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  • To each his own religion

    «It is still individuals who have rights, not religions.» I couldn't agree more with the above. Yet, as I read it, I couldn't help remembering a recent U. S. Supreme Court decision that corporations have the same protection as individuals under the U. S. Bill of Rights. I call this appalling, too.
    Posted to Fighting Words by Jose Ferreira on March 4, 2009

  • Re: Assuming gay marriage recognition is good

    They key words in all these arguments are ''CHURCH'' and ''GOD''. Not, the church you go to and the God of Abraham. Just church and god. As in any church, or god/God, that particular individual chooses to believe in. If they believe in a god that accepts and blesses their union, then they are entitled to it under their religious beliefs. It ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Den on November 6, 2008

  • Dahlia Lithwick Uses Recipes to Write a Legal Column About..

    ... ABORTION. Lithwick's very idea that women do not have reproductive choice, if they cannot extinquish the life growing in their own wombs, is in and of itself faulty. I mean, my God, did the female have sex with the guy, or did she not? As to being ''for change'' in everything but pro-Abort American policies at home and abroad, not everyone ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard2 on August 21, 2008

  • Government abuse of power

    South Dakotas law relating to doctor patient communication and abortion: This is just another method for people using and abusing government power. They attempt to control others and legislate morality by forcing their beliefs (usually based on their religion) upon all of society. Their goal is to limit freedom and force conformity with their ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by den99md on July 4, 2008

  • Lieing Hypocrites

    What an article. Talk about no research. Did the author just call up the JW PR department and copy down everything they told him? Yes, the Watchtower Society promoted the fact that the poor Witnesses in the African country of Malawi were being persecuted because they were told by the Watchtower not to buy a political I.D. card. If they did the ...
    Posted to Explainer by Harry Harr on June 28, 2008

  • Jehovah's witnesses..GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY

    '' Jehovah's Witnesses have interpreted that statement as a call to remain neutral in all political matters. (In some of the sect's literature, members are described as ''representatives of God's heavenly kingdom''; they are thus obligated to stay out of local political affairs in keeping with the behavior of ambassadors.) Witnesses also refrain ...
    Posted to Explainer by zook on June 27, 2008

  • News Flash: Christopher Hitchens Seeks Catholic Confessional

    I was surprised to read Christopher Hitchens today, riding high on his moral horse as to the political, cultural and economic predations of Maximum Leader Robert Mugabe in his current Country of Residence, Zimbabwe. What people like Hitchens never seem to understand, is that morality is never just for other people, or leaders, or religious types. ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on June 10, 2008

  • If you run on your beliefs you better defend them

    The Romney's and the Huckabees and the Bushes of the world want us to think that they are good people because they believe in God. This may or may not be true. They may not be good people. They may be bad people, because of their beliefs, they may be good people in spite of their beliefs or they may be good people because of their beliefs, but if ...
    Posted to Today's Blogs by Beaujoe on December 13, 2007

  • I agree- but...

    I agree with the position taken by the author that Mitt needs to talk more about his religion. Religion is one of those things that helps form the core of many people. Therefore understanding Mitt's religion can help us understand who he is and what he will stand for if elected. That being said, however, I fundamentally disagree with the manner ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by robtherobot on November 29, 2007

  • Proud to be Mormon

    Wow! This article really hurt my feelings. Politics is one thing and it seems that mudslinging within campaigning is tolerated, however some of the comments made in this article went beyond mudslinging at a cadidate and were more directed at the religion itself. I don't know what exactly qualifies Mr. Christopher Hitchens as an expert of my ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by Debater on November 27, 2007
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