Ever wonder what it would look like if RD were a TV channel instead of a web magazine? What your favorite writers sound like when they’re talking about the most controversial topics of the day?
Welcome to the first installment of RD’s collaboration with Bloggingheads TV. BhTV typically pairs writers and thinkers with somewhat conflicting views in respectful and thoughtful dialogue—or in BhTV parlance, diavlog.
Through the wonder of technology diavlogs are separated into discrete clips allowing you, the viewer, to watch only those of interest to you.
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In the first clip, Peter calls Faith-Based Initiatives (technically the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) “an abomination,” asserting that it acts as a “permanent campaign” and noting that it allows the recipients of federal dollars to discriminate in hiring—what he calls “a constitutional trainwreck.” David, who has worked with that office, responds, defending the institution…
In this second clip, in light of arguments that gay marriage would ‘harm’ heterosexual marriage, Peter asks David, an evangelical, about his evolving view on gay marriage and gay parenting.
For those interested in watching the whole diavlog as it unfolded, the whole shebang:
