America, land of litigation, has produced what may be the inevitable denoument to a presidential election cycle with more-explicity-than-usual stumping from the pulpit: the Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing the IRS, charging that the agency does not enforce its own rules about prohibiting tax-exempt religious bodies from endorsing candidates for office:… Continue Reading
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So. Are we all in this together?
Because Katha Pollitt at The Nation says that was the big question of this last election. Pollitt writes: Of all the divisions between the candidates in this election, perhaps the deepest was over whether, as President Obama put it, we are all in this together. Do we believe in solving our problems by sharing them—through… Continue Reading
Buh-bye, GOP rape caucus
“Foot-in-mouth rape controversy” helped sink the ship of many a would-be lawmaker, writes Hannah Levintova at Mother Jones. She writes, that as the results came in Election Night: It quickly became clear that this bounty of apologies for sexual assault had paved the way for some big GOP losses. I’ve said it before, and I’ll… Continue Reading
Coming to terms with 1,000 years of liberal darkness
As you’ve probably heard by now, Barack Obama has been re-elected, meaning we are now in for a millennium of gun-free dictatorship. Lots of conservative folks, especially of the Christian variety, have been coming to grips with this reality since the networks started calling Ohio last night. But in addition to enthroning the socialist antichrist,… Continue Reading
The Super PACs couldn’t do it
Big money definitely played a role in campaigning this go-round, but it wasn’t as successful as first feared in actually buying elections. This means either we’re going to have to stop hating Citizens United (I don’t intend to), or start loving the American people. (That? I can do.) How did your candidates do?… Continue Reading
A handy, clip-and-save chart on Obama conspiracies
Can’t read it? Go here. And thanks, DickG., for the link. And happy day before the election!… Continue Reading
Vote for Jesus? A pastor ponders
With the election fast approaching, lots of Christian leaders are urging their flocks to “examine your conscience” before heading into the polling place, or maybe face eternal damnation. We’re always interested in ways religion intersects with politics, and so we wondered what a genuinely Christian would look like. Fortunately, the good Rev. Paul Allen Riggs… Continue Reading
Poll: Catholics have heard message, would like to hear other messages in addition
If you have been to as many American Catholic parishes as I have, sooner or later you are going to meet people whose article of faith is not so much anything contained in Chalcedon, but, starkly: abortion is immoral. This is in keeping with Catholic teaching, but the focus of some believers on abortion to… Continue Reading
I didn’t catch the debate
Instead, I watched the Bears and Lions play a game with all the excitement and high scoring of a Princeton-Columbia matchup in 1903. But I experimented with following the debate on Twitter, and based on the embittered grumbling of the conservatives I follow and the insouciant snarkiness of the liberals I follow, my guess is… Continue Reading
Test of Fire: Catholic version
I posted this ages ago, and figured it was time to post again. Your thoughts? And thanks, Debbie, for the link.… Continue Reading