I lost what was left of my naiveté about the equal justice ideal of the Supreme Court with their decision in Bush v. Gore to select George W. Bush president by suspending Florida’s vote recount in 2000. That political overreach by the increasingly activist right-wing
“A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” Boy Scout Law “On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other
It was a quiet, simple and private marriage ceremony at the couple’s home. Present were the couple, their toddler-age daughter, another couple who served as witnesses, and the officiating minister, along with her husband. As people of faith, the couple wanted to make a covenant
There is no one who is running for the presidency of the United States on the Republican side of the aisle who is going to be helpful to the LGBTQ+ community. In fact, the vast majority of them, if they get their way, are flat-out
“Culture Wars” are back in the headlines. They actually never left politics. Right-wing leaders have been invoking the symbol of “Culture Wars” ad nauseam without attracting mainstream media attention. But now, current Republican leaders and presidential candidates have decided to compete to prove who is
“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” — Mahatma Gandhi College and university students throughout the country have organized boycotts and petition drives to terminate their schools’ relationship with the national fast food chain Chick-fil-A
To “conserve” in the political sense, means to adhere to traditions of fiscal responsibility and seek to minimize the government’s intrusion or encroachment on individual rights! If that is what we meant in today’s U.S. by “conservative,” that would be a perfectly understandable political position
The folks at DefendChristians.Org asked their readers to list their top 10 “anti-Christian acts of 2011”. The list is filled with the usual right wing “religious liberty” outrages including the shutting down of Bible studies and people being fired from their jobs for supporting “traditional
This year, let’s keep one resolution when we talk about religious people, let’s never again refer to them as literalists. That’s because they aren’t, and no one is. No one takes all their scriptures, tradition, or even their natural laws literally. They all pick
Picture this: The scene is Des Moines, Iowa, 2011. A joyous and excited engaged couple, in preparation for their upcoming nuptials, entered Victoria Childress’s home bake shop for a taste testing appointment for their wedding cake. The tradition of the wedding cake dates back centuries.