Saturday, May 10, 2014

Sudden Interest in "Civil" Discourse After Gays and Their Supporters Begin to Prevail in Culture War: Why?

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Isn't it interesting that the calls for "civility"  (and here ) in our discourse about controverted issues always come ...

I'm Here: About My Recent Silence, and About Yesterday's Judicial Ruling in Arkansas Striking Down Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

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I apologize for my silence in the past several days. Steve and I are away now on a short trip, and I haven't found much reflectio...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Supreme Court on Christian-Specific "Ceremonial Prayer" in the Public Square: My Take

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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on religion-specific (i.e., Christian-specific ) prayer at public meetings in the U.S., by way...

Short Takes on the Princeton Won't-Apologize-for-White-Male-Privilege Tempest in a Teapot

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Brief takes on the current tempest in a teapot in right-wing media circles: the essay of Princeton freshman Tal Fortgant defiantly cl...

Quote for Day: Peter Isely on Abuse of Minors by Religious Authority Figures — "This Is Torture"

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Peter Isely on the Vatican's attempt to deny that there are any connections between sexual abuse of minors by Catholic religious...

Vatican Orthodoxy Watchdog, Cardinal Müller, Delivers New Slap to American Nuns

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Also in the news right now, hot off the Vatican's presses (so to speak): the latest slap-down administered to U.S. nuns by the he...

Vatican Fails to Wow U.N. Committee on Torture

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As Nick Cumming-Bruce reports for the New York Times , Vatican representative to the United Nations Archbishop Silvano Tomasi was gr...