Anyone who has read much of what I have written knows that I support full equality for the GLBT community. Like many, I was surprised to hear about “The Dallas Principles”. Unfortunately, I don’t see it as visionary in the least. In fact, I see it as a major step backwards. [...]
Erin Kotecki Vest is doing her best to live the words of Barack Obama into reality and search for common ground on abortion. To her credit, she begins with the very difficult step of confronting her own hatred. The problem in moving on from that is that if it were so easy, it [...]
Three stories hit the news in the last week or so that have to do with religion and its place in the public sphere. The first was Barack Obama’s decision to deliver the commencement address at Notre Dame. This caused some Catholics to despair over their private university. After all, President Obama [...]
All of a sudden, people are noticing that there are relatively few Republican women in office. What next? Perhaps we’ll be discussing the surprise observation that black people tend to support Democrats…
It’s worth noting, however, the “explanation” given by Bonnie Erbe:
I think the main reason [for the difference in numbers of office holders], [...]
Reverend Mother has an interesting point to ponder (which is why I continue to read her blog – she does this regularly). Does a person have an obligation to live up to their potential?
Spiderman dons his suit because his Uncle Ben taught him “with great power comes great responsibility.” The problem is that [...]
I spent a bit of time today in email exchanges with a group of people who are just entirely pissed at Arlen Specter. The thing is: They’re Democrats. In fact, the whole thing started off with one person declaring that she wanted a “real Democrat” to run in the primary against Specter and [...]
