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...made him a lightning rod in the ongoing Western debate over family values. Disciple And for many participants in that debate, Benedict has become the anti-Zapatero. With a fierce intellect and clear ideas about fixing Catholicism's troubles on its home Continent, Benedict sees Spain as a prime battleground. When he welcomed the newly appointed Spanish ambassador to the Holy See on May 20, Benedict went beyond the typical diplomatic niceties, alluding to gay marriage, abortion and the right to a Catholic education. No doubt, the encounter with Zapatero on Saturday evening is the photo-op the worldwide media...
...From afar, of course, this rhetorical crossfire can seem almost comically absurd. But as history has shown, it doesn't take much for a meaningless rock to become a battleground. It's a lesson that both sides would do well to remember...
Oddly, food has a history of playing cultural battleground: World War Two heralded the replacement of sauerkraut with “liberty cabbage;” for a time, “liberty fries” took up the flag. But don’t let it stop there. Not only have the French wickedly subverted the good ol’ fry, they also guzzle garlic, swallow snails, whiff wine and, worst of all, disrespectfully wolf down our friend Lassy...
While the Senate prepares to return to the thorny issue of immigration reform next week, states are fast becoming a major battleground over the divisive issue. Earlier this week, just as Arizona's Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill that would have increased criminal penalties and arrest powers over illegal immigrants, Georgia's governor, Republican Sonny Perdue, signed into law one of the nation's toughest. It includes provisions requiring residents who are seeking state social welfare benefits to prove their legal status, as well as mandating that the police check the legal status of everyone they arrest...
...into pictures called for direct action, especially after the group's attempts to negotiate with the filmmakers were declined. "We could not just sit still and wait for the flagellation of the film itself," says Juan Manuel Mora, director of Opus Dei's communications department. "Nobody wanted a battleground. But not just silence either...