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Puff don't pass

Medicinal marijuana is just fine with Ann Arbor residents. Last week, they approved a proposal that protects patients who use marijuana for medical purposes, such as soothing pain or increasing appetite.

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Smooth sailing

Late into the evening of Election Day, and even into the early morning hours, contention in the race for president was shared between three major candidates - the re-elected President Bush, Sen.

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11 states mistaken in marriage votes

Did the last election make anyone else ashamed to be an American? Honestly, what the hell happened? I'll forgo my ranting on the inadequacies of the elected president for now, and concentrate on Proposal 2.

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Tough times

After two years of turmoil and bloodshed in Iraq, interim prime minister Ayad Allawi has declared the country in a state of emergency.

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Underage drinking will get 'U' an MIP

I would simply like to ask Charles Groover Jr. "Too many criteria allow for MIP ticket" (SN 11/5) some questions. Is it or is it not illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drink in Michigan? Are you or are you not under the age of 21?

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Hurtful mascot

American sports have a long-standing tradition of stereotyping American Indians. Crude Bonanza-style images reduce nations of indigenous Americans into one racially offensive, feather-wearing bobble-headed mascot. Which sport they appear in doesn't really matter.

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Letter gave poor defense of faithful

John Karagoulis ("Christians deserve better than ridicule" (SN 11/5)) might be tired of Christians being characterized as ignorant, but he certainly doesn't provide an argument to the contrary.

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Christians deserve better than ridicule

I am tired of Christians being stereotyped as the ignorant, hate-filled neanderthals of American society. I am particularly incensed at the articles that John Bice spews forth from his bilic mouth on a weekly basis, discounting Christian views on abortion, calling them "doltish," and "faith-spawned drivel." If Bice has some enlightened knowledge on when the exact point of personhood is attained, I'm all ears.

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Embarrassed

Michigan should be ashamed to have passed Proposal 2 into law. On Tuesday, our state and 11 others wrote hatred and discrimination into the very core of their state constitutions. We at The State News are appalled, but not necessarily surprised. Voting yes on Proposal 2 wouldn't have forced the hand of any religion - churches would have been free to marry or not marry whomever they pleased.

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Too many criteria allow for MIP ticket

The standards that police officers are using to give MIP tickets are becoming too broad. The fact that officers are allowed to consider your body as a container when giving an MIP is unnecessary.

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On the board

Democrat Joel Ferguson and Republican Melanie Foster won seats on the MSU Board of Trustees, with 25 percent and 24 percent of the vote respectively. With Ferguson keeping his post on the board and Foster coming back (she served in the early 1990s), we hope the new board secures a position as a liaison between the university and students. With so many crucial issues coming up, we can't overemphasize the importance of the communication between the two parties. The absence of Trustee Randall Pittman could mean the loss of a major force behind the plan to relocate MSU's medical school.