The Pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Dr. Robert Jeffress, effusively introduced Rick Perry to the “Values Voter Summit” Friday, departing from his prepared script to add the adjective “genuine” to “follower of Jesus Christ” to describe Perry. Asked afterward if “genuine” was a swipe at Mormon Mitt, Pastor Jeffress, in a a burst of candor, called Mormonism “a cult.”
Let the dialog begin! Continue reading “¿Que est lo mas auténtico?”
I think this is more than a tidbit, so I’m giving it its own moment in the sun.
Todd and Mark Wathen, a same-sex couple in central Illinois, wanted a civil union ceremony somewhere quaint. They contacted a couple of Bed & Breakfasts, and were rebuffed. One rebuff in particular was pretty explicit: Continue reading “SSM vs. B&B”
[12/25/11. I can’t believe I wrote this a scant 3 months ago. That issue of Touchtone did a real Huey Long on me, I guess. I leave it here as standing proof that I’m sensitively dependent on initial conditions. Tipsy]
Having announced my withdrawal from the Culture Wars 18 months ago (I actually dropped out before I blogged it), I’m now on the brink of repenting and dropping back in.
What has shaken me up is a feature in Touchstone Magazine‘s 25th anniversary edition, The French Connection, which likens America today not to 1916 Tsarist Russia, but to pre-1789 France. Continue reading “Dropping back into the Culture Wars”
Tipsy Teetotaler ن 