Science > Abortion > Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely
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01 Dec 2006 09:48:27 PM |
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Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
http://www.lifenews.com/nat2794.html
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll conducted jointly by Le
Moyne College and Zogby International finds that a majority of
Catholics want abortion to be illegal. The poll also finds that active
churchgoing Catholics are more likely to support prohibiting abortions
than those who are more nominal and never attend church.
When asked if "all abortions should be illegal" 50 percent of
Catholic adults in the U.S. agreed while 49 percent disagreed. About 1
percent of respondents were undecided in the poll.
But, the divide regarding abortion is between those who attend church
services every week or more and those who attend less than weekly.
Among those who never attend Mass only 30% believe all abortions should
be illegal, the survey found while 60 percent of those who attend mass
weekly or more believe all abortions should be illegal.
The poll also found that Catholics continue to be pleased with the new
Pope, who has taken especially strong stances against abortion,
embryonic stem cell research and euthanasia.
Most respondents (83%) agreed (45% strongly, 39% somewhat) that
Benedict XVI is doing a good job leading the Catholic Church.
Previously polls have shown that Catholic Americans take a pro-life
position on abortion.
An April 2005 Gallup survey found a strong majority of Catholics
believe the Catholic Church should retain its view against abortion.
Approximately 59 percent of those polled favor the church's pro-life
stance while just 37 percent of respondents opposed it. Catholics who
attend church on a weekly basis were more likely to back the church's
pro-life position, by a 69 to 29 percent margin.
Zogby International conducted interviews of 1,505 Catholics chosen
nationwide from a Zogby compiled database of Roman Catholics self
identified from previous polls.
All calls were made from Zogby International headquarters in Utica, New
York, from 10/5/06 thru 10/10/06. The margin of error is +/- 2.6
percentage points.
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| User: "No One" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 12:55:58 AM |
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"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> writes:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
The "downtrodden" being "fought for" unfortunately excludes any kid
who has a chance to be adopted by a nice, respectable gay couple who
would provide a good home for the kid, as the Catholic Church would
rather have the kid kept in an institution.
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 12:16:00 AM |
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"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> writes:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
When the Roman Church becomes a legal authority in this country, they'll
deserve being listened to...and laughed at.
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Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros)
LAST GAME: Houston 6, Grand Rapids 1 (November 26)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, December 2 at Omaha, 7:05
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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02 Dec 2006 05:45:08 AM |
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On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:16:00 -0600, The Chief Instigator wrote:
"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> writes:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
When the Roman Church becomes a legal authority in this country, they'll
deserve being...
....overthrown...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys
on a million typewriters, and the Usenet is NOTHING
like Shakespeare!"
- Blair Houghton
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 09:53:19 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> writes:
On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:16:00 -0600, The Chief Instigator wrote:
"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> writes:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
When the Roman Church becomes a legal authority in this country, they'll
deserve being...
...overthrown...
....after we've laughed at them a bit. (After that, the leaders can be sent on
a mission of exploration - after all, there are still a few hundred thousand
asteroids, at least one dwarf planet, and the whole Kuiper Belt to
investigate.)
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros)
LAST GAME: Houston 6, Grand Rapids 1 (November 26)
NEXT GAME: Saturday, December 2 at Omaha, 7:05
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 08:53:58 PM |
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On 02 Dec 2006 09:53:19 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
...after we've laughed at them a bit. (After that, the leaders can be sent on
a mission of exploration - after all, there are still a few hundred thousand
asteroids, at least one dwarf planet, and the whole Kuiper Belt to
investigate.)
Let's not waste resources, though - no ships or suits. Let their god
provide.
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rukbat at optonline dot net
"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear
to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave
mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
- Thomas Paine
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 10:22:38 PM |
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Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:
On 02 Dec 2006 09:53:19 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
...after we've laughed at them a bit. (After that, the leaders can be sent
on a mission of exploration - after all, there are still a few hundred
thousand asteroids, at least one dwarf planet, and the whole Kuiper Belt to
investigate.)
Let's not waste resources, though - no ships or suits. Let their god
provide.
Indeed...let them prove their faith, beyond any reasonable doubt.
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros)
LAST GAME: Omaha 4, Houston 0 (December 2)
NEXT GAME: Sunday, December 3 at Peoria, 4:05
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, ChurchgoersMore Likely |
04 Dec 2006 09:07:56 AM |
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On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:22:38 -0600, The Chief Instigator wrote:
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:
On 02 Dec 2006 09:53:19 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
...after we've laughed at them a bit. (After that, the leaders can be sent
on a mission of exploration - after all, there are still a few hundred
thousand asteroids, at least one dwarf planet, and the whole Kuiper Belt to
investigate.)
Let's not waste resources, though - no ships or suits. Let their god
provide.
Indeed...let them prove their faith, beyond any reasonable doubt.
"The lord will provide!"
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Mark K. Bilbo
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"...otherwise, we're looking at the potential of this kind
of world:.... a world in which oil reserves are controlled
by radicals in order to extract blackmail from the West..."
-George Bush
Wait... oil reserves?
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
04 Dec 2006 09:37:15 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> writes:
On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:22:38 -0600, The Chief Instigator wrote:
Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> writes:
On 02 Dec 2006 09:53:19 -0600, The Chief Instigator
<patrick@eris.io.com> wrote:
...after we've laughed at them a bit. (After that, the leaders can be sent
on a mission of exploration - after all, there are still a few hundred
thousand asteroids, at least one dwarf planet, and the whole Kuiper Belt to
investigate.)
Let's not waste resources, though - no ships or suits. Let their god
provide.
