Category Archives: Society

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Why Would a Nice Boy Shoot Up His School?

In February it was a mass shooting at another university by a “gentle, warm, sensitive” young man whom acquaintances described as a student who didn’t fit the profile of a killer. Yet, he was a male in American culture, and therefore the likely gender for

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Hatred Is Alive and Well in Pennsylvania

Once again the forces of ultra-conservatism are on the march in Pennsylvania. Once again, their target is the GLBT community. This conservative force is made up of rightwing religious elements, national conservative groups, and special interest segments of the far right that just aren’t satisfied

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Why the Lack of Expressed Outrage?

I can’t think of any reason why most all LGBT people, and decent people everywhere, aren’t outraged at the fact that our LGBT brothers and sisters being demonized, and denied full and equal civil and sacramental rights! I do think that the outrage is there,

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Public Wrongs and Rites

There is a small church based in Topeka, Kansas , consisting primarily of a founder and his many children. Maybe you’ve heard of it. Members claim to have proclaimed their message in all fifty states: It is too late to pray for the good of

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IRS Closes Case on All Saints Church

The IRS has confirmed that it has closed its investigation of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, and the Church will not be subject to excise tax in connection with any alleged political campaign intervention. All Saints also reported that, in light of its experience

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Let Them Hit Bottom

There are clear signs that right-wing dominance is waning. But it’s not time for us to celebrate or think that their fall is irreversible. It’s time instead to make sure we aren’t under them, trying to prop up their egos, while they fall. It’s time

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Dear Larry Craig: Now You Know

Dear Larry Craig: Now you know what it’s like. I don’t say this in a mean way, I’m just pointing out a simple fact: Now you know what it’s like. You already knew what it’s like to be terrified of being found out. You already

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There’s Money, Not Bigotry, in Our Genes

There’s big, big money available for anyone who’s ready to find the source of all human problems in our genes. It can construct whole institutes and enormous buildings. You’d have thought that with all that money around we would have found a genetic cause for

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Persecutions and the Fullness of Life

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. (John 15:19) Many Christians seem to believe that whenever a Christian

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Hiding the Family Values Gang’s Sexual Addictions

You’re just waiting for the next “Family Values” Republican to get caught with his pants down, aren’t you? They’re being exposed fast and furiously now that bloggers can do an end run around mainstream media enablers. It’s hard to keep up and keep score, but