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Dickie Bell: Pro-business, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment

First elected in 1996 to the Staunton City Council, where he stayed for 13 years, Dickie Bell has been serving in the Virginia General Assembly since 2009


Why abortion is the wrong fight in the health-care debate

   Column by Rev. Anthony Butler Submit guest columns: freepress2@ntelos.net As a Baptist minister from Nebraska (born in Louisiana), I have watched from the pulpit as three formative events profoundly reshaped America’s view of its destiny and possibilities: the 9-11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and the recent economic meltdown. I hoped that last year, life would [...]


Keep religion out of health-care reform

Column by M. Patricia West Elected officials’ religious views should be their own private affair, neither imposed by them upon the nation, nor imposed by the nation as condition to holding public office. This means their private religious views should not be imposed via the current debate over health-care reform. Important life decisions are responsibilities [...]



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