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		<title>Music Monday: Blogs Require Thick Skins</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/20/music-monday-blogs-require-thick-skins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about MoF is that we&#8217;re a pretty small community and don&#8217;t attract a lot of trolls. This is not to say we never attract trolls, but when we do, it&#8217;s a surprise. There are many sites whose comments I simply don&#8217;t read because I don&#8217;t want to deal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and […] values&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/04/09/a-nation-of-citizens-who-are-bound-by-ideals-and-%e2%80%a6-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is how our president defined our country yesterday. Explicitly denying that it was a &#8220;Christian nation&#8221; and explicitly stating that this fact is one of our &#8220;great strengths&#8221;. It&#8217;s nice to be reminded of this—and by someone so high in the administration! It is vogue for politicians to exclaim &#8220;God bless America!&#8221; Whether or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas &amp; England: Creationism &amp; Its Dangers</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/19/texas-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas is reviewing its science standards, specifically with the desire to remove them altogether. Skepchick has a great discussion of exactly what this means, but here&#8217;s the short version: Texas and California&#8217;s choices for scientific textbooks drives the availability of textbooks nationwide because of their massive marketshare the Texas State Board of Education (TSBE) has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Conservatives are More Likely to Consume Porn</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/03/spark-conservatives-are-more-likely-to-consume-porn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/03/03/spark-conservatives-are-more-likely-to-consume-porn/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Late to the party on this one, I know, sorry. It turns out that conservative (read: religious) states have the highest porn rates in the country. Probably because they&#8217;re not allowed to have deviant (read: fun) sex at home. Meanwhile, people living in enlightened areas of the country have other outlets for their sexual urges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: XBox Live (Microsoft) Homophobic</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/25/spark-microsoft-live-homophobic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/25/spark-microsoft-live-homophobic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[not a huge surprise, I suppose… RT @pizzocalabro RT @consumerist: Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live : http://tinyurl.com/cc48g8]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Pre-Celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/12/spark-pre-celebrate-valentines-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/02/12/spark-pre-celebrate-valentines-day/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And watch this vid. An MoF favorite singer and an MoF favorite cause: Regina Spektor and No On H8. Do this before V day and enjoy your partnership on Valentine&#8217;s Day guilt-free (and full of hope). Let&#8217;s dedicate this Valentine&#8217;s Day to love.]]></description>
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		<title>Blog for Choice 2009: My Top Pro-Choice Hopes</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/01/22/blog-for-choice-2009-my-top-pro-choice-hopes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2009/01/22/blog-for-choice-2009-my-top-pro-choice-hopes/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Blog for Choice Day and I encourage everyone to visit the blogroll of bloggers taking part and to visit their blogs, if only for this one post. Also, feel free to revisit my posts from &#8217;07 and &#8217;08. This year&#8217;s topic is &#8220;What is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sparks: I Couldn&#8217;t Keep Them to Myself</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/11/17/sparks-i-couldnt-keep-them-to-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s first YouTube-Side Chat. I&#8217;d love to get the audio in podcast, since I have more time to listen than to watch. I&#8217;m so glad that he&#8217;s doing this (I&#8217;ve been saying for some time that the Fireside Chats need to be brought back, to increase trust and transparency; in this case, also to increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you could be anything you wanted&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/23/if-you-could-be-anything-you-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/23/if-you-could-be-anything-you-wanted/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the more popular genre of games right about now is a cross between full RPG and general story game. The most highly anticipated was Fable, where you start out as a young boy and grow into a hero&#8230;or a villain. And this was the major selling point: a slightly more sophisticated Choose Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Dark about AFTERdark</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/21/in-the-dark-about-afterdark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;ve got these posters up all over campus for an &#8220;event&#8221; tonight called &#8220;AFTERdark&#8221; and it&#8217;s pissing me off because I think this is a microcosm of the general bait-and-switch of religion. The campus event of the year AFTERdark the compelling drama of Joe White &#8220;a top 10 influencer of the century&#8221; -New Man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Against Proposition 8</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/16/why-im-against-prop-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[or, xJane gets mushy Yesterday was DH&#8217;s and my 3rd anniversary. It gave me a chance to reflect on love, marriage, and rights. Specifically on why