The Chicago Tribune reports that the Vatican is determined to fight to limit marriage exclusively to heterosexuals, calling the privileged status of heterosexuals “an achievement of civilization.” “It is clear that in Western countries there is a widespread tendency to modify the classic vision of marriage between a man and woman, or rather to try …
Category Archive: Civil Rights
Nov 07 2012
What to do in your second term
Congratulations on your re-election, Mr. President. I’m glad you got a second term, because there are still a few items that need to be finished up from your first one. And now that you don’t have to worry about being re-elected, I hope you’ll have the time, the freedom, and the will to fix some …
Nov 05 2012
Daily dose of irony
Writing on the Minnesota Public Radio web site, Prof. Savage of the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity decries the breakdown of traditional gender roles. But, as advocates of gay marriage point out, marriage as an institution is not exactly the exemplar of stability it used to be. The sad fact is that the same …
Nov 01 2012
No rights for heteros.
Over at LifeSiteNews.com, one Greg Quinlan shares his predictably hysterical opinion. The homosexual push for “equal marriage,” otherwise known as genderless marriage, can only lead to a ban on heterosexual rights. And what rights would those be? “parents in California are now prohibited from taking their children to see a therapist to resolve their child’s …
Oct 26 2012
Mother convicted of “disorderly conduct” for refusing TSA grope.
The Tennessean reports that a Clarksville mom has been found guilty of “disorderly conduct” for refusing to participate in an unconstitutional violation of her right to privacy, otherwise known as a TSA “pat-down”. Transportation Security Officer Karen King testified that before the pat-down, Abbott yelled in her face that she didn’t want anyone “touching her …
Oct 23 2012
Spot the difference
The boston.com news section is reporting a new TV ad being run in Maine that tries to make gay marriage look like a religious liberty issue—which it is, but not in the way the ad attempts to spin it. In the ad, Jim O’Reilly of the Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville says he and his wife …
Oct 16 2012
Blood drives
The last time I gave blood, there was a sign outside that says, “Giving blood saves lives.” As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I’d like to ask a question. If giving blood saves lives, why don’t we have people roaming the streets, grabbing healthy-looking individuals, and taking their blood by force? I think most people …
Oct 15 2012
When is it ok to legalize murder?
One of the differences between the Obama/Biden campaign and the Romney/Ryan campaign came out during the VP debates. Biden said he was a faithful Catholic and believed his church’s teaching on abortion (in the true spirit of faith as “believing what you know ain’t so”), but he wasn’t willing to impose his religious beliefs on …
Sep 24 2012
Reducing men’s participation to the level of women’s interest
Thanks to some links by Jay, I’ve found some of the original writings of Christina Hoff Sommers, and while it’s interesting reading, it does tend to raise some questions in my mind. For example, just clicking around the AEI website, I came across one of her articles entitled “The Gender-Equity Hammer Comes Out.” She’s making …
Sep 20 2012
Anti-Islam backlash?
This surprises me: Maryam Namazie reports on a growing anti-Islam backlash…in Iran. That’s today’s crunch-time link of the day. Enjoy.
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