My long-time friend Ed Brayton blogs over at Dispatches From the Culture Wars about various topics related to the “interface […]
LGBT, religion, tattoos
The saddest tattoo
Oh, I know there are sadder ones– Ugliest Tattoos is on my blogroll. But this one must be way up […]
animal rights, bias, food, freedom of speech, LGBT, morality, religion, sexuality, sustainability
Some thoughts on “opting out.”
To return to a Michael Pollen note for a bit (sorry), I came across a section of Omnivore’s Dilemma today […]
animal rights, Christianity, morality, politics, religion
Dog botherers
Quoth Tucker Carlson on Tuesday: “I’m Christian. I’ve made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances. Michael Vick killed dogs […]
politics, religion, Texas
So the Fort Worth transit authority made a decision…
…ban all ads relating to religion. Well, that’s one way of going about things. I suppose this could be called […]
atheism, Christianity, politics, religion
Another atheist bus ad controversy…
…this time in my neighborhood. Well, not my immediate neighborhood, as the Dallas transit authority has refused these ads. But […]
abortion, freedom of speech, Ground Zero, LGBT, religion, Westboro Baptist Church
Disabled vet stalks WBC members, invites heckler’s veto
A disabled Afghanistan veteran was arrested today in my hometown of Wichita Kansas on charges of stalking members of the […]
politics, religion
God doesn’t like shopping on Sundays
From CBC News: A debate over Sunday shopping has led P.E.I.’s transportation minister to suggest God had struck down the […]
bigotry, civil rights, hate, LGBT, religion
What’s a hate group?
From Dispatches From the Culture Wars: The Southern Poverty Law Center has added several “mainstream” religious right groups to their […]