An excellent article by Leonard Pitts, Jr, on Why defense of gays matters. Link comes in via a good write up and commentary on the article from the Republic of T. Couldn’t have said it better than these two, so I’ll let their words speak for themselves.
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Challenging the Culture of Obedience
A speech by Salt Lake City Mayor Ross Anderson on the occasion of President Bush’s visit to that city.
There’s no other way to say this: I am openly hostile toward the churches in my city and their politics.
I am sick to death of all these out-of-district residents who drive in on Sundays to come to the “neighborhood” church, even though they abandoned the neighborhood long ago, and who insist upon having a [...]
Maggie Gallgher has a piece over on Yahoo Opinions in which she decries same-sex marriage proponents’ use of the term “bigot” to describe those who oppose such unions. She quotes Senator Brownback in his (correct) assessment of the situation:
Same-sex marriage proponents argue that sexual orientation is like race, and that opponents of same-sex marriage are [...]
My dentist is great! He sends me reminders so I don’t forget checkups. He uses the latest techniques based on research. He never hurts me, and I’ve got all my teeth. When I ran into him the other day, I was eager to see if he’d heard about the new state program. I knew he’d think it was great.
A-freakin’-men
Christian Conservatives are now suing for the right to discriminate.
I think this was the most telling comment from the article:
By equating homosexuality with race, Baylor said, tolerance policies put conservative evangelicals in the same category as racists. He predicts the government will one day revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that preach homosexuality is [...]