The New York Times is writing about this, so it's — you know — serious. The story is about the Rev. Ed Young – author, a television host and the pastor of the evangelical Fellowship Church. On the November 16 service, he urged the married couples in his congregation to have sex once a day. As Young sees it, "congregational copulation" brings people … Read More
Princeton Prop 8
Sometimes satire does a better job than anything else. There is a growing movement at Princeton University by a number of students who wish to preserve the traditional definition of "sidewalk". The Princeton Proposition 8 campaign aims to secure the definition of Princeton University sidewalks as a means of pedestrian transit for sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduate students, faculty, staff, and other … Read More
You Remember How They Used To Say That Things Would Go On Your “Permanent Record”?
In one case, it's frighteningly true. Georgia law tries to keep sexual offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a child-care facility. Noble idea. The problem is what Georgia deems a "sex offender". Wendy Whitaker was 17, a sophomore in high school. And one day, she performed consensual oral sex on another sophomore. The other student was 16, five months shy of turning … Read More
It’s Gonna Be A Barnburner At The Ginginch Home This Thanksgiving
Not really. They probably don't have Thanksgiving together. But Candice Gingrich (Newt Gingrich's sister), an openly gay woman, has sent an open letter to her brother: Dear Newt, I recently had the displeasure of watching you bash the protestors of the Prop 8 marriage ban to Bill O'Reilly on FOX News. I must say, after years of watching you build … Read More
It’s A Control Thing
Orin Kerr asks "Why Do Conservatives Care So Much About The Courts?". He notes that a public survey shows that: When it comes to how they will vote in November, Republican voters say that the type of Supreme Court Justices a candidate would appoint is more important than the War in Iraq. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found … Read More
Prop 8 To Be Reviewed By CA Supreme Court… And The Lord Weighs In
No, really. He did. The Lord submitted a 40 page amicus brief (PDF) speaking through one of his servents, I guess. My favorite section: After a night full of dreams, before dawn on November 11, 2008, before I woke up in the morning, the Almighty Eternal Creator ordered me, saying "You explain to them the consequences that follow each and … Read More
The Password For Today Is “Oogedy-boogedy”
Lot of fallout from the Kathleen Parker article yesterday, which I wrote about here. Especially this part: To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh. While unsure about what it means, many on the right … Read More
More Of This Please
Focus On The Family is downsizing.
The Mormon Church Responds
A press release from the Mormon Church on Friday reads: "People of faith have been intimidated for simply exercising their democratic rights… These are not actions that are worthy of the democratic ideals of our nation. The end of a free and fair election should not be the beginning of a hostile response in America." They're quite right that they, … Read More
Update on Nebraska’s “Safe Haven” Law
UPDATE: Speaking of Nebraska, the last vote just got counted in the 2nd Congressional District (Omaha), and it went for Obama (the rest of the state went McCain). This makes the electoral count Obama 365, McCain 173. Now back to what I was posting……. A special session of the Nebraska legislature is meeting today at 3:00 p.m., Nebraska time, to amend that law … Read More
Olbermann on Prop 8
Another one of his "Special Comments" that hits the mark…
Let’s *Really* Protect Marriage, Shall We?
How about a constitutional amendment that prevents Christians from divorcing? The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, … Read More
Some Mormons Get Cosmic Comeuppance For Supporting Prop 8
Heh: (Provo, UT) – It’s the sort of scandal the Mormon Church probably fears most. At least four families settling in for the night to watch Sons of Provo got an eyeful when the film that popped up their screen was actually Adored: Diary of a Porn Star. Artwork, liner notes and labeling said the film was Sons of Provo. Sons … Read More
Boycott Utah
I have nothing against Mormons per se, but since it was the Church of Latter-Day Saints that funded Prop 8 in California, which isn't even their state, I think this call for a boycott of Utah might be a good idea. (And let's face it, folks. I know they've recently stepped into the 20th century, but Mormons really aren't the ones … Read More
But Will They Go For It In Peoria?
Yeah, Obama is the first black president blah blah blah historical yada yada yada. But did you know that on November 4, 2008, another milestone of sorts was reached? America now has its first transgender mayor: In tiny Silverton, Oregon, residents have elected the man who's believed to be the first ever openly transgender mayor in the United States. Stu … Read More