I did (and did not) get married &#038; what that makes me think about the rights of others. I did not get married so that I could bear DH&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prop 8 on Campus 2.0</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/14/prop-8-on-campus-2point0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/14/prop-8-on-campus-2point0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This time, Dean Starr introduced Monte Stewart, of the Marriage Law Foundation (or MLF). I bet I can guess which way this one will go. There were questions but no rebuttal. It was sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Society, who described its mission as exploring how religious belief influences practice of the law. Proposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Atheist Morality</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/13/spark-atheist-morality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/13/spark-atheist-morality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a beautiful story from a favorite blogger, discussing why she gives money to beggars on the street. To religionists who say that morality may only come from the Divine, I give you this story. Love for fellow man need not be based in religion. This is a simple story that affected one person&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: Still Alive</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/13/music-monday-still-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/13/music-monday-still-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve held off for as long as I could bear to, but it is now time to release this upon the MoF community. From the guy who brought us the classic office zombie song, Re: Your Brains and the classy May Day song, First of May, comes the geek classic Still Alive, the end-credits song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fucking Friday: Bitch 2.0</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/10/fucking-friday-bitch-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/10/fucking-friday-bitch-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/10/fucking-friday-bitch-20/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a link dump for things that make me want to spit. Things that piss me off &#038; make me want to bitch—remind me why I should be angry. John just posted his experience at Church the other day, I think most of us can agree that his experience counts as something we all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: India plans to incentivize female births</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/05/spark-india-plans-to-incentivize-female-births/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/05/spark-india-plans-to-incentivize-female-births/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/05/spark-india-plans-to-incentivize-female-births/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By giving a girl&#8217;s family [...] financial benefits worth around $5,000, including health insurance, until she is 18, if she is sent to school and remains unmarried.I think this is a great idea, but I&#8217;m sure that the anti-feminists will spin it (they think that girls are more valuable than boys!!!). I also find it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Music Monday: White Wedding</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/22/music-monday-white-wedding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/22/music-monday-white-wedding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/?p=1233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 80s classic. Even my husband sings along to this one! But as were were jamming to it at a stoplight recently (I on air guitar, he on air drums, both of us singing at the top of our lungs), I realized that this song really freaked me out as a kid! Of course, if [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spark: We Haven&#8217;t Linked to Cracked.com in a While</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/19/spark-we-havent-linked-to-crackedcom-in-a-while/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/19/spark-we-havent-linked-to-crackedcom-in-a-while/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/19/spark-we-havent-linked-to-crackedcom-in-a-while/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So here you go: &#8220;Orson Scott Card Wants YOU (To Rise Up Against The Gay Menace). Including such gems as To those to of you who haven’t read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott card, warning: two spoilers follow. Spoiler 1: Your childhood was incomplete. and You’ve spent your life imagining diverse races and cultures, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microfinance: Food for Thought</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/18/microfinance-food-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/18/microfinance-food-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/18/microfinance-food-for-thought/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microfinance is the lending and borrowing of (relatively) small amounts of money. Generally, the lender is a (relatively) rich Westerner and the borrower a poor citizen of a developing country. And I don&#8217;t mean relatively poor; I mean abject poverty, where $25 to buy a goat means the difference between being able to feed your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theocracy</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/17/theocracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/17/theocracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*desperately trying to avoid typing &#8220;theoCRAZY!&#8221;* I missed this discussion at school, but have been seeing flyers for a forum on asylum law that state: HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR FREEDOM OF RELIGION? [...] Come hear [asylum professionals] discuss asylum law and practice. In particular, they will discuss the plight of Christian converts in Iran and [...]]]></description>
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