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Wes Widner on June 20th, 2011

Everyone wants to live in a perfect world. That’s not a really surprising statement. What separates us, however, is whether we think a perfect world is attainable given the current state of affairs and whether we think it is possible  to bring about a perfect world. How we answer these crucial questions is what defines [...]

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Wes Widner on May 27th, 2011

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Wes Widner on May 20th, 2011

[HT Crossway] SFLA 2011 Scott Klusendorf from Alliance Defense Fund on Vimeo.

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Wes Widner on May 10th, 2011

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A friend of a friend posted the following picture on Facebook recently and it elicited a rather rich and lively discussion. The graphic and related articles attempt to convey the absurdity and hypocrisy of states which allow marriage between close cousins (like gypsies) which poses a host of health risks, but disallow same sex marriage which they assume is [...]

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Wes Widner on April 28th, 2011

Making the Case for Life: Pro-Life Apologetics from Darius Hardwick on Vimeo.

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Wes Widner on April 26th, 2011

California bill SB48 is touted as another step in combatting discriminatory practices by teaching students about the contributions to humanity made by gays, lesbians, and transgendered persons. “Most textbooks don’t include any information about (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) historical figures or their civil rights movement, which has great significance to both California and U.S. [...]

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Wes Widner on April 21st, 2011

Original link. Debate description: To drag our economy out of the biggest crisis since the Great Depression, America needs another moon shot. Can the investment of billions into the clean energy sector trigger the creation of millions of jobs and innovation? Or would we simply be pumping dollars into the myth of a green economy? [...]

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Wes Widner on April 19th, 2011

From an answer on the Quora question “Why do many Americans think that healthcare is not a right?”: First and foremost we need to eliminate God from the discussion of rights. God is an issue of faith and to assert that rights are a product of God infers that those who are not faithful do [...]

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