Wednesday, August 18, 2010

MoDo on Obama's Walk-Back of Mosque Comments: The President Fumbles Again

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Meanwhile (linking to what I have just posted about U.S. churches and the bogus "ground-zero mosque" controversy: Maureen Dowd at ...

U.S. Church Groups on the "Ground-Zero Mosque" Controversy: The Sound of Silence

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I blogged on Sunday and Monday about the Republican-engineered controversy re: the Islamic cultural center being considered for the ground...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Prop 8 Decision: Homophobia on Trial, Engaging Irrational "Arguments" on Which It Rests

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Imagine, for a moment, that we are now down the road of history, and the dust of the journey has begun to settle with Judge Walker’s recen...

Jeffrey Feldman and Joan Walsh Bring Light to the Heat of Ginned-Up Ground-Zero Mosque Controversy

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Jeffrey Feldman and Joan Walsh bring welcome light today to the heat of the Republican-manufactured controversy about the Islamic cultur...
Monday, August 16, 2010

Colm Tóibín on Gay Culture in the Catholic Hierarchy: Now You See, Now You Don't

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Irish writer Colm Tóibín’s review of Angelo Quattrocchi’s The Pope Is Not Gay in this week’s London Review of Books is one of the mo...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Archbishop Chaput's Catholic News Agency Slams Sr. Jeannine Gramick and Her "Dissenting Outreach Effort" to Gays

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One day, both Sr. Jeannine Gramick and Archbishop Chaput, with whom Catholic News Agency is closely associated, will stand before the Lord...

Sarah Keeps Tweeting: Now Attacking Obama's Support of Ground-Zero Mosque

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Sarah Palin is sniping away at President Obama with tweeted questions about his support for the right of the Islamic community to build a ...