Republican Platform - Despite Program Failures, Increase Funding for Abstinence Education
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With the selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate, Presidential candidate John McCain went out of his way to continue the ongoing Republican alignment with conservative Christians. As media outlets have noted, the Alaskan Governor has been a strong proponent of both creationism and abstinence education for public school students.
Ironically, directly after McCain’s selection [...]
Murtagh’s new ad
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John Murtagh, a Republican Yonkers city councilman running against incumbent state Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins in the 35th District, released a new commercial. In it, his wife talks about her husband’s positions on education and a tax cap. View it here:
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