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...also means a lot to the bill's opponents, who fear that legalizing gay partners' parenthood is tantamount to legitimizing their couplehood. Both sides recognize the paradox: some of the same states that have rejected gay marriage are endorsing gay adoption. After winning constitutional amendments in 11 states to ban gay marriage in 2004, conservatives put gay adoption in their crosshairs last year--and misfired in every state they targeted. Since then, they have continued to suffer legislative defeats in states like Arkansas, which banned gay marriage in 2004 but earlier this year saw a bill to prohibit gay adoption...
...Local human rights groups accused the government of a policy tantamount to ethnic cleansing - some evictees had as little as half an hour to get ready according to activists, and many were bused to places where they knew no one. The government defense spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella initially said that there had been no forced evictions, and that all those who had left the capital had done so voluntarily. Later, other government officials said that those evicted had been suspected of plotting to bomb government installations in the capital...
...blindly put trust in their schools to lead them through the jungle that is the loan industry. Sending a student to a preferred loan company—essentially guaranteeing that company business— when that company does not provide the best possible loan betrays that trust. It is tantamount to educational insider trading in that these practices hide information from affected parties. This is only compounded by the presence of federal funds. One of America’s core principles is the idea of individualism and meritocracy, and federal student loans serve that end by providing all talented Americans...
...Catholic bishops who put the New Testament together. Anti-gays would learn that Jesus had nothing to say about homosexuality. And those who want the U.S. to be a nation governed by Christian laws would learn that our enemies are to be loved, not smashed, and that divorce is tantamount to adultery. No divorce, no war, no gay bashing, no anti-Catholicism--how downright un-American...
...reports suggesting that participation in the Facebook pools constituted a violation of NCAA rules and could result in suspension from athletic activity for a year. Osburn said in a telephone interview that the University of Georgia student newspaper had misinterpreted a statement suggesting that participating in those pools was tantamount to gambling. Still, she urged students to err on the side of caution when considering entering pools, saying that the NCAA does “not encourage student-athletes to participate.” While the Facebook pools are free to enter, contestants...