Showing posts with label faith-based. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith-based. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The Supremes and Gay Marriage: Mike Huckabee Talks Nullification, Ben Carson Wants Congress to Intervene, Jim Bakker Shouts Hallelujah

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On same day #SCOTUS granted marriage cases, @HRC Mississippi flagged this hateful graffiti in downtown Jackson. pic.twitter.com/tPMs99DY1...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Rob Boston Eulogizes David Kuo: A Whistle-Blower Who Deserves Praise

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At Talk to Action, Rob Boston eulogizes David Kuo, who died last week. As Boston reminds us, Kuo was a valiant whistle-blower who pa...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Catholic Hospitals in Germany Refuse Rape Victim: Theocracy as Taking the Queen's Shilling While Flouting the Queen's Rules

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I find it interesting to read Betty Clermont's essay on the Vatican and Africa, about which I've just posted , alongside the...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Also in the News: Government Funding of Faith-Based Groups, Polarization of American Catholics

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And in specifically religious news in the past week, here's what drew my attention:
Friday, July 8, 2011

Candace Chellew-Hodge on Fatal Flaws of "Religious Liberty" Exemptions in Rhode Island Civil Union Legislation

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Candace Chellew-Hodge at Religion Dispatches on the fatal flaws hidden in the "religious liberty" exemptions afforded to faith-...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Catholic Charities of Rockford Ends Foster Care Services, Claims Right to Discriminate in Name of Faith

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Now that the state of Illinois recognizes the civil unions of same-sex couples--granting those couples rights enjoyed by heterosexual citi...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

D.C. Board of Elections Refuses to Put Human Rights to Vote: Statement of Faith Leader Rev. Cedric Harmon

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I just blogged about a major news story that is being skewed by some media outlets with a vested interest in suppressing information that th...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

An Open Letter to Senator Blanche Lincoln: I Elected a Democrat, Not a Republican

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One of my Democratic senators, Blanche Lincoln, voted this week with Republicans to defeat both Senator Rockefeller and Senator Schumer’s am...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Struggle for Health Care in the U.S. Today: A Personal Statement

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It occurs to me to accompany the postings I’ve been making about the health care debacle and town hall meetings with some first-hand testimo...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Attack on Harry Knox Now Full-Fledged: Test of Obama Administration's Moral Foundations

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Sometimes I don’t enjoy being right. It’s painful to look down a road and see what lies ahead, to realize that what lies ahead might be avo...
Monday, May 4, 2009

More on Mr. Obama's Record with the Gay Community: Remembering the Moral Center of Leadership

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And the discussion of President Obama’s silence about gay and lesbian people and issues, and failure to deliver on his promises to the gay c...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Fly in the Ointment: Faith-Based Programs and Discriminiation against Gays

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Evangelical leader Tony Campolo has an interesting reflection today at Alternet about Barack Obama’s choice to continue the Bush faith-based...
Monday, February 16, 2009

Faith-Based Funding: Back Step on Human Rights by New President

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A New York Times editorial today catches my eye. It’s entitled “Faith-Based Fudging” ( here ). As the editorial notes, the order that Pres...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Faith-Based Social Service Initiative Reconsidered: John DiIulio's Testimony

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After the announcement by Mr. Obama last year that he would continue Bush’s faith-based social service programs in his new administration, I...
Friday, November 7, 2008

Faith-Based Homophobia and Second Class Americans: A Test of the Mandate for Change

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In light of continued media/blog discussion of divisions between the African-American and gay community after the passing of proposition 8 i...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Power to the People: Citizen Journalism and the UCA Story

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Since I’ve blogged a number of times about the unfolding saga at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), I think it’s important to provid...