Essays donated by visitors to this web site:
Important notes:
 |
This section of our web site contains an eclectic mix of essays written and
donated by our visitors. |
Almost all of the essays elsewhere on this web site attempt to portray
all points of view on a given topic. We also try to avoid criticizing the
religious beliefs of any group, except when it obviously hurts other people. The essays below often deviate from the
standards that we use. Quite often, they will express a single opinion and
reject all other interpretations of the Torah, Christian Scriptures, Qur'an,
etc. as being in error and without merit. Read them with care.
If you are distressed at the contents of any of these essays, we
invite you to write a rebuttal and submit it to us. We will seriously consider adding
it to this section.
Disclaimer:
These essays do not necessarily represent the beliefs of any or all of
the staff of the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. In fact,
since we are a multi-faith group, it is quite likely that the beliefs expressed in these essays
will differ from at least some of our staff's opinions.
Criteria for rejecting essays:
We reserve the right to reject any entries for a range of reasons, including:
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Essays that we feel exhibit hatred or proposes discrimination against others on the basis of their gender, race, skin color, nationality, sexual
orientation, gender identity, religion, denomination, etc.
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Essays whose primary goal is to attack individuals or groups.
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Essays which attack religious beliefs of other faith groups. However, we
will generally accept essays that:
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Compare beliefs of two or more religions,
or
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Compare the beliefs of one faith group with scientific findings, or
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Compare and contrast beliefs within a single religion.
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We prefer essays 75 lines in length, or longer. |
We have also decided to not publish essays which:
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Advocate corporal punishment of children. This is because of
many long term studies involving tens of thousands of individuals from childhood to
their 20's. They show that rates of clinical depression, alcohol
addiction, drug addiction and anxiety attacks in adulthood increase with the
frequency of spanking. We don't want to be even partly responsible for the
suffering that an essay advocating spanking would probably generate.
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Promote conspiracy theories or doomsday scenarios. The level of fear
circulating in North America is highly destabilizing. We don't want to add to
people's stress levels. |
Sponsored link
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Abortion access:
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Abortions: Reducing the number:
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Abuse -- spiritual and sexual:
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Afterlife:
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Agnosticism and Atheism:
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Art:
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Behavior, personal and spiritual:
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Beliefs:
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The Bible:
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Bullying:
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Carlos Casteneda's writing on the teachings of Don Juan:
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Change (Producing change in your life):
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Christianity: (See "Religion"
below for additional essays)
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Climate change: See Environment
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Conflict: Five essays donated by Contributing Editor Susan Humphreys
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Creation science vs. evolution: See Origins
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Culture
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Essays donated by Susan Humphreys:
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Diversity, religious:
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Easter
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Education
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End of the world as we know it (EOTWAWKI):
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Environment:
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Ethics: See Morality
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Evolution: See Origins
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Family & marriage:
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Free will
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Freedom and rights, religious:
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Essays by Susan Humphreys:
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Global warming: See Environment
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God and Satan:
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Hell, Hades & Gehanna:
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Homosexuality/Lesbians/Gays: (See also same-sex
marriages)
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Alysha: "The pulpit and downstairs:" a
poem. |
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Anonymous:
"An emotional, personal, real-life letter to Christian fundamentalists." |
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Anon: "One woman's experience with
homosexuality and acceptance of diversity." |
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Anon: "Theological Determinism and Homosexuality" |
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Anon: "Jehovah's Witnesses, same-sex
marriage & homosexuality" |
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Anthony Ashford: "Six biblical reasons why Christians should
accept same-sex relationships." Menu |
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Tricia B: "The Baha'i faith and homosexuality" |
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Kitt Cherry: "New website dares to show gay
Jesus" |
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Robert Flatt: "Homosexuality: sin? shame? cause?
