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			";s:13:"content_title";s:14:"aliberalmormon";}s:7:"summary";s:403:"The proposed &#8220;Ground Zero Mosque&#8221;&#8212;or more accurately, the proposed multi-purpose Muslim community center, Park51&#8212;has been at the center of a media firestorm lately. All the usual suspects among the right-wing pundits have been milking the outrage over the planned construction. Some prominent Democrats, such as Harry Reid and Howard Dean, have jumped on the bandwagon. [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1282257763;}i:1;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:46:"NSP Guide to an Alternative July 4 Celebration";s:4:"link";s:95:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/nsp-guide-to-an-alternative-july-4-celebration/";s:8:"comments";s:104:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/nsp-guide-to-an-alternative-july-4-celebration/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:20:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Derek Staffanson";}s:8:"category";s:94:"ideology4th of julyIndependence DayinterdependencenationalismNetwork of Spiritual Progressives";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/?p=1104";s:11:"description";s:352:"As we prepare for and consider how we celebrate July 4, I think it&#8217;s worth thinking about how else we might celebrate, and what our celebrations say about us. The Network of Spiritual Progressives several years back created A Guide to an Alternative July 4 Celebration with some interesting ideas for an Interdependence Day celebration. [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:14:"aliberalmormon";}s:7:"summary";s:352:"As we prepare for and consider how we celebrate July 4, I think it&#8217;s worth thinking about how else we might celebrate, and what our celebrations say about us. The Network of Spiritual Progressives several years back created A Guide to an Alternative July 4 Celebration with some interesting ideas for an Interdependence Day celebration. [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1278098420;}i:2;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:39:"The Death Penalty: A Pointless Exercise";s:4:"link";s:94:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/the-death-penalty-a-rather-pointless-exercise/";s:8:"comments";s:103:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/the-death-penalty-a-rather-pointless-exercise/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:54:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Derek Staffanson";}s:8:"category";s:45:"criminal justicedeath penaltyexecutionjustice";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/?p=1087";s:11:"description";s:336:"The state of Utah will stage the fiftieth execution in its history tomorrow when convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner faces a firing squad at midnight. Much has been made of the means Gardner requested. Assuming that no method is particularly drawn out, I find it inconsequential. Dead is dead. My concern is broader. I would [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:14:"aliberalmormon";}s:7:"summary";s:336:"Tomorrow is, as the first Thursday in May has been for a couple of decades, the National Day of Prayer. I&#8217;ve noticed a lot more fuss among Conservatives about the day than most years. perhaps because of misleading rumors that President Obama had canceled the observance and because a federal judge had ruled the National [&#8230;]";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1273086752;}i:4;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Unemployment and Dependency";s:4:"link";s:76:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/unemployment-and-dependency/";s:8:"comments";s:85:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/unemployment-and-dependency/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:16:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Derek Staffanson";}s:8:"category";s:59:"health caresocial justicesocial servicesunemploymentwelfare";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/?p=1054";s:11:"description";s:318:"In some ways, working the desk in the computer lab of the library seems something like the stereotype of work as a bartender. We get quite a number of the down-and-out, and they frequently turn to us to share their frustrations. A broad-shouldered man in his forties, slightly frayed and worn, came to me for [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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			";s:13:"content_title";s:14:"aliberalmormon";}s:7:"summary";s:201:"The Fair Boundaries Initiative to implement a less partisan and more honorable districting process in Utah now has an online petition to sign. Utahns, if you haven&#8217;t already done so, please sign!";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1264108196;}i:8;a:14:{s:5:"title";s:13:"Helping Haiti";s:4:"link";s:62:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/helping-haiti/";s:8:"comments";s:71:"https://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/helping-haiti/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:02:53 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"Derek Staffanson";}s:8:"category";s:93:"human rightsinternational relationsservicedisaster reliefforeign policyhaitiinternational aid";s:4:"guid";s:42:"http://aliberalmormon.wordpress.com/?p=999";s:11:"description";s:325:"The world is abuzz with the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. It&#8217;s hard for someone like me to really comprehend the scope of the tragedy of many of the stories coming from devastation. Most of us are not in a position to ourselves go and help out, but there are a number of worthy organizations participating [&#8230;]";s:7:"content";s:8:"Array
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