Given that the prosecutors bargained away most of the charges, this may have been all he could get. His life is effectively over, though - sexual offenders have trouble finding places to live and companies that will hire them.
In the beginning there was one man and one woman, because God created just one of each and told them to multiply. But if you look at marriage in the Bible beyond that, you see polygamy, concubines, taking captives or slaves as wives, and the like. For example, David, named a man after God's own heart, had at least six wives. Yet people say that one man and one wife is Biblical. If marriage really matters, why is divorce so easy and so common? Could it be that it's not really about marriage, but fighting change? I know a number of same-sex couples that have been together and monogamous for over ten years, yet the GOP had the multiply-married Lee Greenwood lead the Pledge of Allegiance at one convention while they were touting "family values".
Even if you disagree, it seems rather presumptuous to be telling a philanthropist what to do with their money. If it went to job-creating projects, would it be philanthropy any more?
Ohio Democrats can’t ignore 2010
I am not wild about Obama, but I don't want Romney picking SCOTUS justices.
May 27, 2012 at 2:24 a.m. permalink suggest removal
City man gets 7-year prison term for rape of family member
Given that the prosecutors bargained away most of the charges, this may have been all he could get. His life is effectively over, though - sexual offenders have trouble finding places to live and companies that will hire them.
May 16, 2012 at 6:44 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Do you agree with President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage?
In the beginning there was one man and one woman, because God created just one of each and told them to multiply. But if you look at marriage in the Bible beyond that, you see polygamy, concubines, taking captives or slaves as wives, and the like. For example, David, named a man after God's own heart, had at least six wives. Yet people say that one man and one wife is Biblical.
If marriage really matters, why is divorce so easy and so common? Could it be that it's not really about marriage, but fighting change? I know a number of same-sex couples that have been together and monogamous for over ten years, yet the GOP had the multiply-married Lee Greenwood lead the Pledge of Allegiance at one convention while they were touting "family values".
May 13, 2012 at 7:15 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Ex-student wants hate crime convictions dismissed
Sounds to me like he should have been more convincing to the jury...
May 1, 2012 at 7:02 p.m. permalink suggest removal
It’s become fence-mending time for Romney
"us independents" are going to remember the promises that Romney made the right in order to get as far as he got ... and judge them.
He'll probably try to do the flip-flop or etch-a-sketch thing to get out from under some of the stuff he said.
April 17, 2012 at 7:01 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Name change for Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport?
It doesn't matter what color lipstick you put on a pig. Perhaps auction naming rights to cover the improvements?
January 19, 2012 at 8:16 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Former Good Humor bar factory repurposed downtown Youngsgtown
Even if you disagree, it seems rather presumptuous to be telling a philanthropist what to do with their money. If it went to job-creating projects, would it be philanthropy any more?
January 13, 2012 at 7:20 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Gay nativity scene vandalized at Southern Calif. church
In other words, if you disagree with something, then vandalism towards a representation of it is acceptable ?
December 30, 2011 at 6:55 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Yep — another Valley earthquake in the same area as the others
I wondered if it was another quake ... the house didn't shake like the last one, but it sounded like a gunshot.
December 24, 2011 at 12:42 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Obama should run scared
At this point, I have little value for Obama (vs the other side) beyond potential Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and other federal court nominations.
December 20, 2011 at 7:13 a.m. permalink suggest removal