Please commence with the eye rolling because I’m about to use the recent fracas about Duck Dynasty as a jumping off place for this post. And yes, my post title is search engine optimized to draw in religious searchers because…
Almost two weeks ago, Renisha McBride knocked on a door of a stranger’s house in the middle of the night. The homeowner shot her in the face with a shotgun. Renisha McBride, 19, is dead. Yesterday, three teens were shot,…
I’m ranting a bit about religious equality over at The Broad Side today in response to a Supreme Court case regarding the appropriateness of Christian prayers before secular government meetings. Here’s a little bit of the post: Religious references abound.…
You all know I think guns suck. I know I can’t make them go away but I hate them. And any gun rights trolls reading this, don’t tell me I’d be grateful for a good guy with a gun if…
I had a nice quiet moment yesterday morning to listen to some NPR while I was geting dressed. Marketplace Morning Report was on, a show I usually only listen to with half an ear but they were discussing the distribution…
I found myself in a conversation with a Young Earth Creationist and climate change denier this week discussing science and faith. It was as fascinating as it was infuriating. Fascinating because this man had done all kind of research and…
It’s time to clean house. Not my house. Not your house. The Houses of Congress and Statehouses and Governor’s Mansions. We need to get rid of any and all elected officials who don’t get that women are autonomous. Yesterday, Representative…
A new article in the Christian Science Monitor trumpets that abortion is becoming a major issue in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The Republican candidates are all stating and restating their opposition to legal abortion while at the same time the…
Okey-dokey. I need to think this thing through and I’m going to use this handy-dandy blog of mine to do so. Bear with me here, because I suspect I’m about to reveal some inconsistencies in my own belief structure. Or…
I’ve been meaning to write about All American Muslim for a while. The show debuted on TLC right around the time I wrote about my misgivings about the Duggars and someone who commented on that post challenged me to compare…
