Showing posts with label Matthew D. Staver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matthew D. Staver. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Who Really Set Up Papal Meeting with Kim Davis? Enlightening Comments at Catholic Blog Site

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Yesterday at the National Catholic Reporter  site , Tom Gallagher posted an article focusing on something about which I spoke briefly...
Monday, October 5, 2015

Some Bullet Point Observations As Synod on Family Opens in Light of Kim Davis-Pope Francis Story: Continuing Claim That Symbol Counts for Substance in Catholic Community

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• Well, at least the debacle of Kim Davis and the Pope has gotten the mainstream media finally to say clearly, unambiguously what the...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Weak Men and Old Hussies: Soap Opera Lessons Learned at My Grandmother's Knee, and Their Application to the Kim Davis-Pope Francis Story

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My grandmother, the half-Irish one, was not a churchgoer (the other one, who was a convicted Southern Baptist, very decidedly was  a ch...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Michelangelo Signorile on Amazing Alacrity with Which Vatican Noticed Pushback About Kim Davis Meeting, and on Why This Happened

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Today's a day of non-blogging commitments for me (my supply of popcorn is quickly running out, for one thing), and so I can't...
Friday, October 2, 2015

New Civil Rights Movement Reports: "Kim Davis' Meeting with the Pope Was Arranged – Contrary to Theories Espoused in the Media – by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops"

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Yvette Schneider writes ,  The New Civil Rights Movement has learned through a source within the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatica...

News Flash: Pope Met Gay Friend While on American Tour

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Wow. They're really in damage-control mode today. What that tells us is how much the pushback regarding the meeting with Kim Davis ...

Barbie Latza Nadeau on Vatican "Clarification" of Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis: "Pope Doesn’t Say 'Stay Strong' to Just Everyone He Meets"

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At Daily Beast, Barbie Latza Nadeau is right on target with her assessment of today's Vatican (non-) statement about what the pope ...

Papal Meeting with Kim Davis: Vatican Doing Damage Control, But Unanswered Questions Galore Remain

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So the hugely damaging fallout from the pope's meeting with Kim Davis has now provoked an unusual response-retraction of sorts  fro...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Why the Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis Is the Last Straw for Me: With Commentary on Father James Martin's "Points to Keep in Mind" About the Meeting

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Several days back, I received an email from America Magazine  asking me to contribute financial support to America  as a member of th...

Comments Keep Pouring in About Pope's Choice to Meet with Kim Davis: "Lost Me," "Wonder If Francis Realizes That He Now Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with Mike Huckabee"

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And the comments just keep pouring in to my email inbox and my Facebook feed, people crushed and angry that the pope chose to meet wi...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Charles Pierce on Pope's Decision to Meet with Kim Davis As Dumbest Thing He's Ever Done — "Undermines Everything He Accomplished on His Visit Here"

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Charles Pierce on the pope's meeting with Kim Davis as the dumbest thing he's ever done as pope — and on the disastrous cons...

Responses to Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis from My Facebook Feed: "Last Straw," "Don't Want to Identify As ROMAN Catholic Anymore," "Tiny Sliver of Hope Now GONE," "So Disappointed"

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Responses to the news that the pope met with Kim Davis and her lawyer Mat Staver of the anti-gay hate group Liberty Counsel  has had ...

Vatican Confirms Pope's Secret Meeting with Kim Davis, Moynihan's Site Comes Back Online

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Vatican confirms meeting: spokesman Rev Lombardi says he doesn't deny Pope and Davis met but won't add more. Via @EPovoledo @ny...

Quote for Day: If Kim Davis-Pope Francis Story True, "Conservatives Will Feel Cheered by It"

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Harriet Sherwood, and Calla Wahlquist in The Guardian  this morning on the secret meeting Pope Francis is said ...

Pope Francis Met with Kim Davis and Wrapped His Protective Mantle Around Her?! As Those Reporting This to Me Say, Absolutely Disgusting If True

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When I told you yesterday  that I'd be very surprised if Pope Francis did not have direct knowledge of Kim Davis's case, litt...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Poll Indicates Faux "Religious Liberty" Stunt of Reverend Huckabee and Mat Staver Involving Kim Davis Is Backfiring — Except Among White Evangelicals

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Several days ago, I predicted  that the phony "religious freedom" drama Reverend Mike Huckabee and Mat Staver of Liberty ...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Concluding Thoughts on the Huckabee-Staver Show Involving Kim Davis: It's a Catholic Show, Too

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As this work week wraps up, and as we reach the level of full glut (and concomitant dyspepsia) with more news about Kim Davis, some w...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Brittney Cooper on Kim Davis and Her Handlers: "Social Grammar of White Evangelicalism Inheres in the Deployment of Moral Claims to Obscure the Systemic Operations of Structural Inequality"

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Following on yesterday's Liberty Counsel-Rev. Mike Huckabee faux "religious liberty" show involving Kim Davis, some outsta...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Liberty Counsel's Faux Religious Liberty Stunt Involving Kim Davis: Commentary Worth Reading

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No one's being jailed for practicing her religion. Someone's being jailed for using the government to force others to practice her...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Gay Partner Benefits in Orlando: Richard Florida's Gay Index and Quality Employees

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An interesting story from Orlando. Two evenings ago, the Orlando city council voted to extend partner benefits to city employees living in ...