I find it very interesting that Mark Sanford is now equating himself to King David: I have been doing a lot of soul searching on that front. What I find interesting is the story of David, and the way in which he fell mightily, he fell in very very significant ways. But then picked up […]
Another idiotic idea from the religious right is debunked yet again: Teenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study […]
Look at this headline on ABC’s World Newser Blog: Gift Certificates for an Abortion? Sounds like something to really get the religious right up in arms – don’t it. The story they are talking about is this one, which I posted about last week. The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is […]
That’s the description being painted of the Republicans, by a high ranking House Republican: Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, poised to ascend to House Republicans’ No. 2 leader this week, said the Republican Party in Washington is no longer “relevant” to voters and must stop simply espousing principles. Instead, it must craft real solutions to […]
It looks like the religious right is getting ready to say “screw the rules” and push to preach politics from the pulpits. I say the IRS should then strip their tax exempt status and they should have to fall under the rules of other political organizations.
Strickland keeps moving out in front of Blackwell, now with his biggest margin yet: Democrat Ted Strickland has a nearly 2-1 lead over Republican Ken Blackwell with three weeks left in the race for governor, a poll released Wednesday shows. The Quinnipiac University poll found 59 percent of likely Ohio voters favored Strickland, a Methodist […]
The entire Foley scandal has removed the cover from a party has serious skeletons. Far more disturbing is the downplaying of the incident by others in the Republican Party, all the way up to the White House. Today Tony Snow, while discussing the incident with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, referred to the emails as simply “naughty”. […]
I openly admit I am not a religious person. I consider myself an Atheist and, as much as people try, will not change my views unless something happens in my life to make me change. Having said that, I find what the religious right is doing to America today is despicable. We all know that […]
The issue of churches taking an active position in partisan politics is heating up: In a challenge to the ethics of conservative Ohio religious leaders and the fairness of the Internal Revenue Service, a group of 56 clergy members contends that two churches have gone too far in supporting a Republican candidate for governor. Two […]
Here is a very interesting article that somewhat slipped under the radar last week. This one is out of the U.K.: Blogger puts guide to abortion online By Andrew Buncombe in Washington Published: 17 March 2006 A blogger has added fresh fuel to the abortion debate that divides the US by posting online detailed instructions […]