Checking top stories. The debt deal expected to send stocks higher when Wall Street opens in just a couple of minutes. Both the Senate and the House could vote on the debt deal today. And new this morning, a big change to health coverage. The federal

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What about the other side of this contrast? Sexual orientation. 我们接着谈另一个问题:性的取向。 I have a certain sexual orientation. 我有着某种性取向。 What is that? 它是什么呢? I'm attracted to people of a particular

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I want to start with a thought experiment. 我想以一个思维实验开始我今天的演讲。 Suppose I told you that I'm imagining an activity that takes place between consenting adults, doesn't hurt anyone, and results in a great deal of pleasu

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So, what is it really about? We need to look to some of the non-religious, or secular, arguments against homosexuality, and we especially need to do that if we are genuinely committed to living in a society that embraces freedom of religion. 所以,真

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And indeed, in the handful of places that the Bible talks about homosexuality, it's almost always in the context of a discussion of idolatry because homosexuality was very much associated with certain pagan practices. 而且事实上,在圣经寥寥几

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No, because Diet Coke contains caffeine. 不,你喝它是因为健怡可乐里含有咖啡因。 Caffeine actually functions as a diuretic; it removes fluid from your body. 而咖啡因实际上是一种利尿剂,它的作用反而是让液体流出

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Now, in the early days of my lecture, when I used to talk about risk, that is all I would say. 在我早先的演讲中,当我谈到风险的时候,我就只讲上面这些就够了。 But people would sometimes try to ask me a question during th

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Even that would not be an argument against homosexuality. 即使在这种情况下,这都不会成为反对同性恋的合理论证。 At best, it would be an argument against exclusive homosexuality. 它顶多可以用来反对那种对异性恋绝对

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奥巴马警告乌干达勿实施反同性恋法 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday voiced his deep disappointment at Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's plan to enact a legislation that would criminalize homosexual

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AS IT IS 2015-11-23 Pope Francis Makes First Africa Visit 教皇弗朗西斯首次非洲访问 Pope Francis will make his first trip to Africa on November 25 to 30, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic. The Vatican said the pope ha

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AS IT IS 2015-10-24 Roman Catholic Synod Considering Family Issues 罗马天主教主教会议讨论家庭问题 Who am I to judge? Pope Francis once said in answer to a question about a gay priest. The pope made the comment in 2013, four months into

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AS IT IS 2015-10-04 Kenyan Church Welcomes LGBT Members 肯尼亚教堂欢迎同性恋者成员 In early September, the Anglican Church of Kenya cancelled the license of clergymen suspected of homosexuality. The suspension sent a message that Kenyan

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A coalition of human rights groups is condemning a proposed amendment to Rwanda's criminal law that would criminalize homosexual behavior and advocacy. Alan Boswell | Nairobi 17 December 2009 Meanwhile, Rwanda's northern neighbor, Uganda, is receivin

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a prayer and protest against a gay pride parade, in the Mea Sharim neighborhood of Jerusalem, 29 Jul 2010 It was homosexual rights vs. religion on Thursday in Jerusalem as some 3,000 Israelis joined a gay pride parade, marc

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Uganda's 'Daily Monitor' Editor: Threat to Gay Rights a Threat to National Justice 威胁同性恋者的权利即威胁国际正义 JOSELOW: First of all, the title of your article is 'Those Who Go After Gays and Sex Workers Will One Day Go After Tea

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Fear Drives African Gays to Seek Asylum in US BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Homosexuality is a crime in 38 African countries and new laws in Nigeria and Uganda have increased potential punishments for engaging in gay sex. These strictures have driven some gay

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Gay Rights Roil Former Soviet Georgia TBILISI, GEORGIA Gay rights have spread in the West, but a backlash is taking hold in the former Soviet Union. Russias new ban on gay propaganda is sparking Western calls for boycotts of Russian products and even

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Once, pretty much everywhere, beating your wife and children was regarded as a father's duty, homosexuality was a hanging offense, and waterboarding was approved. Through the middle of the 19th century, the US and other nations in the Americas condon

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are still officially considered criminals in roughly one-third of countries worldwide, and homosexuality is punishable by death in seven countries. But other places, such as northern Europe, are very acce

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Church leaders, human rights activists, and healthcare workers in Uganda have delivered a petition, demanding the withdrawal of an anti-homosexuality bill in parliament. Critics say the bill's passage could set a precedent for other African countries

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