We have a friend at church who always goes about wearing a shirt--golf, button-down, you name it--silk-screened with the Ten Commandments on the back. (We really think he needs to embroider his better shirts.) He isn't a marginal type of fellow, really; he is a successful businessman and his family is very prominent and successful …
The Real Defence of Marriage
One of the more interesting outcomes of the 2006 election was the approval in all states but one of amendments defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It was interesting because it ostensibly bucked the leftward lurch of the rest of the election. (It also didn't do much to prevent that …
Why Bob Corker Won the Tennessee Senate Race
Probably the brightest spot for the Republicans of the 2006 election was Bob Corker's victory for Tennessee's Senate race. Being very familiar with this race and knowing many Republican candidates, officeholders and operatives, this is why I think that Bob Corker won this race: Tennessee is a very conservative state. It is ironic that Tennessee, …
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Leaving Our Fixed Positions
Election 2006 is finally over with. Sort of. There will be extended battles of many kinds; some in the courts of law and some in the courts of public opinion as people spin the results of the election. As we noted in a previous post, our main concern is and always has been the legal …
Persecution is Closer to Home Than One Thinks
The release of Eritrean Gospel singer Helen Berhane after two years of imprisonment is a great relief, although being incarcerated in a shipping container--with its extremes of heat and cold--has broken her health. Such a stand puts to shame a lot of what passes for Christianity in the West. It's also a reminder that such …
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Ann Coulter Finds Voting in Palm Beach Tricker Than It Looks
We cannot resist saying something about the problems that Ann Coulter is having in establishing her proper precinct to vote in in Palm Beach. First, I find the whole concept of voting at either St. Edward's Catholic Church or Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church--where I grew up--to be an entirely fascinating concept. Second, I think that the …
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Gay Marriage is Still Bourgeois and Philistine
The situation in Colorado with Ted Haggard is an illustration that homosexuals--well, at least some of them--will stop at nothing to try to sway the public to allow gay marriage, even when others among them know they have blown it on the issue. First, a word about people like Ted Haggard from someone who actually …
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Election 2006: Some Things to Remember
As the U.S. heads into the last weekend of campaigning (and television ads) before the election, we'd like to remind everyone of some of the pieces you can see about this election: The Democrats and National Security: Dzerzhinskii’s Dilemma, which discusses the whole problem that Democrats have with effective security for our country Electing the …
Stuck in Iraq: Just Be Glad Someone Will Do It
John Kerry's shot that those who don't study will end up in Iraq betrays one of the central problems we have in this country: those from its upper reaches don't end up in the military any more.When we had Selective Service, people from all walks of life ended up in the military and in combat. …
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The End of Employment at Will for Ministers
We were rather displeased to stumble on a decision by the UK's Employment Appeal Tribunal that basically allows ministers to fight dismissal because they are employees of the church. This decision is especially disconcerting when it takes place in one's own church. Putting ministers into this category--especially in Europe--will insure that it is impossible to …
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