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To the surprise of many this informative story tells us how Jesus really felt about homosexuality. This is a real eye opener. Not long but very deep, and a real mind changer. Amazing. This man was all about LOVE. And Love I wish to all of you. Enjoy!
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Veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to be released on bail
Sea Shepherd group vows to fight founder's possible extradition from Germany to Costa Rica over 2002 incident at sea
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Shoot down hunting laws ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Well, the NSW Game Council has just proposed that 12 year olds be allowed to hunt by themselves. Crazy right!? As Greens pollie, David Shoebridge put it "I think most people are troubled by the concept that a 12-year-old will come home from school ..
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Poll Results - 5/18/2012
A completely unscientific poll of Politics Plus readers on Republican bragging over so-called foreign policy successes,
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Free Captain Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd! PLEASE SIGN!
Sea Shepherd has embarked on over 200 voyages covering many of the world's oceans and defending and saving defenseless marine life all along the way. For 31 years, Captain Paul Watson has been at the helm of the world's most active marine non-profit...
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ACTION ALERT: Protect the Susquehanna River! PLEASE SIGN !
As the longest American river flowing out into the Atlantic Ocean, the Susquehanna is an important watershed that must be protected. Its waters pass through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland as it courses through its four hundred and sixty-four mile
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Too close to give up on our oceans now ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
This is a legacy moment. Across the land conservationists, fishers, divers, businesses, sailors, surfers - ordinary men, women and children are calling for greater protection for our seas. Please join us and tell Treasurer Wayne Swan we're banking on him
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Save greyhounds from cruel export ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Demand an end to the export of greyhounds! Tell the Minister in charge that greyhounds don't deserve that treatment - no matter how fast or slow they are.
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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Sen. Inhofe's Dangerous Bill ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
We need to fight back. Sign the petition to tell your Senators to stand up for clean air and defeat Sen. Inhofes outrageous bill once and for all.
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Ricketts: Republican Racism Revealed
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Canada: Tell the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) that Rio Tinto has no place in the Olympic Games
Mining giant Rio Tinto is the official Olympic supplier of the metal used to make the 2012 Olympic medals yet it locked out 780 workers who are standing up against the company's aggressive contracting-out demands at a highly profitable aluminum smelter
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Ban Horse Slaughter Now ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
We ask that the House of Representatives, Senate, and President Obama pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011, S.B. 1176/H.R. 2966, to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
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Fartfuhrer Walker Busted in BIG Lies!
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EGYPT: From Mubarak to Worse
More than 15 months after Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary polls, many Egyptians say that daily living conditions are worse now than they were in the Mubarak era.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Support the Right to Demonstrate at the DNC in Charlotte
Tell the City of Charlotte and the Democratic National Convention: Support the First Amendment and the right to demonstrate! Grant the Coalition to March on Wall Street South permits!
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Trapped Like a Fly In The World Wide Web of Green Living
The thing about being a LOHAS consumer is that once youre turned on to greener options, you cant turn back. Plastic packaging starts to glare like sharp glass on supermarket shelves, your stockpile of reused jars and bags outgrows you
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Hold A&L Poultry Accountable for Starving 50,000 Hens
In February of 2012, A&L Poultry - a central California egg farm - abandoned the 50,000 caged hens on their farm. The hens were left without food for two weeks, leaving nearly 20,000 dead.
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USDA: Regulate Unlicensed Puppy Mills! TAKE ACTION!
In response to concerns about thousands of dogs who are denied basic humane care at large-scale commercial breeding facilities, The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a proposed rule that would close a gaping loophole in the..
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Being A Mother In The Animal Kingdom
Some animal mothers pay with their lives in order to ensure the survival of their offspring, while others have to endure extreme parenting situations. What must they go through?
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The Vital Chain: Connecting The Ecosystems of Land and Sea
A new study from a Pacific atoll reveals the links between native trees, bird guano, and the giant manta rays that live off the coast. In unraveling this intricate web, the researchers point to the often little-understood interconnectedness between terre
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Stop Whaling Now! ACTION!
Please watch Pierce Brosnan's powerful video on Iceland's illegal slaughter of whales. Then send a message urging President Obama to impose tough trade sanctions on Icelandic companies tied to whaling if that nation resumes the slaughter next season.
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Dog Attempts To Defy Boundary! VIDEO!
Animals have proved their intelligence time and again. Maxs attempt to take a rake inside the house is admirable, but in this situation, hes not the smartest tool in the shed.
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Please Sign: Tell USDA to End Torture of Tennessee Walking Horses: Enforce the Horse Protection Act
Recently released film from a Humane Society investigation shows TW Horses are being badly abused. Despite the banning of "soring," applying caustic chemicals to horse legs to cause pain and accentuated gait, the torture has gone on, improperly checked.
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ACTION ALERT: Save Songbirds in Canada! PLEASE SIGN !
The eastern loggerhead shrike is one of the fastest-declining bird species in North America. These tiny songbirds might look sweet, but they hunt like birds of prey, using their beak to impale their future meals (typically large insects) on thorn
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Protect Americas Endangered Rivers ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Water is necessary for life, yet a recent report shows we are not protecting this essential natural resource. The American Rivers report lists Americas most endangered rivers. Topping the list is the Potomac River which was once so polluted that it
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Human-induced mass extinction crisis calls for action
At seven billion strong and counting, homo sapiens sapiens have now made enough of an impact on the Earth and its systems to warrant naming a new epoch after us the Anthropocene, or the Age of Man.
