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Vermont

2009-04-07T22:32:04Z

Zippoman:

{{USState
|name=Vermont
|flag=Vermont_State_Flag.gif
|motto="Freedom and Unity"
|nick=The Green Mountain State
|capital=Montpelier
|language=None
|governor=Jim Douglas
|gparty=Republican
|senator1=Patrick Leahy
|s1party=Democrat
|s1phone=(202) 224-4242
|s1email=mailto:senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov Contact
|senator2=Bernie Sanders
|s2party=Independent
|s2phone=(202) 224-5141
|s2email=http://sanders.senate.gov/comments/ Contact
|population=
|date=March 4, 1791 (14th)
}}
'''Vermont''' is located in the Northeastern region of the [[United States]] and on March 4, 1791 became the fourteenth state to enter into the Union. Its name comes from the French term for 'Green Mountain.' The capital of Vermont is [[Montpelier]] and its largest city is Burlington. The current governor of Vermont is Jim Douglas, a [[Republican]].

Since 2000, Vermont has offered [[civil union]]s, similar to [[same sex marriage]].<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/domestic-partnership-in-the-united-states Answers.com]</ref>

On April 7, 2009 activist legislators legislated from the legislature to legalize same-sex marriage in Vermont. Given the Bible's explicit condemnation of homosexuality, the actions of the Vermont legislators can be accurately seen by Christians as an endorsement of [[evil]].
==Statewide Officials==
* Senator [[Patrick Leahy]]
* Senator [[Bernie Sanders]]

== See also ==

*[[State Governors]]

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[[Category:States of the United States]]

Iowa

2009-04-03T16:43:44Z

Zippoman:

{{USState
|name=Iowa
|flag=Iowa_State_Flag.gif
|motto="Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain"
|nick=The Hawkeye State
|capital=Des Moines
|language=English
|governor=Chet Culver
|gparty=Democrat
|senator1=Chuck Grassley
|s1party=Republican
|s1phone=(202) 224-3744
|s1email=http://grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm#emailform Contact
|senator2=Tom Harkin
|s2party=Democrat
|s2phone=(202) 224-3254
|s2email=http://harkin.senate.gov/c/ Contact
|population=
|date=December 28, 1846 (29th)
}}
'''Iowa''' is located in the Midwestern region of the [[United States]] and on December 28th, 1846 became the twenty-ninth state to enter into the union. During the [[American Civil War]] Iowa supported the United States. The capital of Iowa is [[Des Moines]] which is also its largest city. The current governor of Iowa is Chet Culver, [[Democrat]].

The [[Iowa Caucus]] is the first primary contest for [[Democratic]] and [[Republican]] [[president]]ial candidates.

On April 3 2009 the Iowa state supreme court decided to bless same-sex "marriages" ignoring the will of the people and [[God]].

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[[Category:States of the United States]]

Hermaphrodite

2009-02-26T22:11:16Z

Zippoman: /* Disproof of evolution */

A '''hermaphrodite''' is an animal or plant having both male and female [[reproductive organs]].

The word 'hermaphrodite' comes from the [[Greek mythology|Greek mythological]] [[other gods|god]] Hermaphroditus whose own name was a combination of the names of his parents, [[Hermes]] and [[Aphrodite]]. In Greek mythology Hermaphroditus was originally born male but was then later cursed into a combined male/female form.

==Human Hermaphrodites==
Often in humans afflicted by hermaphroditism, one or both sets of organs are non-functional, and the condition is considered to be a [[birth defect]], which can be caused by abuses of [[alcohol]] or [[drugs]] during [[pregnancy]]. The abnormality in humans occurs at exceedingly rare interval; the individuals in question are generally not able to reproduce through [[sexual intercourse]].

[[Sigmund Freud]] held that all people were hermaphrodites while in the [[womb]], and that this stage affected human [[psychology]] permanently. This view is contradicted by modern medical understanding of the process, however, where [[ultrasound]]s clearly indicate just one sex of the [[fetus]].

===Disproof of evolution===

Hermaphroditism, as stated above, can be caused by environmental factors. However there may be a genetic link. Given this, there is no [[Darwin]]ian reason for human hermaphrodites to exist, since hermaphrodism does not provide any reproductive or survival benefits. Human hermaphrodites therefore provide yet another challenge to Darwin's theories, often explained away by evolutionists as an "unfavorable" [[mutation]], yet they are unable to explain its repeated occurrence over the ages. Darwin's theories do not allow for the possibility of an intelligent designer who may be causing the hermaphroditism toward some unkown purpose.

===Christian perspective===

[[Christianity]] teaches that all can be saved through Christ. In most cases, hermaphrodites are more male or more female. Doctors can then perform operations shortly after birth to correct the child to the dominant gender and most hermaphrodites will then lead perfectly normal lives in Christ.

Those who are not or can not be corrected to a dominant gender are not [[bisexual]], and are not permitted to be sexual libertines. Liberals often believe that any person with even marginally ambivalent genitals (or even feelings) may perform whatever sex acts they like with whomever they please. Christians, however, point out that there are many situations in which the Bible mandates [[chastity]]. Indeed, marital relations are a gift God gives humans, and a true hermaphrodite may simply not be given this gift, like a person born without legs is not given the gift of running. The latter is not justified in robbing an Olympic athlete of his medal, and the former is not justified in bedding anyone he chooses.

[[Category:Sexuality]]
[[Category:Biology]]