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		<title>The USA is Not a Theocracy, and I&#8217;m Glad.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Founding Fathers could have created a theocracy. They didn&#8217;t. If they had felt that Christian Beliefs should override personal liberty and equality, they had the power to create a government that did just that. Instead, they felt that a government should support the unalienable rights of man (regardless of his personal religious beliefs). So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2013/03/28/the-usa-is-not-a-theocracy-and-im-glad/</link>
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		<title>Gun Control Soul Searching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a super-practical and super-logical person. I don&#8217;t have one iota of idealism in my body. No, not one. I was also raised in a well-armed, firearms friendly home. I have many, many more &#8220;liberal&#8221; friends these days that I did when I was in my 20s. This is a good thing. Knowing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2012/12/20/gun-control-soul-searching/</link>
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		<title>Wait! So What Matters is Who Your Friends Are?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Schaap has been removed as the pastor for First Baptist Church of Hammond, IN. The preliminary reports cite an &#8220;improper relationship&#8221; with a &#8220;young woman&#8221; that has resulted in the police opening a case. I&#8217;m already seeing people within the IFB reacting differently to this situation than they did to the Ernie Willis/Chuck Phelps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2012/07/31/wait-so-what-matters-is-who-your-friends-are/</link>
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		<title>Why Do I Believe Tina?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve recently spoken up in Tina Anderson&#8217;s defense or said that Chuck Phelps needs to apologize and repent, I guarantee that someone has replied to you by linking to Phelps&#8217; excuse-making website. Usually the link is accompanied by a comment like,&#8221;Have you read this? It seems pretty clear to me that you are just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/11/22/why-do-i-believe-tina/</link>
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		<title>BJU Officially Supports Phelps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Jones University just released a statement defending Chuck Phelps and his position on the school&#8217;s Cooperating Board. We believe that the biblical way to approach this information is to get all the facts before judging Dr. Phelps or his actions, including going directly to him for answers to questions. Did BJU go to Tina [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/11/21/bju-officially-supports-phelps/</link>
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		<title>A Link About Hypocrisy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post over at Fulcrum Express makes excellent points regarding coverups by churches and pastors. The closing quote from Dante (“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality”) brings to mind a post I wrote back in May.]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/09/12/a-link-about-hypocrisy/</link>
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		<title>Phelps&#8217; Defenders Say He Would &#8220;Do Things Differently&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phelps&#8217; defenders claim that he would handle things differently today, and that that should be enough for people to stop calling into question his fitness as a pastor. I&#8217;ve searched high and low for apologies or acknowledgements of wrong-doing from Phelps. The only statements that I can remotely put in either of these categories are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/06/09/phelps-defenders-say-he-would-do-things-differently/</link>
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		<title>He Can&#8217;t Seem to Decide if it was Consensual or Pedophilia . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phelps claimed in his Specific Answers to Some Difficult Questions that: &#8220;. . . because of the nature of the allegations procedures were in place which assured that Mr. Willis never be permitted to participate in any ministry involving minors  or be unsupervised in his attendance.&#8221; How in the world is this possible if others [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/06/08/he-cant-seem-to-decide-if-it-was-consensual-or-pedophilia/</link>
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		<title>Neutrality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m thinking more about the IFB rhetoric surrounding Ernie Willis&#8217; trial. As I stated here, the majority of the discussion in IFB circles centered around the idea that no &#8220;sides&#8221; should be taken on the matter. If you&#8217;ve read much from or spoken much with those within the IFB, you&#8217;ll find that the call for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/05/31/neutrality/</link>
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		<title>IFB Rhetoric Surrounding Tina Anderson&#8217;s Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is a follow up to this one. Ernest Willis was found guilty of four counts of rape. Chuck Phelps&#8217; testimony on the stand did nothing to dissuade me from the idea that he obstructed justice and further victimized Tina Anderson. WHAT WAS SAID . . . I&#8217;d like to discuss the IFB rhetoric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mommypress.com/waterlilly/2011/05/30/ifb-rhetoric-surrounding-tina-andersons-story/</link>
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