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		<title>Conservatives are Pro-Traditional Adulthood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two very different articles, but converging on the same phenomenon from different angles: http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/phillip-longman/demography-and-economic-destiny and http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?_r=3&#38;adxnnl=1&#38;pagewanted=1&#38;adxnnlx=1282575644-AJmsry10blzaALPgqo51cQ In the first, the author links the current economic downturn, induced by over-consumption financed by easy credit, to the more systemic social condition pervading Western societies, namely falling birthrates and longer life expectancies. The political upshot of a demographic bulge of older people is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1094</link>
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		<title>Don Draper Unfolds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nathan brought my attention to this excellent summary in Vanity Fair of last night&#8217;s episode of Mad Men, the second of this fourth season. I think the part about Dr. Fay&#8217;s is especially enlightening. As avid fans of the show have by now noticed, though only two episodes into the season, Mad Men has taken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1089</link>
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		<title>Delusional District Judge Strikes Down DOMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many have probably heard, a federal district court judge recently found the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. His opinions are here (1) and here (2). Below the fold is my take on the second opinion. (...)Read the rest of Delusional District Judge Strikes Down DOMA (1,713 words) &#169; Mark for Protestant Pontifications, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1079</link>
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		<title>What First Amendment?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t need to have taken a class on the First Amendment to know this is blatantly unconstitutional: Not even Heffron v. ISKCON, 452 U.S. 640 (1981), would protect this. 452 U.S. 640 &#169; Mark for Protestant Pontifications, 2010. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us Post tags: First Amendment, Religious Liberty Feed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1074</link>
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		<title>The Solemnization of Matrimony and Holy Eucharist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below the fold is the liturgy my fiancee and I will be using at our wedding in August. The service is the 1662 solemnization of matrimony with the 1928 liturgy for holy communion inserted. (...)Read the rest of The Solemnization of Matrimony and Holy Eucharist (4,493 words) &#169; Mark for Protestant Pontifications, 2010. &#124; Permalink [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1072</link>
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		<title>America, China, debt, and WWIII</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do the math: &#8220;There is simply a growing recognition that Greece has got to default,&#8221; banking analyst Dick Bove told CNBC.com. &#8220;The riots in the streets showed the decision to repay the debt was not going to be made by the people in Germany, France and Switzerlandâ€”it&#8217;s going to be made by people in Greece [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1066</link>
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		<title>My priest on theosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read it here. &#169; Mark for Protestant Pontifications, 2010. &#124; Permalink &#124; 2 comments &#124; Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Christianity, Nota Bene, Theology, Theosis Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1064</link>
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		<title>Just a thought</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#169; Mark for Protestant Pontifications, 2010. &#124; Permalink &#124; One comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Law, Personhood Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1060</link>
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		<title>On sexual abuse, a difference between Catholic and Episcopal discipline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/an-episcopal-story.html The Roman Church is very quick to protest that clergy sex abuse is not limited to their domain, and this is true, but when one compares the way that it has handled the issue to the way it is handled by other denominations, their protestations ring mighty hollow. A singular case in point happened [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1056</link>
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		<title>Religious Liberty as the Moral Center for American Diplomacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An argument here. &#169; Nathan for Protestant Pontifications, 2010. &#124; Permalink &#124; No comment &#124; Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh]]></description>
		<link>http://www.protestantpontifications.com/?p=1052</link>
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