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What seems like progress from the top-down may reveal the problem with Boy Scouts from the inside-out: its first official coming out party is still a microcosm of discord on gay acceptance, especially in Christian America, no matter what polls say today or the Supreme Court declares in a few weeks. Here's a survey of the reaction so far.
Outrage over 100 sled dogs slaughtered in British Columbia
The famous teen mom will offer her abstinence message to Washington University in St. Louis
Amy Chua visits Comedy Central and explains how anyone can be a "Chinese Mother"
The National Archives says Thomas Lowry altered the date of an Abraham Lincoln pardon to make it historically relevant
Critics of a recent Slate article question the theory that women have developed rape defenses because of evolution
Tempting Glenn Beck (and maybe fate), Jon Stewart invites Beck to a face-to-face. The bait: colored chalk.
The biggest cheating no-no is bringing the mistress to the marital bed
People are rushing to arm themselves
Westboro Baptist Church seeks to exploit the death of Christina Taylor Green, the youngest victim in Tuscon
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