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Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it.

"What would you do if you saw gay parents berated by a waitress?"

Five same-sex couples obtained marriage licenses Wednesday in a suburban Philadelphia county defying a state ban on such unions, but the governor's spokesman said the local officials lack the power to suspend state law. Alicia Terrizzi and Loreen Bloodgood, of Pottstown, were the only couple to marry right away, exchanging vows in a park before a minister and their two young sons. "We're not setting out to be pioneers. We don't think our family is any different than anybody else," said Terrizzi, a 45-year-old teacher. "We've been waiting a long time for this." The licenses issued Wednesday in Montgomery County...

AG Kane refuses to represent the State in same-sex marriage case.

Yesterday, Covered California—the name given to the healthcare exchange created pursuant to the Affordable Care Act that will serve the largest population of insured citizens in the nation—released the premium rates submitted by participating health insurance companies for the three health insurance program categories (bronze, silver and gold) established by the Affordable Care Act, along with the catastrophic policy created for and available to those under the age of 30. Upon reviewing the data, I was indeed shocked by the proposed premium rates—but not in the way you might expect. The jolt that I was experiencing was not the result...

The reality is that Gosnell is an extreme anomaly. As The Daily Beast site rightly pointed out — in its coverage 27 months ago — "Gosnell's clinic was in no way representative of most abortion facilities, which is why the country's largest organization of abortion providers, the National Abortion Federation, refused him membership and testified against him to the grand jury." Gosnell is accused of infanticide, which is obviously illegal. He's accused of doing procedures on women who were more than 24 weeks pregnant and, in Pennsylvania, that's illegal. All told, his sordid saga has no bearing on legal abortion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8juyn7eCNU Here's a video of the cops entering the home of the parents who wished to receive a second opinion about their son's potential surgery. They removed the child because they claimed he needed the surgery immediately, yet the baby still hasn't received the surgery. Welcome to the nanny state.

Ryan Mauro just wrote an article about the younger brother's mosque, and its affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. Here's an excerpt. Dzhokar Tsarnaev, who has been arrested for the terrorist bombings in Boston, attended the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) in Cambridge, a mosque with strong Muslim Brotherhood links. The ISB Cultural Center, which is at a separate location, is even run by a group that federal prosecutors said in 2008 “was founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.” An ISB attendee reports last seeing Tsarnaev there during Ramadan last year. It is unclear if his...

Was anyone just watching Hannity? According to his guest, the Saudi student who was questioned about the Boston bombing will be deported per one of his anonymous sources. There's no link as of yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_puueyRCSQ Check out the video of Ben Carson's comments on same sex sex marriage. He stated that marriage is a pillar of society, and no group, whether it be gays, NAMBLA, or people into bestiality, have the ability to change a fundamental pillar of our society. Pretty strong words from Dr. Carson.

‏@MeghanMcCain:Big news being announced tomorrow... stay tuned. I was browsing around Twitter tonight, and noticed this Tweet in some of the same sex marriage hashtags. I'm wagering that her dad will announce his support for same sex marriage tomorrow. Will anyone be surprised?

By chance, did anyone else just the commercial on Fox News promoting homosexual marriage? I had to check the channel to make sure I was watching Fox News. I know Fox News have been moving to the left, but selling ad time to organizations promoting homosexual marriage? I may stop watching Fox News all together and stick to purely online discussions.

"When I started this article about what we face in the 113th Congress, I was focused on the challenge and frustration of trying to govern with an intransigent minority that would rather wreck the economy than grow it. The tea party fringe of the Republican Party has held the government hostage and while their attitude has not changed, what is different is the experience and commitment of others to do what is good for the country. The President’s Inaugural address and the apparent “results” of the Republican “retreat” last week have lightened my mood and encouraged me to think that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_F3oev06i0&list=SP85933DBA7E52B5B6 Check out the latest video from Lansing. Steven Crowd punched in the face multiple times.

I was wondering how strong the FreeRepublic presence is on Twitter. I've been on there since October, and I've noticed that a lot of conservatives on Twitter end up getting temporarily suspended due to a spam-report bug that liberals are able to exploit? So far, I've been suspended 6 times in the last 2 months, mostly over my opinions regarding Benghazi. Conservatives on Twitter refer to the temporary suspension as Twitter Gulag. Many have attempted to bring up the spam-report exploit to Twitter, but they deny it exists. Have the Freepers on Twitter found a way to negate or lessen...

I just heard this statistic on O'Reilly, and found a discussion about it from July on another website. Check it out. Absolutely astounding!

A lot of posters on Free Republic have been hoping one of the Fox News talking heads recognized the voter fraud. Allen West is on Hannity right now discussing the voter fraud in Florida, and Hannity is highlighting the fishy voting throughout the country. It's starting to gain traction!

Why do the talking heads on Fox sound so negative and dejected. O'Reilly sounded like he was ready to concede the election to Obama based on Hurricane Sandy. I don't understand the negativity. Also, Juan Williams needs to go to MSNBC.

What does everyone think? I go to a law school. It's conservative compared to other law schools, but I know most of my teachers are Obama supporters. Regardless, I'm 90 percent sure I'm wearing my shirt tomorrow. I'm proud to be a young conservative, since most of my peers are inundated by their liberal professors. LETS GO ROMNEY!

Voted ballots: Party Voted % REP 315,987 45% DEM 277,253 39% IND 110,188 16% Total 703,428 Outstanding requests: Party Requested % REP 688,438 40% DEM 689,990 40% IND 337,446 20% Total 1,715,874 Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/10/more-than-700000-floridians-have-voted-gop-holds-45-39-lead-over-dems.html#storylink=cpy So far, so good in Florida.