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Census Nonsense

Posted on March 18, 2010

Q: Do I have to answer Census questions? Isn’t this an invasion of privacy and a violation of the Fourth Amendment? A: A widely circulated anti-Census commentary makes several false claims. The law requires truthful answers and states that they will be kept confidential. Courts have upheld its constitutionality.

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Georgia Arms

Posted on June 4, 2009

 Q: Did the Obama administration shut down a Georgia ammunition supplier? Is it trying to create an ammo shortage? A: Georgia Arms still is doing a booming business in reloaded military cartridges. The Pentagon quickly reversed a move to stop selling spent casings.

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‘Godless Dollars’

Posted on May 27, 2009

Q: Did the government issue new dollar coins without the words "In God We Trust"? A: Congress ordered the words to be stamped on the edges of the coins, but an unknown number of "Godless dollars" were produced by mistake.

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Burned Bibles?

Posted on May 25, 2009

Q: Did the Obama administration burn soldiers’ Bibles? A: The military destroyed Bibles printed in Afghan languages to prevent distribution to local Muslims. But it happened during the Bush administration.

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Oklahoma’s Conservativism

Posted on May 22, 2009

Q: Is Oklahoma as defiantly conservative as a chain e-mail says? A: The state is one of the most Republican in the nation, but the message exaggerates Oklahoma’s laws on religion, immigration and guns.

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Crime to Denounce Homosexuality?

Posted on May 14, 2009

Q: Would the "hate crimes" bill make it a crime to denounce homosexuality from the pulpit and give legal protection to pedophiles? A: No on both counts. The First Amendment is still operative, and pedophiles would get no breaks under this bill.

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Misquoting Yamamoto

Posted on May 11, 2009

Advocates of gun rights often argue that in World War II Japan was deterred from invading the U.S. mainland by a fear of American citizens with guns in their closets. They frequently quote Japan’s Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto as saying: "You cannot invade mainland United States. There would be a rifle …
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Obama on FOCA, 2.0

Posted on April 30, 2009

Is Obama shying away from the Freedom of Choice Act? When CNN correspondent Ed Henry asked the president about his current thinking on FOCA at last night’s White House press conference, Obama used very different language than he did during the campaign. In 2008, as we noted in our Ask …
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Obama at Georgetown

Posted on April 27, 2009

Q: Did Obama ask Georgetown University to remove all religious symbols before he would speak there? A: A religious symbol was covered at the Catholic and Jesuit institution after the White House asked for a neutral TV backdrop.

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Counting Mexico’s Guns

Posted on April 17, 2009 , Corrected on April 22, 2009

There’s no dispute that thousands of handguns, military-style rifles and other firearms are purchased in the U.S. and end up in the hands of Mexican criminals each year. It’s relatively easy to buy such guns legally in Texas and other border states and to smuggle them across. But is …
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