Rumiantseva Elena
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February 11, 2012
Bring on the hate mail! I welcome it as a sign of discussion of important matters to the public. Today, the hot topic seems to be birth control. Statistically, 99 percent of all women and 98 percent of Catholic women use birth control at one point in their life. And, pardon me, sometimes they even go to an abortion clinic for services. The Catholic church is living in the 16th century, condemning condoms and the morning-after pill. This institution became so radical and fixated on this issue (gay marriage aside), that they forgot what Christianity is really all about: helping the poor,...
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November 18, 2011
It is an understatement to say that families are facing tough times today. As a single and unemployed mother to two small children, I certainly am. Because of that, now is the wrong time to cut the little social safety net we have left in this country. For many of us, slashed Medicaid funding, for example, would make the difference between us being working class and living in abject poverty. The Congressional Super Committee, of which my Senator Patty Murray is a member, has a task to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit. Unbelievably, details are surfacing about a plan...
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