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...imprisoning people for marijuana-related offenses. Brick by brick, the Berlin Wall of marijuana prohibition is crumbling. Pat Robertson hit that wall with a big sledgehammer today. We are happy that he has joined the growing and diverse group of individuals...
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ColoradoPols.com
http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/17410/pat-robertson-says-smoke-it-if-you-got-it
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...Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Belief Blog (CNN ) – Televangelist Pat Robertson is raising eyebrows, and cheers from activists who are usually his opponents on political issues, by calling for the legalization of marijuana. “I really believe we should treat marijuana...
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CNN
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/08/pat-robertson-speaks-out-for-marijuana-legalization/
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...Robertson does not have "Twilight" Fever. On Thursday's episode of "The 700 Club," Robertson's syndicated religious TV show, the conservative Baptist minister and political activist slammed the vampire romance book and film series, calling the story about...
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The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/pat-robertson-twilight-is-demonic_n_1268919.html
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...Robertson has made many controversial statements over the years, such as suggesting that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were God's punishment for the U.S. tolerating abortion and homosexuality. His critics are usually those on the politically opposite spectrum...
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/views/~3/ZeHqR21L5DY/pat-robertson-alzheimers-comments-m,0,903166.story
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...we see they don't rely on this Bible promise of healing through faith for themselves. For example, in 2009 the faith healer Pat Robertson had heart troubles. Did he have a Christian pray for him or did he pray for himself to be healed? NO! Pat Robertson went...
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Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/deism-in-tampa-bay/pat-robertson-gives-christians-something-to-think-about
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...the last thing I'd do is condemn you for taking that kind of action." One has to wonder if there are other circumstances that Pat Robertson would deem OK, such as coma, or something like that. Beth Kallmyer, director of constituent services for the Alzheimer's...
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Huliq.com
http://www.huliq.com/3257/pat-robertson-alzheimers-akin-death-divorce-ok
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...terrible ordeal, often more so for the families than the victim him- or herself. But why anyone, anywhere, take advice from Pat Robertson on anything is simply beyond my comprehension. I guess he figures the “In sickness” part of wedding vows means just a...
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Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/topheadlines/~3/PLS8RooD6_o/
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...divorce and leaving his wife in the care of complete strangers. Hm, I guess I'm just a conservative—more conservative than Pat Robertson—when it comes to divorce. In sickness and in health, until death do you part, etc., I take that shit seriously. (Other...
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The Stranger
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/09/15/pat-robertson-urges-man-to-divorce-abandon-sick-wife
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...Robertson spoke during his "Sign of the Times" segment during CBN's "700 Club" program on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. “I hate Alzheimer’s,” Robertson said. “It is one of the most awful things because here is a loved one-this is the woman or man that you have...
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The Christian Post
http://www.christianpost.com/news/pat-robertson-blasted-for-alzheimers-divorce-advice-55650/
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...Robertson says Alzheimer's makes divorce OK By TOM BREEN Associated Press Clem Britt, File FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 file picture, Rev. Pat Robertson talks to attendees at a prayer breakfast as part of inaugural ceremonies for Virginia Gov.-elect...
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/14/3142946/pat-robertson-says-alzheimers.html#storylink=rss
Taped off of the 700 Club, in the early 90's. The rock n' roll episode.
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...has a history of making controversial remarks following major disasters and crises, CBN clarified Friday that “Pat Robertson made no such comments about the Chilean people making a pact with demons.” “Dr. Robertson is very concerned about the people of Chile...
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The Christian Post
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100307/cbn-pat-robertson-comments-about-chile-earthquake-untrue/index.html
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...Pat Robertson has been quite on the massive earthquake in Chile, obviously God was busy elsewhere. After making idiotic and inane comments on the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Robertson has been totally quite on this event. Perhaps Robertson is waiting...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2745849/pat_robertson_no_comment_on_chile_earthquake.html
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...and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's 2006 stroke. Those, at least, are heavenly judgments as pronounced by Pat Robertson for -- in order -- Haitians' long-ago pact with the Devil, abortion, abortion/intolerance for prayers in schools, and for...
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Hartford Courant
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SusanCampbell/~3/MIQ5OaACJQw/pat-robertsons-legacy-pat-and.html
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...Little Green Footballs, this astonishing report, that Pat Robertson was giving aid and comfort to the Liberian war criminal Charles Taylor:Under cross-examination, Taylor said that Robertson had volunteered to make Liberia's case before U.S. administration...
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The Atlantic
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JeffGoldberg/~3/s_TrWzIoMks/click.phdo
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..."Hail Satan, Hail Satan?" 'Fraid not. What is utterly astounding is just how incredibly ignorant bible-thumpers, i.e. Pat Robertson Haiti comments, come across as. I wonder if the televangelist has ever bothered reading the book of Job in the Old Testament?...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2596255/pat_robertson_haiti_comments_and_alleged.html
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...“great turning to ... What's A Natural Disaster Without Pat Robertson To Explain? swampland.blogs.time.com 12 hours ago — Pat Robertson, televangelist and former Republican candidate for president, explains why the earthquake happened in Haiti: A two-century...
