Posts Tagged ‘religion’
Reviewed and enjoyed by David S. Hall, Ph.D. As this Journal’s publisher, I receive many books and films to review. I tend to shy away from books and films about religion except in my role as an educator. I need to expose my students to the wider view of sexuality held by the world’s religions….
In a public policy ballet of unintended symmetry, President Obama announced his support of same-gender marriage the same week that the University of Notre Dame sued the federal government about birth control (For the moment we’ll ignore the poetic irony of UND granting Obama an honorary doctorate just 3 years ago). Notre Dame (and 5 [...]
Progressives often marvel at how focused, coordinated and aggressive our conservative opposition is. They seem to fall into lockstep and march, building large organizations and executing complex strategies with an astonishing rate of success. We may be smarter, better educated and more reality-based — but they seem to have a cohesion and a discipline…
I just recently learned the story of EllenBeth Wachs, who is suing Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County, Florida, for harassment. Wachs has been arrested three times recently, each time for a trumped up charge. It seems that Sheriff Grady Judd doesn’t like EllenBeth Wachs because she is an atheist, and a politically active one…