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N TIME For Gay Pride Month, I trust Mr Obama’s continuation of illegal detention, his legal briefs in support of Defence of Marriage Act, and his reneging on Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell has disabused all but the most vitriolic of Democrats of the illusion that the President is anything more or less than another politician attempting to play [...]

AUL FROMBERG, on the day after the Prop 8 Ruling in California, paints an interesting picture in today’s Daily Episcopalian:
In the ongoing work of converting a culture ––bending it toward justice, toward the restoration of human dignity and ordinary goodness––you have to recognize what the big struggles are, and which ones are small.
It’s hard [...]

EAR Californians (and others) who are upset by the recent Prop 8 decision… who are acting as if Californians don’t do this sort of thing…
I’m wondering how many gays were protesting in the streets in the 1970s when Proposition 13 robbed the state of tax funds and services and put California in a budget crisis [...]

Christ is Risen!

OMEDIAN Sam Kinison (RIP) used to do this routine during the Ethiopian Famine. He’d yell at starving Ethiopian Children on TV. “See this? You know what this is? SAND! You know what it’s gonna be in a hundred years? SAND! Nothing grows in a F’in Desert!” [...]

Christ is Risen!

HOSE OF You following the Anglican Schism In Process will be interested to note that Speakers have been announced for ACNA Assembly.
Pastor Rick Warren, Metropolitan Jonah, and the Rev. Todd Hunter have agreed to be among those addressing the organizing Assembly of the Anglican Church in North America scheduled for June 22–25 [...]

Christ is Risen!

ROPS TO Deacon Jim for sharing a great new worker-resource, offered by the folks at Interfaith Worker Justice.
Can my boss do that!?!
They have a lot of topics on the site, such as:
Health Benefits and the Stimulus COBRA Subsidy: Your rights to keep benefits when you lose a job
Unemployment Insurance: Find out [...]

Christ is Risen!

E’VE Been playing this game of hate since Jesus said, “If they are not with us they are against us.” Or was it the reverse? The Church can’t seem to remember it straight… Jesus says “judge not” and we do nothing but – mostly judging each other. See what it’s got [...]

ED CROSS Reports that Medical Workers Helped US Torture Terror Suspects. Nice. Very nice.
Do no harm, anyone?

ER HOUST Believes that abortion is the killing of an innocent life, created by God, for his own purposes and the denial of that Gift.
I also believe I shouldn’t Judge those (with, eg, excommunication) who make other choices in this matter, for I believe that the Church has, for many reasons, allowed for [...]

ITHOUT Taking sides in the debate, I am terribly interested in how this plays out: Catholic, pro-life organizations call on Notre Dame to cancel Obama commencement address.
Will Notre Dame side with the “keep Catholic teaching pure & (Republi)neocon!” uberfrum folks, or will Notre Dame opt for the Glory of Mammon and the desire to be [...]