Sad to hear that Maggie Gallagher is a fornicator. I wasn't aware of that.

I have to say that putting the word people in sneering quote marks is a little much, John5796. What are you intending to imply with those marks of punctuation, exactly? That some of God's beloved human creatures are lower and less human than you? Not fully people? I hope I'm wrong, and that you meant something else.

An American flag might be a better memorial, all things considered. How does (or will) UHPA commemorate non-christian troopers? It would be inappropriate to do so with a cross, but it would be awful to not commemorate non-christians at all.

Those who track such things have concluded that the Family Research Council is a hate group--based not on the policy views of its members, but on the way the organization promotes them. Specifically, it consistently cites "studies" known to be grossly fraudulent in its editorial pieces, and it has been caught soliciting the mailing lists of racist and white supremacist groups to build ...more

Those who track such things have concluded that the Family Research Council is a hate group--based not on the policy views of its members, but on the way the organization promotes them. Specifically, it consistently cites "studies" known to be grossly fraudulent in its editorial pieces, and it has been caught soliciting the mailing lists of racist and white supremacist groups to build its membership.less

I would think that non-Christians who want to join a Christian Fellowship and study the Bible would be welcomed with open arms. Perhaps the Holy Spirit is leading them.

I have quite a few areas of disagreement with Jim Wallis, but I like his comment about Invisible Hand. It seems to me that far too many Americans worship, literally, Invisible Hand as some kind of idol. There's a religious intensity on the part of many of the free-market ideologues that is disturbing.

Those are very much the lines I was thinking along when I posted, steveh.

Of course there are many disappointed with the administration's position on this issue, but the outrage about Sibelius seems very... manufactured. Her views are in the mainstream of the Democratic Party, and the country just chose the Democratic Party to hold the Presidency. Is focusing arbitrarily on this one individual going to be effective? I suppose we'll see.

This is just one small facet of a major issue. The more that religion enters into public life, the more it will be shaped by the mores and expectations of public life. In a democratic system, politicians can't always speak Truth. That's not what they do, and we all know that. Yet some of us are pushing for more religiosity and religious display from them. It really is best to ke...more

This is just one small facet of a major issue. The more that religion enters into public life, the more it will be shaped by the mores and expectations of public life.

In a democratic system, politicians can't always speak Truth. That's not what they do, and we all know that. Yet some of us are pushing for more religiosity and religious display from them.

It really is best to keep religion out of government and out of the public sphere.less

Somebody remind me again why we're supposed to be against "balanced coverage of issues on the public airwaves".

This kind of superstition is damaging to Christianity.

The fact that some people are lousy, irresponsible parents seems to me to be a separate issue from the use of fertility technologies. A natural conception isn't necessarily an act of "self-giving love" just because it is the result of a sex act. Neither is an in-vitro conception necessarily an act of selfishness just because it isn't the result of one.

chicago24, under that theory perhaps some of the commenters who obsessively post here whenever there is a gay-related thread are also shrewd gay advocates. They certainly put forward unsubstantiated claims just as outrageous as those that come out of Phelps' church.

Christian Post commentators are now carrying water for the Wall Street money-changers? Sad. We worship Jesus Christ around here--as far as I know--not Moloch.

Did Japanese marriage and birth rates suddenly plummet between 2000 and 2006? Good grief, this kind of poorly-reasoned drivel does no good on behalf of marriage or family, regardless of how well-intentioned it is.

Let's be honest here. Do we really think the pope is qualified to make pronouncements about marriage?

Does this have something the do with Christianity? The proprietors of this site apparently think we readers are useful idiots. They push whatever propaganda they are asked to by the money powers of the Republican Party.

"Is not the pulpit just another stage?" That comment hits the jackpot! And in my opinion, it doesn't apply just to this particular clown, but to the whole lot of ego-maniacal celebrity "pastors".

Does "Just War" doctrine come from the Bible, Hawk?

It doesn't seem you caught the gist of my comment, believer. This particular guy wants to hand out Bibles, but if he wins his court case it will mean that any and all religious groups (so-called) will have the same right to hand out their materials as well. Such a situation would undermine the ability of parents to properly supervise their own children's religious education. Freed...more

It doesn't seem you caught the gist of my comment, believer.

This particular guy wants to hand out Bibles, but if he wins his court case it will mean that any and all religious groups (so-called) will have the same right to hand out their materials as well.

Such a situation would undermine the ability of parents to properly supervise their own children's religious education. Freedom of religion doesn't include the "right" to try to indoctrinate other people's children into Scientology or Mormonism or what have you during school hours.less