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/video/pat-robertson-calls-quake-blessing-in-disguise/
www.rightwingwatch.org Pat Robertson discusses the crisis in Haiti, saying the country has been cursed ever since it made a "pact with the Devil" and that what the country needs is "a great turning to God."
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known TV minister -- and attracted a loyal and generous audience. Unlike other ministers, including Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, who attempted to influence politics and social policy, Mr. Roberts focused more on matters of faith and finance. Mr. Roberts
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The Washington Post
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4b56d250692f401ada8699e648a9df18
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Cromartie, of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Ministers as different, in theology and personality, as Pat Robertson, Joel Osteen, T. D. Jakes, and Robert Schuler are all in his debt. Roberts brought legitimacy to Pentecostalism by founding
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Newsweek
http://www.newsweekparentsguide.com/2009/12/14/an-american-original.html?from=rss
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Pat Robertson told his audience that Islam is “not a religion, it’s a political system. It’s a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination.”
Nice projection skippy. You just concisely described
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Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/19/robertson-mcdonnell-islam/
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The state which is regarded as the instrument for universalizing a certain religion must perforce be an ever expanding state. The Islamic state, whose principal function was to put God's law into practice, sought to establish Islam as the dominant
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Jihad Watch
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/virginia-pol-jumps-at-hamas-linked-cairs-command-but-not-high-enough.html
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This past weekend, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned against allowing “ anti-Muslim sentiment ” to emanate from the shooting at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan. But that is exactly what some conservatives are doing. Dave Gaubatz,
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/pat-robertson-on-ft-hood-islam-is-not-a-religion-and/
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Sounds like the Family on C Street, just replace “Islam” with “the Family”:
“I want to say it again, and again, and again: The Family is not a religion, it is a political system meant on — bent on world domination, not a religion. It masquerades as a
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Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/10/robertson-muslim-fascist/
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The interdenominational Christian university founded by charismatic televangelist Pat Robertson has found its next president following a six-month national search that began with Robertson’s announced intention to retire.
Dr. Carlos Campo was appointed
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The Christian Post
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20091103/regent-university-names-presidential-successor-to-pat-robertson/
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Facepalm, that is all I have to say.
Phil, I think the word that title should be Halloween, not “Haloween”.
While Halloween does have its roots in paganism and is part of the Wiccan tradition, it currently has as much to do with religion as Christmas
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Discover
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/31/a-nutbag-on-a-bag-of-nuts/
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Yesterday on the Christian Broadcasting Network, televangelist Pat Robertson aired a segment slamming President Obama for signing the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. Extending hate crimes protection to the gay and transgendered
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The Moderate Voice
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoderatevoice/~3/EJE5c67V0OE/
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not hard enough, apparently.
That noose Pat feels is God telling him he's doomed to rot in Hell for being a hateful bigot. Time's up, Pat!
Well no Pat that is not the case as RELIGION is already covered in the Hate Crime Legislation.
So stringing you
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towleroad
http://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/usuL2i5piYo/pat-robertson-on-lgbt-hate-crimes-legislation-the-noose-has-tightened-around-the-necks-of-christians.html
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[Trigger warning]
"The noose has tightened around the necks of Christians to keep them from speaking out on certain moral issues. And it all was embodied in something called the Hate crimes bill that President Obama said was a major victory for America.
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Shakesville
http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/10/quote-of-day_30.html
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Pat Robertson flat out lies to his audience on The 700 Club. Again. Via Crooks & Liars:
It's not even surprising anymore, is it?
His basis for opposing the law, however, is completely detached from reality. For instance, Robertson
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Joe. My. God.
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2009/10/pat-robertson-lies-about-hate-crimes.html
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Then, of course, there's the Religious Right, which is holding its collective breath and pouting over the event. Case in point: Pat Robertson at The 700 Club, ripping
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Crooks and Liars
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/pat-robertson-denounces-hate-crimes
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On yesterday's edition of The 700 Club, Pat Robertson made the absurd claim that gays want to destroy marriage:
"I don't really believe that homosexuals want to get married. What they want to do is destroy marriage and some of the other things that we
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towleroad
http://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/_qPUfEsIc_I/pat-robertson-gays-want-to-destroy-marriage.html
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Christian right darling Bob McDonnell is likely to become the state’s next governor—and more extreme candidates could win on his
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The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-19/pat-robertsons-manchurian-candidate/
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LA: But you have moved away from that history or perhaps a better
way to put it is that the movement moved entirely away from you -- from
Conservatism to extremism?
