You are here
September 02 2013
UK: Rev. Dr. Alan Clifford's 'homophobic' comments referred to the CPS
The officer politely offers you a choice: you can either admit your guilt there and then, accepting an on-the-spot fine of £90. Or you can contest the allegation, provide a signed statement in your defence, after which it will be for a senior police officer to decide whether or not to refer your case to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Read more
September 01 2013
Radner undone
But, how good is this argument? Discuss." Some good discussion then occurred (thank you, commenters).
These are the two comments sent to me this morning by 'caleb' (thank you) - with what I consider to be important observations italicised by me (and a footnote or two appended at the end):
Read more
August 29 2013
How Much of the Dream Is Achieved?
President Carter told the crowd that when he returned to Georgia after World War II, he joined the Board of Education. "I found there was one school for white children but 26 for African Americans. They were meeting in churches and living rooms because there were no school buses for them. So we integrated the schools."
Read more
August 29 2013
Tolerance, Health, and Fascism - Dennis Prager
Therefore, if there is a real fascist threat to America, it comes from the left, whose appetite for state power is essentially unlimited. But because the Left has so long dominated American intellectual, academic, artistic, and media life, it has succeeded in implanting fear of the Right.
Read more
August 29 2013
Judge permits lawsuit against pastor accused of encouraging gay "persecution"
The Massachussettes evangelist, who is founder and president of pro-family group Abiding Truth Ministries, discussed the teachings of the Bible on homosexuality and voiced his support for ministers who are working to discourage the practice of homosexuality in the region.
He allegedly spoke on the issue during a number of visits to Uganda in the past ten years, and said that the practice of homosexuality had adversely affected American society.
Lawsuit
Read more
August 29 2013
Christianity and Contemporary Culture: A Conversation in Pittsburgh
Shipman in particular stated that ELCA's homosexuality-affirming decisions had "very much alienated and devastated" American minority communities. The May 31, 2013, election of Guy Erwin as ELCA's first openly gay bishop appeared to some as "highly offensive" given an "in your face" treatment. A press conference followed the day after the election and Erwin later attended a gay pride event at the White House.
Read more
August 28 2013
'Gay' lawmaker to Christians: 'We'll take your children'
This law will prohibit minors and their parents from receiving counseling they desire and will force counselors to violate ethical codes because they will not be able to help clients reach their own counseling goals. This law would enslave children - whether abused or not - to a subjectively determined sexual identity that they reject.
Read more
August 27 2013
Two Troubling Funeral Trends
The physical being of the church building - the nave, the sanctuary, the baptismal font, the altar, the cross, the reredos, the lingering aroma of incense - it all speaks to the ways in which our life stories are interwoven into the story of the faith so succinctly summarized in the catholic creeds. The sterile, secular setting of a funeral home silences that story.
Read more
August 25 2013
British Society is losing the plot, says Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
He will be succeeded by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, an ex-chief rabbi of Ireland.
Lord Sacks, 65, who is to step down next month after 22 years in office, highlighted the 2008 financial crisis and the declining marriage rate.
He said: "I think we're losing the plot actually. I think we haven't really noticed what's happened in Britain."
Read more
August 20 2013
TRENTON, NJ: Chris Christie signs ban on reparative therapy;Liberty Counsel sues
Christie also signed a bill allowing children greater access to edible medicinal marijuana. Critics say medicinal marijuana has not been adequately tested.
In a press release that accompanied the statement, Christie said, "I've always believed that people are born with the predisposition to be homosexual," quoting a statement he made on CNN. "My religion says [homosexuality is] a sin. But for me, I don't" agree.
Read morePages
