Leahy reportedly has prepared amendments that would recognize same-sex companions. The letter from these church leaders pledged they would be "strongly opposed by many in our communities who would be otherwise sympathetic or even enthusiastic about the benefits of immigration reform."
Read moreIt reminds me of the story often told about Martin Luther: When asked, "If Jesus were to return today, what would you do differently?," the finest theologian of his day and founder of the Protestant Reformation responded, "I'd finish planting this tree." In other words, he regarded the care of creation and effort to continue striving to bring the world closer to the Kingdom to be our biblical duty and best way to prepare for Christ's return.
Read moreJudge Korman's order would open the door for girls as young as 10 or 11 to obtain the morning-after pill without any involvement by either a doctor or a parent. That same girl, of course, could not be given an aspirin in a school clinic without parental permission, much less a simple antibiotic like penicillin. Nevertheless, this federal judge ruled that girls and women of any age must be allowed over-the-counter access to emergency contraceptives.
Read moreBehind that stand was a nationwide investigation of child molestation in the Boy Scouts from 1971 to 1991 which revealed that more than 2,000 boys reported molestation by adult Scout leaders.
Yet BSA was sued over that position, and the issue went to the Supreme Court in 2000 which upheld the Boy Scouts' right to teach that "homosexual conduct is not morally straight."
Read more"Bible publishers should be free to do business according to the book that they publish," said Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. "The government dismissed its appeal because it knows how ridiculous it sounds arguing that a Bible publisher isn't religious enough to qualify as a religious employer."
Read moreThe "protocol" is quick to point out that:
Different Anglicans and different parishes hold different convictions on this point, arising from differing interpretations of scripture and tradition.
It omits to mention that the number of Anglicans - or, indeed, Christians - worldwide that agree with the diocese's interpretation is miniscule.
Read moreToday, I read one thing and wrote another, both of which address Leftist hatred for Christianity, even though modern Christianity and genuine Judaism (as opposed to the hard Leftism that masquerades as "reform Judaism") are the most humane, civilizing forces the world has ever seen. With their focus on justice and grace, they rid the world of slavery, ended child labor, advanced women's status and, in Israel's case, fought a 60-year war without sinking to the level of her enemies.
Read moreAn Alliance Party amendment was also defeated.
It would have emphasised the freedom of churches to practise and define marriage as they choose.
After the amendment was rejected, the Alliance leader David Ford and two of his party colleagues abstained on the main motion.
Proposing her party's motion, Sinn Fein assembly member Bronwyn McGahan said she respected there were deeply held religious, cultural and personal views surrounding the issue.
Read moreThe standard response to these concerns was scoffing and accusations of fear-mongering.
Well, the fences are down and the beast is loose.
On Valentines's Day, the Scientific American published an article claiming that polyamorists could "teach us a thing or two about love," and the only reason to oppose it was bigotry because of outdated views about love and sexuality. As I said on my Point commentary about the article, the flow of the argument sounded far too familiar.
Read moreBeyond Kirk and Madsen and their public relations strategy, an even more effective legal strategy was developed along the same lines. Legal theorists and litigators began to argue that homosexuals were a class of citizens denied basic civil liberties, and that the courts should declare them to be a protected class, using civil rights precedents to force a moral and legal revolution.
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