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James Hamilton

St. Paul, MN
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4 years 9 weeks

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Posted on 11/16/10 at 08:35 pm in response to The student newspaper editorial Benilde-St. Margaret's doesn't want you to see

"By the way, equating homosexuality (a behavior) with skin color (an immutable characteristic over which we have no control) is ludicrous on its face."

I suggest that Mr. Swift be clear about differentiating between the position of his church (that homosexual attraction itself is "objectively disordered"*) and valid scientific studies of human sexuality, which indicate that human sexuality, like all other aspects of hard-wired human preferences, consists of an entire continuum of...

Posted on 11/16/10 at 10:13 am in response to The student newspaper editorial Benilde-St. Margaret's doesn't want you to see

Perhaps someone can remind me why the Roman Catholic Church considers homosexuality a sin or oppose gay marriage?

From the current Catechism of the Catholic Church (http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a8.htm#II)

II. THE DEFINITION OF SIN

1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine...

Posted on 11/11/10 at 05:37 pm in response to Recount strategy: Why GOP is taking a hard line

Why is the GOP taking such a hard line? Because they want it all.If Rep. Emmer has any integrity, he'll stop with the automatic recount unless there is substantial evidence that would likely result in a change in the outcome. The party be damned.

Posted on 11/11/10 at 05:28 pm in response to U.S.-S. Korea FTA threatens jobs and state sovereignty

I see many charges made and no evidence offered in support of any of them. Whatever merit the arguments may have will have to be learned elsewhere.

Posted on 11/10/10 at 08:38 pm in response to Pawlenty: Freeze federal worker salaries

Why was TP silent when those salaries were increasing between 2005 and 2008?

Posted on 11/04/10 at 05:28 pm in response to A Pawlenty opportunity in the latest recount?

Tarryl Clark squandered whatever possibility she had of winning with a timid, if not childish, campaign. Challenging Bachmann to reduce her salary and running a stop watch is a good example of the lack of intensity in the campaign. This wasn't about being elected to the student council. Where was the red meat, of which there was more than an ample supply?

Posted on 11/04/10 at 10:00 am in response to GOP's saber-rattling Tony Sutton vows aggressive recount fight

Emmer's apparent loss, by fewer than 9,000 votes, is not in and of itself evidence of any problems with the election. Horner took 12% of the vote, some 250,000 votes. The majority of these likely came from moderate Republicans who rejected some of Emmer's more extreme positions. (Witness the endorsements Horner received in the weeks leading up to the election.) Minnesota sent all but one of its federal delegation back to Washington and in Oberstar's case the margin was even smaller than in...

Posted on 10/27/10 at 01:49 pm in response to Finally, Bachmann, Clark debate

It seems the Wilfs are at the mansion's door.

Posted on 10/26/10 at 04:03 pm in response to McCollum taking fire over omitting 'under God' in 2002 Pledge of Allegiance

I haven't been able to say the pledge in good conscience for years, ever since I stopped believing in god or that liberty and justice are available to all in this country.

Posted on 10/26/10 at 04:09 pm in response to Race for Ramsey County sheriff: Bob Fletcher's style focus of attention

Mr. Fletcher's faults have been more than adequately documented over the years. His most recent gaffes, to my mind, are his purchase of a $280,000 toy to patrol the few miles of the Mississippi River within his jurisdiction and his mishandling of the RNC. Goodbye, Bob.