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Republican “Family Values”?
By David Palmer
According to Dr. James Dobson (Focus on the Family), Ralph Reed (Christian Coalition) and their coterie of apologists/enablers like Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, the Red States are inhabited by folks who are (a) god-fearing, (b) imbued with family values, (c) caring, (d) philanthropic, and (e) moral stalwarts.
These statistics prove that Dobson, et al. have much work to do before the conduct of their brethren in the Blue States equals or surpasses that of the Reds. Put simply, these statistics seem to indicate that the Blues have intentionally set out to embarrass the Reds. Let’s just hope and pray that Dobson and Reed, and more importantly, Sean, Ann, Phyllis and Savage (SAPS) are up to the task. Hopefully, it won’t take two additional Republican Presidential terms (after Bush) before the Reds are able to force the Blues to appreciate the term “values” by causing their statistics to rise to the “compassionate” level of the Reds.
State Abortion Rate Changes —1990 vs. 2002 1
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State
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1990
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2002
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+/–
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State
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1990
|
2002
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Change
|
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Forida
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66,071
|
88,964
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+35%
|
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Illinois
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67,350
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46,945
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–30%
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Ohio
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32,165
|
35,830
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+ 11%
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Penn
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52,142
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35,167
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–32%
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Arizona
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15,783
|
10,677
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+ 32%
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Wisconsin
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6,848
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10,305
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+50%
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Kansas
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7,516
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11,844
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+ 57%
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Oregon
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13,658
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13,172
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–3.5%
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Montana
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3,365
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2,248
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–3.3%
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Vermont
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3,184
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1,635
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–49%
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Utah
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4,786
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3,524
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–2.6%
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Arkansas
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5,953
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5,316
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–1.1%
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N. Carolina
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36,494
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29,229
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–20%
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Iowa
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7,166
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6,230
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–1.3%
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1 2002 data unavailable for other states Source: www.johnstonsarchive.net
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Abortions—Comparable Foreign Pops.—2000
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State
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Total
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Pop
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|
State
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Total
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Pop
|
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Virginia
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27,999
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7.1 m
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v
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Switzerland
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11,792
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7.3 m
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FL-GA-VA
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148,240
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31.2 m
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v
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Canada
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105.169
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31.2 m
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Florida
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88,563
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16.0 m
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v
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Netherlands
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27,200
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15.9 m
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Old South 2
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313,720
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84.2 m
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v
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Germany
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134,609
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82.5 m
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FL-TX-GA-NC-VA
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255,738
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60.2 m
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v
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France -1998
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180,000
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59.3 m
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Adoption Stats—Comparable State Pops—1998-02
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Red
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Year
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Pop
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State
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Amt.
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Pop
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Texas
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10,825
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20.9 m
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v
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New York
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21,497
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19.0 m
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Florida
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8,324
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16.0 m
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v
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Illinois
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25,089
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12.4 m
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Alabama
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961
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4.4 m
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v
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Oregon
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4,447
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3.4 m
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Virginia
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1,851
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7.1 m
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v
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Washington
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5,322
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5.9 m
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Source: US Dept. Health/Human Services
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HIV/AIDS—Comparable State Statistics—2002
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State
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Amt.
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Pop
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State
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Amt.
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Pop
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Florida
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90,233
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16.0 m
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v
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California
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128,064
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40.0 m
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S. Carolina
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11,055
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4.0 m
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v
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Washington
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10,473
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5.9 m
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Louisiana
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14.624
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4.5 m
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v
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Michigan
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12,645
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9.9 m
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N. Carolina
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12,384
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8.0 m
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v
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Connecticut
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12,765
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3.4 m
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Utah
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2,189
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2.2 m
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v
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Rhode Island
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2,261
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1.0 m
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Source: US Dept. Health/Human Services Lo—Wyoming——Hi—Delaware
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Monthly Welfare Assistance—Per Recipient—2001
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State
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Mo.
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Year
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State
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Mo.
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Year
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Texas
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$ 68
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$ 816
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Massachusetts
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$268
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$3,216
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Alabama
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$ 49
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$ 588
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Oregon
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$202
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$2,424
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S. Carolina
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$ 66
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$ 792
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Connecticut
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$189
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$2,268
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Alaska
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$239
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$2,868
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Illinois
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$ 57
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$ 684
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Percentage of Seniors in Poverty—2000-2002—Top 12
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State
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%
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State
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%
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|
State
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%
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|
State
|
%
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AL
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18%
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MS
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18%
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LA
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17%
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AR
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15%
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NM
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15%
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TX
|
13%
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SC
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13%
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NC
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13%
|
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WV
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13%
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MD
|
12%
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OK
|
11%
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MN
|
11 %
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Percentage of Children in Poverty—2000-2002—Top 12
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State
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%
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State
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%
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State
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%
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State
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%
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NM
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30%
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LA
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27%
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CA
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25%
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AL
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24%
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AZ
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23%
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WV
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23%
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NY
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22%
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TX
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22%
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MS
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22%
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ID
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22%
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MT
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22%
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GA
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20%
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Comparable Domestic Partner Murder Rates—2000
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State
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Victims
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Pop
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State
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Victims
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Pop
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Mississippi
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25
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2.8 m
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v
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Michigan
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19
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9.9 m
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Tennessee
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38
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5.7 m
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v
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Illinois
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20
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12.4 m
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S. Carolina
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34
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4.0 m
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v
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New Jersey
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18
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8.4 m
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Knowing that the above named charitable Christians would not claim to be morally superior to those residing in Blue States, I went about and did some research to prove they were right. Below you will find statistics dealing with (a) abortions, (b) divorces, (c) adoptions, (d) poverty rates, (e) unmarried births, (f) HIV/AIDS rates and (g) domestic partner murder data. |