A conservative Christian viewpoint" |
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Helen Herndon, "How Can a Heterophobic Call
Me Homophobic and Heterosexist?" |
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Susan Humphreys:
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Dr. Marty Klein, "Poor reason to support gay rights: "My son is gay" |
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Lindy Madsen: "A tainted idea of love: The personal struggle between identity and religion" |
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Angel Mason: "CNN newscaster Don Lemon: Young, gifted, black, gay and handsome" |
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Angel Mason: "Response of the black Christian community to
California law SB 48" |
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Gary Miles: "A cure for homophobia." |
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Natalie Parkerson: "Sexism & homophobia within Christianity" |
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Derek S.: "A Biblical Defense of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & transgender (GLBT) Persons." |
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Randi Schimnosky: "The ex-gay industry is
fostering social rejection of persons with same sex attractions." |
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"RHC": "Ethical aspects of photos of GLBT persons &
couples" |
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Arthur Trafford: "An exchange of personal beliefs between, a visitor to this web site, and the site's webmaster" |
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See also same-sex marriage
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Humanism:
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Inspiring story:
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Inter-faith:
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Intolerance, religious:
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Islam:
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Jesus:
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Judaism:
- Essays by Rabbi Allen S. Maller:
- Essay by Susan Humphrey:
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Latter-day Saints (The Mormons)
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LGBT matters: See homosexuality
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Liberty, religious: See Freedom, religious
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Life and death matters:
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Love, social justice, politics, and caring:
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The media:
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The meaning of life:
|
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Miracles:
|
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Morality:
|
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Mysticism:
|
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Myths and parables:
|
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Origins of the universe, the world, the history of humanity and religion:
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Origins of the universe, the world, the history of humanity and religion:
|
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Peace:
|
Sponsored link:
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Rituals and practices:
|
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Salvation:
|
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Same-sex marriage (SSM) See also homosexual topics
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Science and religion:
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Secularism:
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Separation of church and state:
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Sexuality
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Sin
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Society
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Social justice and caring:
|
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Spirituality:
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Pam Chubbuck, "My Healing Journey with John
Pierrakos: Learning to Love" |
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Sheryl Glick, "Journey to personal awareness using our 6th sense" |
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Susan Humphreys:
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Larry Langston, "Perhaps life is about gathering experience, not waiting for rewards or punishment after life" |
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Alisa Linn, "Restoring joy to giving." |
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Natasa P. Nuit, "Spiritual evolution. The I Ching, Kabbalah, Tarot, Yogi, etc" |
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Laura E. Shulman, "Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
and the World’s Religions" |
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Alton C. Thompson, "Lessons of the campfire: People as spiritual beings to be loved and respected" |
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Dr. Tommy Wong, "All spiritual experiences are positive"
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Terrorism:
|
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Theology:
|
|
Tolerance, religious:
|
|
Transgender/transexual essays:
|
Susan Humphreys:
|
|
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Truth:
|
|
Unity:
|
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Violence, often religiously inspired:
|
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Worldview: See Beliefs
|
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Other topics:
|
** This is a PDF file. You may require software to read it. Software can be obtained free from: 
Essays on other sites recommended by our visitors:
|
Abortion:
|
Site navigation:
Originally posted: 2001-AUG-1
Updated every few days
Author: B.A. Robinson
Sponsored link
|
Essays donated by visitors to this web site:
Important notes:
|
This section of our web site contains an eclectic mix of essays written and
donated by our visitors. |
Almost all of the essays elsewhere on this web site attempt to portray
all points of view on a given topic. We also try to avoid criticizing the
religious beliefs of any group, except when it obviously hurts other people. The essays below often deviate from the
standards that we use. Quite often, they will express a single opinion and
reject all other interpretations of the Torah, Christian Scriptures, Qur'an,
etc. as being in error and without merit. Read them with care.
If you are distressed at the contents of any of these essays, we
invite you to write a rebuttal and submit it to us. We will seriously consider adding
it to this section.
Disclaimer:
These essays do not necessarily represent the beliefs of any or all of
the staff of the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. In fact,
since we are a multi-faith group, it is quite likely that the beliefs expressed in these essays
will differ from at least some of our staff's opinions.
Criteria for rejecting essays:
We reserve the right to reject any entries for a range of reasons, including:
|
Essays that we feel exhibit hatred or proposes discrimination against others on the basis of their gender, race, skin color, nationality, sexual
orientation, gender identity, religion, denomination, etc.
|
|
Essays whose primary goal is to attack individuals or groups.
|
|
Essays which attack religious beliefs of other faith groups. However, we
will generally accept essays that:
|
Compare beliefs of two or more religions,
or
|
|
Compare the beliefs of one faith group with scientific findings, or
|
|
Compare and contrast beliefs within a single religion.
|
|
|
We prefer essays 75 lines in length, or longer. |
We have also decided to not publish essays which:
|
Advocate corporal punishment of children. This is because of
many long term studies involving tens of thousands of individuals from childhood to
their 20's. They show that rates of clinical depression, alcohol
addiction, drug addiction and anxiety attacks in adulthood increase with the
frequency of spanking. We don't want to be even partly responsible for the
suffering that an essay advocating spanking would probably generate.