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Don' let US kill the solar power industry ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
The United States Department of Commerce is considering a law that would make solar energy much less affordable for American families.
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Animal pictures of the week: 18 May 2012
All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery.
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PLEASE SIGN ! The Seals of Nam - End the Seal Hunt in Nambia! PLEASE SIGN !
ON JULY 1, 2012 - 85,000 BABY SEALS WILL BE BEATEN TO DEATH IN NAMIBIA!!!
The pups are separated from their mothers and herded away from the safety of the sea where they are then beaten to death with pick handles. They are also stabbed in the throat
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Prohibit Trade of Black Bear Organs in All States ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Across North America, black bears have been found with gallbladders removed, paws chopped off, and bodies left to rot, all to satisfy a demand in Asian communities for use in Traditional Chinese medicine, both here and abroad
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Ban Force Feeding Ducks (Foie Gras) in New York ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
"Foie gras," literally fatty liver, is a disease marketed as a delicacy. It is the liver of a duck or goose enlarged to up to 10 times its normal size by force feeding, produced by cruel and inhumane farming practices.
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Dont Let Lawmakers Devocalize YOU ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Your calls asking lawmakers to ban devocalization of dogs and cats in New York State are getting their attention. BUT
this humane legislation has far to go before the 2011-12 session ends in six weeks.
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HSUS Undercover Investigation Reveals Dead Tigers, Safety Threats at Oklahomas GW Exotic Animal Park
The Humane Society of the United States has released the results of an undercover investigation into an Oklahoma exotic animal park, where an investigator recorded tiger deaths, unwarranted breeding and dangerous incidents involving children and adults
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The week in wildlife - in pictures
Sea eaglets, burrowing owlets and penguin chicks are among this week's pick of images from the natural world
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3 New Clean Technology Innovations for 2012
This year has seen a few nice new inventions coming forwards and steps for society towards clean technology. Today well look at three of them.
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Chicago braces for major protests as NATO summit looms
As world leaders gather for the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, they will be welcomed by thousands of protesters with a litany of complaints. Chief among them: Stop spending money on war and use it to rebuild recession-hit communities instead.
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Lagos Introduces Tougher Enforcement of Environmental Laws
The Lagos State government is ramping up enforcement against breach of environmental laws and toughening prosecution of offenders.
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Greenwash: Tips for spotting genuine green companies
Greenwashing is the general term used to describe the practice of companies who are engaging in what they claim to be environmentally friendly activities, without actually doing so. A great example of this is BP, the company renamed itself beyond
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The white kite of Gigrin Farm
For a few years, it has been an open secret that there is a white Red kite in Central Wales. The kite is occasionally seen at the Gigrin Farm Red kite feeding centre. The kite is almost certainly leucistic': Leucism is a very unusual condition whereby
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Horrific Abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses
A new undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States revealed that workers at a nationally known Tennessee Walking horse training barn used caustic chemicals on horses front legs to produce an artificial high-stepping gait that wins
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ARGENTINA: Tribe partners to protect Argentina's most endangered forest
Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest
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ACTION ALERT: Comcast Corporation: Stop the inhumane killing of baby birds that are in nesting in cable boxes! PLEASE SIGN !
Comcast needs to ensure that birds cannot nest in cable wire/ outlet boxes that are mounted on the sides of many apartment,condo buildings and some homes. If they do find that birds have nested, they should use caution in removing the nests and birds
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ACTION ALERT: Save New Jersey's Clean Energy Program! PLEASE SIGN !
New Jersey's clean energy programs have reduced pollution, saved households money and jumpstarted a clean energy economy in tough economic times. In fact, thanks to our investments, New Jersey has more solar energy than any state except California.
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ACTION ALERT: A new plan to save the planet! PLEASE SIGN !
This weekend, the eight most powerful leaders in the world will meet at the G8 summit and could agree to a plan that could literally stop climate change!
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ACTION ALERT: Stop Fracking Near An Elementary School! PLEASE SIGN !
Moms in Erie, Colorado are working desperately to stop a giant oil and gas company from fracking next to their kids' elementary school. They've asked Encana, a giant oil and gas company, to abandon this one well and protect their children.
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Combustive Rocks ~California women Burned for picking up ROCKS on BEACH! VIDEO AT SITE
Well we all know that our OCEAN is TOXIC, but nowdays a person can't pick up rocks on a beach??? Sadly, we have made a Mess of everything Special! News at site! Wonder about all of the TOXIC Dumping into the Ocean, did that do this to the ROCKS?
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GOOD NEWS! Vermont first state to ban fracking
Vermont's governor has signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.
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ACTION ALERT: Urge Brazilian President to Veto Environmentally Compromising Legislation! PLEASE SIGN !
Brazil is at a crossroads. President Dilma Rousseff is faced with a decision that could redefine conservation efforts in the Amazon. The House of Representatives passed legislation that would revise the countrys forest management law.
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Zimbabwe conservancy needs help to protect wildlife
The Chiredzi River Conservancy is in urgent need of funds, personnel, equipment and assistance to mount a comprehensive Anti-Poaching Patrol Project through our 45,000 hectare conservancy in the South East Lowveld of Zimbabwe in early 2012 and ongoing.
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Cuban Activists Defend Sexual Rights as Human Rights
The Fifth Cuban Day Against Homophobia focused on recognising and including sexual rights as human rights, a cause increasingly advocated by activists demanding respect for sexual diversity in this Caribbean island nation.
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