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The coming political fallout on gay marriage

We could be fast approaching a national decision on gay marriage from the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court disallows states from banning gay marriage "the political fallout will be enormous," writes Paul Waldman at the Washington Post. Republicans in Arkansas and elsewhere might hope to take advantage of a base-motivating backlash — but that's a strategy that could come with long-term costs.
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Pious con artists

Counter-complaining against those who've complained about him getting public money for a school that teaches his religion, state Rep. Justin Harris, R-West Fork, said, "They don't have freedom of religion. Their whole deal is freedom from religion." Which is another way of saying, "Their whole deal is belief in the First Amendment.
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Legislator: State-paid Bible classes sent to attorney general

It sounds like the Department of Human Services has sent another hot potato to Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.

More Bible study with tax support UPDATE

John Lyon of Stephens Media advances the story about religious instruction in state-financed pre-schools with news that Republican state Sen. Johnny Key of Mountain Home also provides religious instruction in his pre-school, which receives almost $200,000 a year in tax dollars.
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Your tax dollars at work — teaching Bible

I'm sorry to say that Republican state Rep. Justin Harris has cut off my access to his Facebook page (after I asked him there about his animus to Scooby-Doo) and he won't return calls or e-mail messages.

From whom all blessings flow

We've written before about Rep. Justin Harris, the government-cutting Republican from West Fork who took offense when a public records request revealed the extent of state support for his "faith-based" daycare center and the possibility that this basher of illegal immmigrants might be receiving public money for caring for same.
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Justin Harris' hissy fit

Talk about a waste of government time and paper, not to mention outrageous. Rep. Justin Harris, the West Fork Republican and heir apparent to Mark Martin in that strange political corner of Arkansas, has already made headlines for his government-financed church school (which might offer to service to undocumented children) as he inveighs against government spending and illegal immigrants.
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