Crisis Pregnancy Centers On the Radar in San Francisco

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It’s always sunny in San Francisco!

Now, I’m not being as flip about the significance of the abortion debate, I’m really not.  If you’re anti-choice, that’s your prerogative, and I totally respect that.  To you, in fact, the news out of Frisco is probably not something to be happy about.

Still, in times of such bizarre political upheaval, it’s kind of refreshing to see a law … well, you know, upheld.  The city’s Board of Supervisors passed a 10-1 reaffirmation last week on a proposal that “would bar pregnancy crisis centers from engaging in false or misleading advertising practices.”

In other words, crisis pregnancy centers will be legally required to put their cards on the table in terms of the degree of services they provide.

From SF Gate:

The legislation targets centers that oppose abortion, and the idea is to assure that women with unplanned pregnancies don’t seek counseling there with the expectation that they’ll be provided a …

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St. Ismeria: Jesus’ Great-Gram or Just Another Morality Lesson for Women?

Painting of Jesus, Mary, and a Bevy of Women
In case you aren’t aware from the decorations that have been decking the halls of Wal-Mart since about October, it’s just about Christmas.  While I am not a hard-core religious zealot and think of Christmas more as a time to spend with family and friends sharing love and laughter than in a church, I am put off by the cheap commercialism that has hijacked this once-holy day.

So let’s talk about Jesus Christ, shall we?  Or, more specifically, let’s talk about his great-grandmother.  Maybe.

According to Ireland’s University of Limerick historian Catherine Lawless, manuscripts dating back to 14th-15th century Italy tell the tale of Ismeria, a reported miracle-worker in her own right and quite possibly the great-grandmother of Christ.

Cool.

From AOL News:

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HIV-Positive Porn Star Speaking Out Against the Industry

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When AIDS became the new epidemic of death that most of us would die from (at least according to my sex ed class), the porn industry took quite a bit of heat. And then AIDS was no big deal. And then Magic Johnson was cured of it. And then it wasn’t such a big deal. And then it was kind of a big deal. And then it was a really big deal in financially destitute countries. And then …

Well, you get what I’m saying. One thing that has never really faltered, though, is the impression that AIDS will lead to terrible repercussions for …

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