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	Eleven year olds getting contraception? By Michael Heath      Students at the King Middle School in Portland will be able to get prescription contraception if a new policy receives school board approval tomorrow night.  The new policy will expand the already liberal policy of the King Student Health Center.  Since 2000 they have provided condoms to students with, or without, the parent's consent or knowledge.  Under the new policy they will also provide prescription contraception including contraceptive pills, patches or injections and the morning-after pill.      Christian groups teach that the morning-after pill is a form of abortion.  Maine law does not require parental consent for abortion.  According to the Portland Press Herald students can obtain counseling and medication without notifying the parents.  The paper quotes the overseer of Portland's student health centers, "State law allows them (students) to seek confidential health care and to decide whether to inform their parents about the service they receive."      If we REALLY loved our kids, instead of our pets, we'd be confronting this issue realistically.  Instead, too many of us are shifting our affections from our children and grandchildren to the less demanding dog or cat that lives with us. Pastor Sandy Williams Comments on Homosexual Editorial      Leigh Donaldson's column "Loving commitments will outlast opposition to gay marriage" (Oct. 8) is filled with silliness, prejudice and ignorance that is unworthy of the space it is given. For example, he mentions "evangelists, Catholics, Episcopalians, holy rollers and so on."      I assume he meant to refer to "evangelicals" rather than "evangelists" - there is a difference.      I'm also amazed that the newspaper's editors are comfortable with the use of religious slurs like "holy rollers" (and later, "thump their Bibles"). Gambling Bulletin Inserts Produced Our Gambling with the way life should be PAC has produced church bulletin inserts. There are 2 sides to each insert encouraging parishoners to vote NO on question 1 this November.  The inserts are available for free download at gamblingwiththewaylifeshouldbe.com on the resources page under materials. The bulletin insert is available in both a full color and black and white version.
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