Bishop Robert Wright of Atlanta opened the session of Georgia House of Representatives yesterday. In his remarks, he focused on gun laws and help for the “ignorant, the indigent and the immigrant.” Some considered his remarks impolite.
Again and again, Draper quotes conservative twenty-somethings as gung-ho for libertarian economics but wanting no part of GOP moral crusades. As he remarks in a “behind-the-story” interview, “[N]early all of them believe that the party is fighting a losing battle on gay marriage and should adopt a kinder, gentler approach to other incendiary social issues like abortion.” Being anti-science doesn’t help either.
An editorial in the latest edition of America/The National Catholic Review urges repeal of the Second Amendment, asking,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu sent a letter to the editor of the New York Times that was published Tuesday:
Roman Catholic bishops rejected the Obama administration’s latest compromise on birth control coverage for religious employers. But wait! Cardinal Dolan says it was critique not a rejection.
Ralph Reed and the Faith and Freedom Foundation is circulating a petition seeking to stop alleged federal funding to the National Cathedral if they marry same-sex couples. Of course, it’s all fabricated nonsense.
A law designed to draw churches into the gun-control debate has passed the Arkansas House of Representatives and is expected to be signed into law by Governor Mike Beebe (D). The legislation lifts a seldom-enforced ban on guns in churches.
President Obama called for humility Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, and spoke of faith, his own Christian faith and an abiding faith he says
UPDATE: The entire 4 hour debate is BBC is live streaming the marriage equality debate today.:
While conservative Christian groups in the UK are coordinating their political responses regarding human sexuality, marriage, family life, and religious freedom, there is no sign that they are becoming an American-style “Religious Right.”