Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Sharp Drop in Religious Affiliation in Northeastern U.S. Due to Catholic Abuse Crisis and Bishops Shielding Child Molesters

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This is a Catholic birdcage dropping in that it addresses Catholic issues: as Fred Clark points out at his Slacktivist site today, y...

Joyous Couples in Florida Marrying in Droves on Feast of Epiphany: Connecting the Biblical Story to Today

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Midnight mass marriage ceremony in Palm Beach. History in the making. In tears #FLmarriage #gaywedfla @CompassCenter pic.twitter.com/1Z...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

County Clerks in Florida Refusing to Marry Anyone if Gays Can Marry: A Footnote

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A quick footnote to my posting earlier today  about the decision of some county clerks in Florida to shut down courthouse marriages a...

Odds and Ends of News: Cologne Cathedral to Go Dark to Protest Muslim Bashing, Continuing Need for Wake-Up Call about Racism for U.S. White Catholics

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Here are some odds and ends of news in the past few days that seem noteworthy to me, and which I haven't quite known how to fit...

Remembering Mario Cuomo: Issue That Above All Others Defines His Legacy Was Opposition to Death Penalty

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John Nichols's eulogy for Mario Cuomo at The Nation  is the best I've yet read. I like how Nichols gets that Cuomo's pol...

Gerald Slevin on 12 New Year's Resolutions for Pope Francis: Time to Act Is Now

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In a new posting at his Christian Catholicism site , Jerry Slevin invites Catholics to dream about the impossible. As he notes, count...

County Clerks in Florida Refuse to Permit Anyone to Marry if Gay Couples May Marry: Segregationist Roots of "Principled" Resistance to Marriage Equality

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I remember it as if it happened yesterday. And as I read the announcements of several county clerks in Florida that, rather than mar...