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...inadequacies of mental-health offerings in the United States military and showed us that terrorism is not the sole province of religion. Similarly, reactions to the threat of terrorism represented not change that we could believe in, but rather the stasis that we feared. We were disappointed by Obama??s renewal of the Patriot Act, a bill whose overwhelming Congressional support was cause for alarm, not comfort, as the legislation remains an infraction against freedom. The bill represented and still represents an unnecessary forfeiture of a Supreme Court-affirmed right to privacy...
...civil unions: Marriage itself is a religious institution that is inappropriately included in public law, and thus all marriages should instead be legally defined as secular “civil unions.” Despite the disappointment in Maine, we saw hope’s silhouette once again with Obama??s reaffirmation of his commitment to gay rights during the State of the Union address, in which he promised to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy...
Preceding Obama??s address, Senator Scott P. Brown’s victory in Massachusetts drew our attention. The win prompted much political punditry and analysis of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha M. Coakley’s gaffes. Instead of focusing on her mistakes, we voiced our conviction that—following Brown’s victory—Democrats must not only deliver results, but also do so in a bipartisan manner...
That spirit of level-headed bipartisanship proved hard to come by as the climate-change and energy debates came to the fore. Obama??s move in April to promote offshore drilling was an unnecessary and unsavory concession whose political benefits do not outweigh the consequences to the environment. It represented not thoughtful compromise, but rather the political strong-arming that yields poor policy...
...reiterated time and time again that the proper way to address the energy and climate-change crises is to explore alternative-energy sources, including nuclear power. Obama??s February decision to commit $8.3 billion to construct new nuclear reactors in Georgia reassured us that the administration understood the technology’s possible benefits. However, we also asserted that nuclear power is not the only potential silver bullet, and the president should keep an open mind about other alternative-energy options...