|
|
Promote conspiracy theories or doomsday scenarios. The level of fear
circulating in North America is highly destabilizing. We don't want to add to
people's stress levels. |
Sponsored link
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|
|
Abortion access:
|
|
Abortions: Reducing the number:
|
|
Abuse -- spiritual and sexual:
|
|
Afterlife:
|
|
Agnosticism and Atheism:
|
|
Art:
|
|
Behavior, personal and spiritual:
|
|
Beliefs:
|
|
The Bible:
|
|
Bullying:
|
|
Carlos Casteneda's writing on the teachings of Don Juan:
|
|
Change (Producing change in your life):
|
|
Christianity: (See "Religion"
below for additional essays)
|
|
Climate change: See Environment
|
|
Conflict: Five essays donated by Susan Humphreys
|
|
Creation science vs. evolution: See Origins
|
|
Culture
|
Essays donated by Susan Humphreys:
|
|
|
Diversity, religious:
|
|
Easter
|
|
Education
|
|
End of the world as we know it (EOTWAWKI):
|
|
Environment:
|
|
Ethics: See Morality
|
|
Evolution: See Origins
|
|
Family & marriage:
|
|
Free will
|
|
Freedom and rights, religious:
|
Essays by Susan Humphreys:
|
|
|
Global warming: See Environment
|
|
God and Satan:
|
|
Hell, Hades & Gehanna:
|
|
Homosexuality/Lesbians/Gays: (See also same-sex
marriages)
|
Alysha: "The pulpit and downstairs:" a
poem. |
|
Anonymous:
"An emotional, personal, real-life letter to Christian fundamentalists." |
|
Anon: "One woman's experience with
homosexuality and acceptance of diversity." |
|
Anon: "Theological Determinism and Homosexuality" |
|
Anon: "Jehovah's Witnesses, same-sex
marriage & homosexuality" |
|
Anthony Ashford: "Six biblical reasons why Christians should
accept same-sex relationships." Menu |
|
Tricia B: "The Baha'i faith and homosexuality" |
|
Kitt Cherry: "New website dares to show gay
Jesus" |
|
Robert Flatt: "Homosexuality: sin? shame? cause?
A conservative Christian viewpoint" |
|
Helen Herndon, "How Can a Heterophobic Call
Me Homophobic and Heterosexist?" |
|
Susan Humphreys:
|
|
Dr. Marty Klein, "Poor reason to support gay rights: "My son is gay" |
|
Lindy Madsen: "A tainted idea of love: The personal struggle between identity and religion" |
|
Angel Mason: "CNN newscaster Don Lemon: Young, gifted, black, gay and handsome" |
|
Angel Mason: "Response of the black Christian community to
California law SB 48" |
|
Gary Miles: "A cure for homophobia." |
|
Natalie Parkerson: "Sexism & homophobia within Christianity" |
|
Derek S.: "A Biblical Defense of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & transgender (GLBT) Persons." |
|
Randi Schimnosky: "The ex-gay industry is
fostering social rejection of persons with same sex attractions." |
|
"RHC": "Ethical aspects of photos of GLBT persons &
couples" |
|
Arthur Trafford: "An exchange of personal beliefs between, a visitor to this web site, and the site's webmaster" |
|
See also same-sex marriage
|
|
|
Humanism:
|
|
Inspiring story:
|
|
Inter-faith:
|
|
Intolerance, religious:
|
|
Islam:
|
|
Jesus:
|
|
Judaism:
- Essays by Rabbi Allen S. Maller:
- Essay by Susan Humphrey:
|
|
Latter-day Saints (The Mormons)
|
|
LGBT matters: See homosexuality
|
|
Liberty, religious: See Freedom, religious
|
|
Life and death matters:
|
|
Love, social justice, politics, and caring:
|
|
The media:
|
|
The meaning of life:
|
|
Miracles:
|
|
Morality:
|
|
Mysticism:
|
|
Myths and parables:
|
|
Origins of the universe, the world, the history of humanity and religion:
|
Origins of the universe, the world, the history of humanity and religion:
|
|
Peace:
|
Sponsored link:
|
Rituals and practices:
|
|
Salvation:
|
|
Same-sex marriage (SSM) See also homosexual topics
|
|
Science and religion:
|
|
Secularism:
|
|
Separation of church and state:
|
|
Sexuality
|
|
Sin
|
|
Society
|
|
Social justice and caring:
|
|
Spirituality:
|
Pam Chubbuck, "My Healing Journey with John
Pierrakos: Learning to Love" |
|
Sheryl Glick, "Journey to personal awareness using our 6th sense" |
|
Susan Humphreys:
|
|
Larry Langston, "Perhaps life is about gathering experience, not waiting for rewards or punishment after life" |
|
Alisa Linn, "Restoring joy to giving." |
|
Natasa P. Nuit, "Spiritual evolution. The I Ching, Kabbalah, Tarot, Yogi, etc" |
|
Laura E. Shulman, "Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
and the World’s Religions" |
|
Alton C. Thompson, "Lessons of the campfire: People as spiritual beings to be loved and respected" |
|
Dr. Tommy Wong, "All spiritual experiences are positive"
|
|
|
Terrorism:
|
|
Theology:
|
|
Tolerance, religious:
|
|
Transgender/transexual essays:
|
Susan Humphreys:
|
|
|
Truth:
|
|
Unity:
|
|
Violence, often religiously inspired:
|
|
Worldview: See Beliefs
|
|
Other topics:
|
** This is a PDF file. You may require software to read it. Software can be obtained free from:
Essays on other sites recommended by our visitors:
|
Abortion:
|
Site navigation:
Originally posted: 2001-AUG-1
Updated every few days
Author: B.A. Robinson
Sponsored link
|
|
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