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  • Polanski

    Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009

  • new evngelical musical coming to nyc's vineyard theater

    http://www.vineyardtheatre DOT org/show-this-beautiful-city.htm i'm not associated with the theater or show, but wanted people to know about it. it dramatizes interviews of people effected by the evangelical movement. while it was being written, haggard's scandal broke.
    Posted to Faith-Based by dm10003 on January 29, 2009

  • How People Perceive This Issue of Abortion Varies Greatly

    ************************************************* http://www.here-now.org/ Stories of an Abortion Doctor On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we rebroadcast our conversation with Dr. Susan Wicklund. She has written about her life as an abortion provider in the book, “This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor.” ...
    Posted to Obit by MichaelBernard3 on January 22, 2009

  • Hitchens lets his passion undermine his point

    These rants from Hitchens have entertainment value, I suppose, but as with all of today's opinion-driven media they must be taken with a grain of salt. A lot could be written, but I'll just focus on one point here: Hitchens is mistaken to think that a failure to conflate Mormonism with Christianity indicates bigotry. The teachings of Mormonism ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by ricodetroit on December 21, 2008

  • Will Obama Work On His Friend Warren's Inner-Bigot?

    Rick Warren has enjoyed a much better reputation in the media than his recent comments would justify. I share Hitchens' conviction that doubters are given short shrift in American politics. And from the view of a doubter, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between one unsubstantiated religious belief from another. I guess where I part ways ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by john adkisson on December 20, 2008

  • out in the open

    I think Obama knows exactly what he is doing. By inviting Warren to give the inaugural invocation, he is inviting deeper scrutiny of Warren's theological positions. This scrutiny and the ensuing debate has the potential to generate some new understanding about the nature of these popular ''Churchianity'' religions and their own failings. ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by ldepath on December 20, 2008

  • Equal protection, the rule of law, freedom and Gays

    Your analysis misses the point. Our founding national values are freedom and equality. Our Constitution requires equal protection. The rule of law requires that laws be rational and not arbitrary nor merely an expression of majoritarian prejudice. Any law that discriminates against a discrete class of Americans should and must rationally serve an ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Issywise on November 18, 2008

  • Religion VS God

    The one major flaw in this study is that religion and God have absolutely nothing to do with one another. Instead of choosing random people and priming them with spiritual thoughts, instead go down to your local church and pick up a few ''religious'' people. Then you will see that religion does far more harm than good in a society. Spiritualism, ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by My*Thoughts on November 7, 2008

  • Prop 8 Banned

    When people don't understand and are feel threatened about anything, this is exactly what they do, either they ignore it, or they immediately destroy it. It's definitely very disappointing, but this is what the world is about...10 - 20 - 30 years from now...Gay Marriage will be just a thing in past, because people will not be more accepting, ...
    Posted to Hot Document by Erica Asahan on November 6, 2008

  • A new day for American and Americans...

    Simply stated, we can now all say that the words, ''We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men, (and women,) are created equal'' actually really means something. Now, anything is possible! I have never been prouder of my country, and the great people who live within it. We finally got it right.
    Posted to Politics by grizzbar on November 5, 2008
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