At first, I was ambivalent. But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to me that the portrait of Jesus hanging in a West Virginia high school hallway should probably be taken down. The problem is not religion, or Jesus, or pictures of Jesus. The problem is government endorsement of a specific […]
A long discussion has developed at Ed Cone’s blog, initially focusing on the recent Kindley brouhaha and sidetracking into issues surrounding gay marriage. In the comments, Sam Spagnola argues that homosexuals are not being discriminated against with regards to marriage, because they can indeed get married – they simply need to marry someone of the […]
Nathan Tabor, a North Carolina political activist and contributing editor at The Conservative Voice, recently tried to take “the liberals” to task on the subject of prayer. Unfortunately, his arguments are a little long on rhetoric, and a little short on support. A few highlights: To hear liberals tell it, George W. Bush doesn’t have […]
A story on NPR this morning talked about Jobs Partnership of Florida, “a faith-based group that believes the path out of poverty is through spiritual transformation.” It’s a work-training program for recovering drug adicts, single moms, and other people who might need help getting a fresh start in the workforce. As part of the program, […]
The root of the conflict between believers in Intelligent Design and proponents of Evolution is philosophical. The idea that humans and apes branched off from a common ancestor – that biologically speaking we are but a twig on the tree of life – is unacceptable to IDers and Creationists. The notion that seemingly unguided processes […]
Nathan Tabor, “a conservative political activist based in Kernersville, North Carolina,” brings us the latest round of ACLU-bashing with an article on The Conservative Voice entitled The ACLU—Not Looking Out for Your Best Interests. He starts off by listing a few threats to our liberties: Unfortunately, there are a number of threats to our liberty […]
Poking around the Internet tonight, I came across this article by Red Phillips from Georgia. He’s thought about the conflict between Evolution and Intelligent Design, and in the wake of Judge Jones’ decision in Dover he’s come up with a novel solution to smooth over the differences: Here is what I propose. States all across […]
Wednesday, the newly-elected Dover Area school board nixed their predecessors’ Intelligent Design policy: On a voice vote, and with no discussion beforehand, the newly elected Dover Area School Board unanimously rescinded the policy. Two weeks earlier, a judge ruled the policy unconstitutional. “This is it,” new school board president Bernadette Reinking said Tuesday, indicating the […]
This is coming a little late, since I was away when the ruling was announced in the Kitzmiller case, but I wanted to make a brief comment on it anyway. Of the possible decisions that could have been made, Judge Jones made a pretty strong ruling. Rather than confining himself to merely saying that the […]
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