural institution, the lasting union of a man and a woman who agree to give and receive rights over each other for the performance of the act of generation and for the fostering of their mutual love. The state of marriage implies four chief conditions: (1) there must be a union of opposite sexes; it is therefore opposed to all forms of unnatural,… Read More
Tags: Gay Marriage, Homosexuals, Judge Vaughn Walker, Kenneth Howell, Marriage, Same Sex Marriage
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