Gay Bishop’s Prayer Is Cut From Broadcast
Bishop Gene Robinson’s prayer at the “We are One” inaugural event is silenced by technical difficulties, and cut from the broadcast. If you pray and HBO doesn’t cover it, can God still hear it?
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Farewell, Mr. Bush
The final legacy of the second Bush presidency is the profound sense of a nation and its civic institutions set morally adrift.
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Not Easily Broken, Not Easily Viewed
Dallas preacher T.D. Jakes’ latest foray into film features staid sermonizing, rigid gender constructs, and a whopper of a racial subtext.
Read MoreSenior Saudi Cleric Supports Child Marriage
Sheik Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh says if it was good enough for preceding generations it is good enough for contemporary folk.
Read MoreCatholics Have Stopped Confessing
Maybe it’s because the Church has a peculiar view of what constitutes the gravest sins—sexual abuse and murder are, surprisingly, not on the list.
Read MoreHow Israeli Military Intelligence Cooks the Books
An Israeli reporter documents the ways in which Israel’s military intelligence has spread disinformation going back to the failure of Camp David and the beginning of the second intifada in 2000.
Read MoreNew Bailout For Hypocrites
Right wing American Family Association is blaming Obama for the bailout. How ridiculous.
Read MoreInauguration: An Evangelical And A Gay Bishop—What’s Missing?
As the Obama team rounds up unlikely bedfellows for the inaugural ceremonies it seems to have forgotten something: we are not all Christian.
Read MorePakistan and Iran, a War on Two Fronts
Why did Bush not do more for peace during his failed presidency? Because someone is always lobbing a rocket or detonating a bomb, and this invalidates any and every gesture toward peace, in his simple view.
Read MoreIndulgences Are Back At Last!
The Vatican is planning to reward the faithful for participating in a council on the family and Christian values with—indulgences!
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