Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts
Friday, June 7, 2013

Iowa Scholars of Religion: "A Biblical 'Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage Is Wholly Unsustainable'"

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Last Sunday, three scholars of religion teaching at universities in Iowa published an editorial statement in the Des Moines Registe...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

When Christian People Celebrate Humiliation of Others: Dealing with the Ugly

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Commentary on Gingrich's Presidential Aspirations Continues

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Newt Gingrich and Wife Callista Religion Dispatches has two good pieces today looking at (first essay) Newt Gingrich's attempt to re...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Iowa Catholic Bishops Collude with NOM to Combat Gay Rights: Local Catholics Fight Back

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I’ve just noted a new watchdog site monitoring the activities of the National Organization for Marriage, as that non-profit amasses huge amo...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

The DADT Vote in Light of Catholic Centrist Conversations: A Personal Response

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I'm sure any regular readers I may have will have noticed I didn't blog yesterday.  I am, I'll admit it, taken aback by the fa...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

NOM Scrutinized: Maine and Iowa Pursue Ethics Complaints against National Organization for Marriage

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I blogged several days ago about Californians Against Hate’s recent filing of an ethics complaint in Maine against the National Organizatio...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Bush and Torture: What Does It Mean to Be Methodist Today?

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I have been fighting with myself about this posting. Because, God help me, I cannot read the sickening memos about our recent legacy of tor...
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Iowa, the Churches, and Human Rights: A Meditation on the Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death

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I am impressed by Iowa. Yesterday, when the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously declared that Iowa’s statute forbidding same-sex marriage discri...