Here’s today’s condensed grab bag, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked:
Continue reading “Grab Bag 6/26/11”
Category: Religious freedom
New York Redefines Marriage
New York has redefined the public institution of marriage. No blog by an amateur can do justice to this momentous event, but I must add my voice, constrained by time, to share some of the perspective that has come especially over the past 15 years. Continue reading “New York Redefines Marriage”
Grab bag 6/24/11
Here’s today’s condensed grab bag, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked: Continue reading “Grab bag 6/24/11”
Daily Grab Bag
I’m going to try a little experiment to see if I can cease flooding Facebook with some of the intriguing things I read in the course of a day. So here’s today’s grab bag: Continue reading “Daily Grab Bag”
Church and State
Georgia State history professor David Sehat adds to the Washington Post “Five Myths” series a worthy “Five Myths about Church and State in America.” I’d like to add a few observations, though.
Continue reading “Church and State”
Indiana’s Marriage Amendment
The Indiana House yesterday passed HJR 6, an Resolution to amend the Indiana Constitution on the topic of marriage. I have misgivings. Continue reading “Indiana’s Marriage Amendment”
American Civil Religion Redux
James Allen, a radio talk-show host and second- or third-tier columnist at Townhall.com, praises Glenn Beck as a “great leader” who has a “belief in a transcendent being called God.” I dissent and accuse Allen of suborning violations of the 1st Commandment. Continue reading “American Civil Religion Redux”
Same-sex marriage decision
(This was too long for Facebook.) I have never found my crystal ball very reliable, but I’m taking it out again anyway:
- Most Democrats in the Fall elections will continue to say they favor traditional marriage, but they’ll also continue to refuse to do anything to buttress it – either by opposing same-sex marriage, changing divorce laws, or whatever.
- Like Obama, Democrats will leave themselves wiggle room (“I said I was religiously opposed, not really opposed! Separation of Church’n’State, y’know.”) so they can claim to have been on “the right side of history” when the smoke clears. Continue reading “Same-sex marriage decision”
If not for procreation, then why marriage at all?
Intentions to cut back on blogging notwithstanding, I have some sincere questions for proponents of same-sex marriage. Continue reading “If not for procreation, then why marriage at all?”
Are gay rights in conflict with religious freedom?
I began a few days ago to write about (a) whether there’s a conflict between the robust religious freedom we’ve known in the past and “the gay rights movement” and (b) whether the Obama administration is friendly toward the latter to the detriment of the former.
The piece sort of spun out of control. Things are just too interconnected. So I’m starting fresh, determined not to allow my modest objective to sink beneath the waves of “TMI” (too much information). Continue reading “Are gay rights in conflict with religious freedom?”