Indeed...let them prove their faith, beyond any reasonable doubt.
"The lord will provide!"
Praise the Lard!
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros)
LAST GAME: Peoria 4, Houston 1 (December 3)
NEXT GAME: Thursday, December 7 vs. Omaha, 7:05
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 12:46:11 AM |
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"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1165031307.300339.261490@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...
What? It's more likely the majority of catholics want churchgoers illegal?
That doesn't make any sense.
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "duke" |
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| Title: Re: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, Churchgoers More Likely |
02 Dec 2006 07:00:37 AM |
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On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:46:11 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com> wrote:
"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1165031307.300339.261490@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...
What? It's more likely the majority of catholics want churchgoers illegal?
That doesn't make any sense.
Nothing intelligent makes sense to you, loubert.
duke, American-American
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"The Mass is the most perfect form of Prayer."
Pope Paul VI
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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03 Dec 2006 03:16:37 AM |
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"duke" <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in message
news:q6u2n2d1gr6om74142oeaut8a4o9k76mt1@4ax.com...
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:46:11 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com> wrote:
"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1165031307.300339.261490@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com...
What? It's more likely the majority of catholics want churchgoers illegal?
That doesn't make any sense.
Nothing intelligent makes sense to you, loubert.
Duke! So good to see you! How did you like your *****-kicking in the
elections?
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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02 Dec 2006 01:09:01 AM |
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J Young <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth.
If one ignores all the the people who have died because of the pope
and the children who were molested and the corrptuon of the church and
the hypocrisy ..
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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02 Dec 2006 01:20:53 PM |
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J Young <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
Just look at their payouts to the victims of child molestation:
he nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday it will
pay $60 million to settle 45 sex abuse lawsuits, the largest payout
yet by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and among the biggest
resulting from the molestation crisis that has plagued the church.
...
Sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests has cost the U.S. church at
least $1.5 billion since 1950.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/16148161.htm
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Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Parsifal" |
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02 Dec 2006 03:48:30 AM |
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J Young schrieb:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth.
So, you're not catholic?
No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
And we atheists care about what a septuagenarian wearing robes and
living in a palace in which way exactly?
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| User: "raven1" |
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02 Dec 2006 01:06:51 PM |
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J Young wrote:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities )
I worked for Catholic Charities in a residence for the developmentally
disabled when I was in college. One of the residents got his girlfriend
pregnant, and the agency quietly arranged for her to have an abortion.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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02 Dec 2006 08:55:41 PM |
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On 2 Dec 2006 11:06:51 -0800, "raven1" <psychedelephant1@gmail.com>
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I worked for Catholic Charities in a residence for the developmentally
disabled when I was in college. One of the residents got his girlfriend
pregnant, and the agency quietly arranged for her to have an abortion.
I keep forgetting - WHERE in the Bible does Jebus say "Do as I say,
not as I do"?
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rukbat at optonline dot net
"I am a deeply religious nonbeliever.... This is a somewhat new kind of religion."
- Letter to Hans Muehsam March 30, 1954; Einstein Archive 38-434
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01 Dec 2006 11:44:04 PM |
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J Young wrote:
[--wankage--]
Here's the Catholic Church's dirty little secret - it teaches that
*all* abortions are mortal sins, even those to save the woman's life.
But what's funny about this poll cited by IBen/JYoung is that only 50%
of Catholics accept their church's teaching on abortion. Pope Benadryl
is falling down on the job.
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| User: "Attila" |
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02 Dec 2006 05:07:16 PM |
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On 1 Dec 2006 19:48:27 -0800, "J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> in
alt.abortion with message-id
<1165031307.300339.261490@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> wrote:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth.
Catholics do two things well - screw and beg forgiveness.
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Pro-Choice is Pro-Freedom
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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01 Dec 2006 11:50:02 PM |
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On 1 Dec 2006 19:48:27 -0800, "J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
When asked if "all abortions should be illegal" 50 percent of
Catholic adults in the U.S. agreed while 49 percent disagreed. About 1
percent of respondents were undecided in the poll.
Reality isn't a popularity contest.
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rukbat at optonline dot net
"For aught we know a priori, matter may contain the source, or spring, of order
originating within itself, as well as the mind does."
- David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
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| User: "Andrealphus" |
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01 Dec 2006 11:54:19 PM |
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In News gv42n2teg171itp67b7ds50pl2im8lk11s@4ax.com,, Al Klein at
rukbat@pern.invalid, typed this:
On 1 Dec 2006 19:48:27 -0800, "J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote:
When asked if "all abortions should be illegal" 50 percent of
Catholic adults in the U.S. agreed while 49 percent disagreed. About
1 percent of respondents were undecided in the poll.
Reality isn't a popularity contest.
Especially not a Catholic popularity contest. They had their chance to run
things and set policy. They still call th at period, "The Dark Ages".
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Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if there be
one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of blindfolded
fear. - Thomas Jefferson
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Poll: Majority of Catholics Want Abortion Illegal, ChurchgoersMore Likely |
02 Dec 2006 05:44:22 AM |
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On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:48:27 -0800, J Young wrote:
Led by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Catholics remain the finest
people to grace this earth. No people do more for the downtrodden (
e.g. Catholic Charities ) or fight harder for those who cannot speak
for themselves.
Oh puhleese. You hate everybody. You only pretend to like fetuses because
they can't talk back...
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Mark K. Bilbo
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If their omnipotent, omniscient (so they say) god wants me to
believe in him, then he should know what would prove his
existence to me. He hasn't done so yet, so there is no reason
to believe in him.
-Woden
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