"The difficult dimension of this is the fact that even our condemnation gives this pastor what he most desires - public attention." So why are you giving him more public attention?

Jacobs has it wrong. It was punishment for California voters passing proposition 8. After all, California suffered tsunami damage in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquakes. Massachusetts, which has embraced gay marriage, has felt no effects from the earthquake. Clearly God is speaking in favor of gay marriage.

"A national survey reveals that most voters, except for evangelicals, will be little influenced by moral issues such as abortion and gay marriage when picking a candidate." Interesting insight into evangelical thinking - Most other thoughtful people consider education, poverty, the environment, employment fairness and health care to be moral issues also. Perhaps the first line should have said, "A...more

"A national survey reveals that most voters, except for evangelicals, will be little influenced by moral issues such as abortion and gay marriage when picking a candidate." Interesting insight into evangelical thinking - Most other thoughtful people consider education, poverty, the environment, employment fairness and health care to be moral issues also. Perhaps the first line should have said, "A national survey reveals that most voters, except for evangelicals, will be little influenced by sexual issues such as abortion and gay marriage when picking a candidate."less

Maybe if the churches had done a better job, the government would not have needed to become involved.

Criticizing the President is an automatic response for the Republican shills who write for this right wing organ. They cannot bring themselves to approve of anything President Obama does even when they agree with him.

"But if Christianity were based on a flawed foundation then it would have not lasted this long. " Very weak argument, but one that is often made. Perhaps everyone should consider Buddhism or Hinduism. Both of them pre-date Christianity by a very long time and still exist.

DP - read the case, especially the Supreme Court's decision. The issue was less about home schooling than the parental rights. In this case, it concerned the father's rights in particular. The wife in this case simply decided to ignore prior agreements and court orders significantly impacting the father's parental right and decision making responsibility. The court was absolutely correct in its ju...more

DP - read the case, especially the Supreme Court's decision. The issue was less about home schooling than the parental rights. In this case, it concerned the father's rights in particular. The wife in this case simply decided to ignore prior agreements and court orders significantly impacting the father's parental right and decision making responsibility. The court was absolutely correct in its judgement. There was nothing bogus about it. The only bogus issue is that this was somehow a matter of religious preference.less

Steve - don't be too hard on Ken. After all, who wants convicted criminals working in nursing homes. Why even somebody like Chuck Colson might even get a job in a nursing home. How horrible would that be?

I read the Court's decision and have followed the case for a long time. The father has been actively involved with the child since birth - including her education. The current matter arose because the mother no longer wished to follow their prior agreement which allowed for home schooling as well as some public school classes. The court's decision is available for anyone to read, and makes clear t...more

I read the Court's decision and have followed the case for a long time. The father has been actively involved with the child since birth - including her education. The current matter arose because the mother no longer wished to follow their prior agreement which allowed for home schooling as well as some public school classes. The court's decision is available for anyone to read, and makes clear that it was not decided on religious grounds.less

Nites "I command my body, and it will obey me." Easy for you to say and you are fortunate. I work with individuals who cannot command their bodies. Some say over and over they look forward to dying to be released from their pain and want to know why people only can help them to continue to suffer and not help them end it all. More than one would grab you or anyone else by the throat if they cou...more

Nites "I command my body, and it will obey me." Easy for you to say and you are fortunate. I work with individuals who cannot command their bodies. Some say over and over they look forward to dying to be released from their pain and want to know why people only can help them to continue to suffer and not help them end it all. More than one would grab you or anyone else by the throat if they could if told their suffering was part of God's plan.less

So what really is the answer to this type of problem? There have been many (false) claims about so called death panels in the recent health reform legislation. Yet private health insurance companies seem to actually employ death panels, like in this case. Any thoughts????

While I support the idea of gay marriage, I recognize there are some arguments to be made against it - without resorting to misinformation or outright lies like Max is fond of doing. Take the David Parker case. He was not arrested for telling his child anything about homosexuality. He was arrested for refusing to leave a school building long after the school day ended. It does not take much resear...more

While I support the idea of gay marriage, I recognize there are some arguments to be made against it - without resorting to misinformation or outright lies like Max is fond of doing. Take the David Parker case. He was not arrested for telling his child anything about homosexuality. He was arrested for refusing to leave a school building long after the school day ended. It does not take much research to verify what happened. He was arrested at 6:24 in the evening. Parker chose to engage in civil disobedience and endured the consequences as many others have. But his arrest had nothing to do with what he said about homosexuality like Max claims. Someone tell Max he is not doing his cause any favors by lying and exaggerating.less

http://americansfortruth.com/news/canadian-group-celebrates-stephen-boissoins-victory-over-hate-speech-charge-for-writing-letter-against-homosexuality.html

I did a little research about the Boissoin case and (big surprise) Max is not telling the whole story. In a very Phelps like ruling, Boissoin's vile accusations were found to be protected and he was fined nothing and is allowed to continue his hate filled ranting. Do a little homework Max and quit relying on hysterical evagelical sound bites and half truths.

I never could understand how German "Christians" could rationalize the slaughter of millions of Jews, Gypsies and other "subhumans." Obviously it was God's will and they were only submitting to the government like good little sheep should.

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"Here are a few: Starbucks, Microsoft, Nike, Google, Dell, American Airlines, and a whole lot more. Imagine what would happen if Christians, who have at least ten times the numbers of the homosexual community, were to start boycotting them?" Actually "Christian" organizations have been calling for boycott of these any many other companies for a long time. Among the others are Disney, Levi Strauss, Ford and CVS pharmacies. Come on Chuck, you are crying crocodile tears and are fooling nobody.. hide

Steve are you surprised? The only thing Colson promotes more than his right wing agenda is himself.

""But from the bishop’s point of view, St. Joseph’s did not demonstrate that the abortion was strictly required to save the woman’s life" Interesting. This in article by a right wing nut who has complained falsely that national health care reform would take away the right of medical decisions to be made but doctors and patients now sides with the medical opinion of an ideologically driven b...more

""But from the bishop’s point of view, St. Joseph’s did not demonstrate that the abortion was strictly required to save the woman’s life" Interesting. This in article by a right wing nut who has complained falsely that national health care reform would take away the right of medical decisions to be made but doctors and patients now sides with the medical opinion of an ideologically driven bishop who has absolutely no medical expertise. When a patient's life is on the line I will go with sound medical advice and skip the advice of the local bishop, pastor or other religionist.less

"I am at the same university as Schaefer, and we have the honor of having a world class evolutionary biology program. However, despite Schaefer’s apparent interest in evolution, given his relationship with the anti-evolution movement, I have never seen him at any of our evolutionary biology seminars, which involve major scientists of the discipline. In actually, he is nothing but a devoutly reli...more

"I am at the same university as Schaefer, and we have the honor of having a world class evolutionary biology program. However, despite Schaefer’s apparent interest in evolution, given his relationship with the anti-evolution movement, I have never seen him at any of our evolutionary biology seminars, which involve major scientists of the discipline. In actually, he is nothing but a devoutly religious and conservative chemistry professor who has no professional experience in evolutionary biology and, as far as I can tell, takes absolutely no advantage of the resources the campus has in the discipline. His objections to evolution are nothing but religious motivated incredulity."
Written by someone with first hand knowledge of Schaefer ...seems like the anti-evolution folks cannot even present solid evidence about creationist proponents, let alone solid evidence for creationism.less

"To prove this point, he announced the company would not publicly endorse agendas on marriage or family. However, he said it would continue to give resources to programs that strengthen marriages and families." This pretty much sums up where Chickfila is coming from. They want it both ways. Sounds like a well thought out marketing plan more than principled stand.