Archive for the “Religion” category
No, he’s still scary
by Pete on January 16, 2008
Because Mike Huckabee makes vaguely populist noises from time to time, plays bass, and isn’t constantly advocating for the invasion of Iran, there is a tendency among liberals and centrists to view him as less blatantly offensive than the rest (…)
Reaching out to people of faith
by Pete on November 29, 2006
It is difficult to imagine a more illustrative example of the Christian Right’s true colors than this article from today’s Washington Post. As a bit of background, the Christian Coalition, founded by Pat “The gays caused 9/11″ Robertson, has been (…)
Freedom of religion
by Pete on November 19, 2006
A whole society is a society which welcomes basic freedoms and there’s no more basic freedom than the freedom to worship as you see fit. That’s President Bush, speaking outside a Christian church in Hanoi where he and Laura “worshipped” (…)
New Jersey gets something right
by Pete on October 26, 2006
Although we cannot find that a fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists in this state, the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated under our state constitution. And with that, the NJ (…)
It is, as usual, the End Of The World for the evangelicals.
by Pete on October 6, 2006
You can imagine the immense sense of relief and optimism that swept over me when I saw the headline “Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers” in this morning’s New York Times. The article’s lede provided more encouragement: Despite their (…)
Shaddup the botha ya’s
by Pete on September 19, 2006
Last week, Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech about relations between Western religions and Islam. During the speech, he discussed the Islamic concept of jihad, and cited the following quote from a 14th Centure Byzantine emperor: Show me just what (…)