I chanced on a blog today written by a self-proclaimed "Concerned Christian Conservative." The Left – Watch What They Do, Not What They Say! appears to be a decenly-traficked site for a relative newcomer to the blogosphere. The author laments in a January 11 post the use of the term "African American," seeming nostalgic for [...]
January 18th, 2010
Categories: America, Ethics, Evangelicals, Religion, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
From The Advocate: David Bahati, the author of Uganda’s so-called “kill the gays” bill, which proposes the death penalty for gay people, has announced that he will attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4. President Obama is also expected to attend the event. According to the article, the annual prayer breakfast [...]
January 16th, 2010
Categories: Anti-Science, Barack Obama, Ethics, Evangelicals, International, Religion, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Wise words from Frank Schaeffer. I love Crazy for God. I intend to read Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism). I like Frank. From The Brad Blog: Before he’d served even one year President Obama lost the support of the easily distracted Left and engendered the white hot rage of the [...]
December 21st, 2009
Categories: Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Congress, Constitution, Democratic News, Economy, Ethics, Evangelicals, GLBT, Health Care, Legal, Philosophical, Religion, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
From WTAE Pittsburgh: Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, has died. He was 91. His spokesman A. Larry Ross said by phone from Carrollton, Texas, that Roberts died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, Calif. Roberts was hospitalized after [...]
December 15th, 2009
Categories: Evangelicals, Religion . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
From Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated) comes OUTRAGE, a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. Boldly revealing the hidden lives of some of the United States’ most powerful policymakers, [...]
May 23rd, 2009
Categories: Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitution, Democratic News, Evangelicals, GLBT, Legal, Religion, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Out Magazine has released their Power 50 list, featuring the leading figures in the gay community. Much to the chagrin of the far right, I’m sure, Matt Drudge makes his debut on the list in 6th place. Right-wingers know Drudge is gay, right? From the lead-in to the list: Power and Money have always been [...]
April 17th, 2009
Categories: Barack Obama, Democratic News, Economy, Evangelicals, GLBT, Religion, Republicans, Strange . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
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April 14th, 2009
Categories: Evangelicals, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame! Notre Dame President Fr. Dan Jenky will not rescind the university’s invitation to invite President Barack Obama to give the 2009 Commencement address at Notre Dame and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Jenky is right to stand by his invitation. The invitation has drawn the attention of [...]
April 9th, 2009
Categories: Barack Obama, Education, Evangelicals, Religion, White House . Author: G . Comments: 1 Comment
Conservatives can’t seem to find the right poster child. They’re still looking for the right face to steer their ship. They tried Sarah Palin, who can’t pass up any chance to appear on television, even in front of the slaughter of Thanksgiving turkeys. They flock again and again to Rush Limbaugh, who wants America to [...]
March 20th, 2009
Categories: Evangelicals, Strange . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
No matter how try to I spin this in my mind, it still makes no sense. Why did President-elect Barack Obama invite Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration? Warren is the senior pastor of Saddleback Church in southern California, a man who supported Proposition 8 in California, the California constitutional amendment to [...]
December 18th, 2008
Categories: America, Barack Obama, Constitution, Evangelicals, GLBT, Rant, Religion, Strange, White House . Author: G . Comments: No Comments