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The ticket sales so far equated revenue of about $205,000, compared to the usual $50,000 to $60,000 received on a first day of sales, in the previous three or four years, Crawford said. Last year 3600 tickets were sold to the annual event, which had also sold at record-breaking speed despite uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic, and borders being closed. Two of this year’s workshops had already sold out, on the first day of ticket sales.
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Garden Marlborough president Tim Crawford says ticket sales have been “unbelievable” for this year’s event. Crawford said organisers were considering adding extra tickets or workshops “if it’s possible, without compromising the quality of events, or opportunities for people to speak to presenters”.
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Getting straight talk from the Biden administration on anything can be challenging these days, and no more so than on the issue of abortion, as illustrated by an exchange earlier this week between EWTN’s Owen Jensen and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Psaki announced that President Biden is reversing his predecessor’s policy of denying federal funds to any group or program that promotes or performs abortions. President Donald Trump’s policy had denied an estimated $60 million a year to Planned Parenthood (PP), the biggest provider of abortion services in the country.
By reversing Trump’s decision, Biden was effectively forcing millions of Americans who view abortion as child-murder to pay for something they unalterably oppose as a matter of morality and conscience.