FS: Dad and I were mixing with a new set of people that had
not known much, if anything,
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at-Largely
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/lariska/atlargely/~3/jFBgE9RPrtU/my-interview-with-frank-schaeffer.html
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Robertson underwent convergent procedure, which involves cauterizing the continually beating heart muscle with heat generated by a radio frequency. The procedure is less invasive than traditional heart surgery and uses four small openings to hasten
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ScienceBlogs
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/VJSLAFLpSlQ/god_fails_to_heal_pat_robertso.php
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson underwent 10 hours of surgery to repair an irregular heartbeat that put the 79-year-old at higher risk of a deadly stroke or heart attack, his lead surgeon said Monday.
Robertson was back at home
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WBAY-TV
http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=11018763
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...Va. - Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson underwent 10 hours of surgery to repair an irregular heartbeat that put the 79-year-old at higher risk of a deadly stroke or heart attack, his lead surgeon said Monday. Robertson was back at home in Virginia Beach...
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MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32632037/ns/us_news-faith/
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RICHMOND, Va.—Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson underwent 10 hours of surgery to repair an irregular heartbeat that put the 79-year-old at higher risk of a deadly stroke or heart attack, his lead surgeon said Monday.
FILE - In a Wednesday, Nov. 7, 20
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Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_13238526?source=rss
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Pat Robertson is back at home in Virginia Beach after his release last week from a hospital in North Carolina.
RICHMOND, Virginia Pat Robertson's lead surgeon says he expects the 79-year-old religious broadcaster to make a full recovery from surgery to
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USA Today
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He couldn’t possibly give his doctors any credit. What if one of them turned out to be a Jew, a Muslim, or – god forbid – an Atheist?!? Robertson probably preached to them instead of thanking them for saving his pathetic little life. Imagine- god
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True/Slant
http://trueslant.com/turimcnamee/2009/08/31/pat-robertson-forgets-his-doctors/
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Source: Associated Press
"A spokesman says religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is recovering well after undergoing 10 hours of heart surgery in North Carolina.
Christian Broadcasting Network spokesman Chris Roslan said Monday Robertson is "doing
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Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4040051
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A spokesman says religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is recovering well after undergoing 10 hours of heart surgery in North Carolina.
Christian Broadcasting Network spokesman Chris Roslan said Monday Robertson is
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Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/living/story/1479477.html
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After the Episcopal Church OK'd the
ordination of gay bishops, televangelist Pat Robertson said he
supports the demise of the church.
Robertson's latest anti-gay comments
came Tuesday, the day after the Episcopal Church voted in favor of
lifting their
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On Top Magazine
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4221&MediaType=1&Category=26
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Here's another fix: tax the Christian Broadcasting Network and all other so-called "churches" that want to remove the separation between Church and State. The Constitution says there will be no religious test for any public office in the land. If
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Media Matters for America
http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair/~3/ei9PmqaaBj0/200907140044
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There will be no tears in my life if Pat Robertson quietly turns into a pumpkin.
Good point,
Halloween just wouldn't be the same without Pat around.
Interesting patty-cakes. You want them to go out of business? I didn't realize you were in a
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Media Matters for America
http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair/~3/6FDLzSatCjI/200907140038
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Stop wetting your pants, Pat. The hate crimes law doesn't repeal the First Amendment.
AND, it adds to the hate-crimes protections churches already enjoy.
Gosh, Pat has a point.
If a Pastor can't evangelize while puttin' a beatin' on a homosexual,
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Media Matters for America
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http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair/~3/hfiguo91XF8/200906250025
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CASA GRANDE - Pat Robertson was cleaning her pool June 10 when she heard the distinct sputtering sounds of an airplane in trouble.
She looked up to see a 1940s-era biplane, flown by a former World War II fighter pilot, make an emergency landing on a
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AZ Central.com
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1092322
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When is he going to be called to the heavens?
Isn't "religion" the main cause of most wars? You are pathetic and should be ashamed of yourself.
The true face of evil --- this man does not want a Secular Democratic America to exist at all. Just as Al
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towleroad
http://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/XnNyD820gqM/robertson-usa-heads-for-garbage-heap-of-history-over-gay-pride.html
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The past few months have not been kind to televangelist Pat Robertson. First he suggested that God smoke some Supreme Court justices. Then he called for the death of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. His latest gaff was in saying that Israeli Prime
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CAP News
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/capnews/~3/oNe5DuCzYZQ/content.php
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First he called
Pat Robertson the devil. Then he used Huffington Post to
call for an end to same-sex marriage bans. Rob Thomas is an
ally -- one who didn't sleep with Tom Cruise, but
loves that you think he might have.
When Susan
Sarandon and Tim
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The Advocate
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdvocatecomExclusives/~3/mh0tmxRRAgA/exclusive_detail_ektid89864.asp

