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Andrew writes: So atheists don’t have emotions which inform them of the truth of something? And their rhetoric is completely dispassionate to the point where logic and reason are not fully objective? I have addressed the proper ways to consult the emotions in looking for truth in the post, Disambiguating Faith: Heart Over Reason, so for [...]
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June 25th, 2010 
Daniel Fincke On The “Compassion” In The Catholic Bishops’ Letter To Congress Against Gay Rights
June 21st, 2010 Daniel Fincke Recently, United States bishops petitioned Congress to not protect gays from being fired for their sexual orientation. Andrew Sullivan already precisely attacked the bishops’ immoral political calculation by which they explicitly committed themselves to a perverse moral contradiction whereby they simultaneously concede that homosexuality is to a significant extent not a choice and argue that [...]
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No Comments »Follow The Closing Arguments Of The Proposition 8 Trial Today
June 16th, 2010 Daniel Fincke And you can follow them as they are live-blogged on the Proposition 8 Trial Tracker website, which was an invaluable resource during testimony, filled with fascinating in-depth accounts of the arguments everyday. They’ve also started rolling already today on their Twitter feed and on their Facebook page. Here is the schedule for the arguments, all [...]
Iceland Unanimously Approves Gay Marriage
June 11th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Iceland, the only country in the world to have an openly gay head of state, passed a law on Friday allowing same-sex partners to get married in a vote which met with no political resistance. The Althingi parliament voted 49 to zero to change the wording of marriage legislation to include matrimony between “man and [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Same Sex Marriage Tags: Iceland, Johanna Sigurdardottir No Comments »Rejecting The Ex-Gay Movement
June 10th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Michael Bussee co-founded the “ex-gay” ministry Exodus International. In the videos below he explains the problems with the movement and how he came to reject it. Here are a bunch of the videos, and more can be found on his YouTube channel. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Same Sex Marriage Tags: Exodus International, Michael Bussee No Comments »Children Of Lesbians Did Better In Study Than Traditionally Raised Children
June 9th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Nanette Gartrell and Henny Bos (author of Parenting in Planned Lesbian Families (UvA Proefschriften) have the authored the first longitudinal study to track the outcomes of children created through artificial insemination through their teenage years. The results? The authors found that children raised by lesbian mothers — whether the mother was partnered or single — [...]
Michael Sandel On “The Lost Art Of Democratic Debate”
June 9th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A good video from Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel, who recently wrote a book on justice for a popular audience, Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?, and who last year released on YouTube high production value videos encapsulating his lectures for his standard introductory level ethics class at Harvard. You can start watching those videos here. [...]
Posted in Epistemology, Ethics, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Historical Philosophy, Intellectual Vices, Intellectual Virtues, Law, Morality, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophy, Same Sex Marriage, Teleology, Virtues Tags: Aristotle, Aristotle's Theory of Justice, Democratic Debate, Golf, Harvard University, Justice, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Michael Sandel, Phronesis, Sports, United States Supreme Court No Comments »Make Homosexuals Marry
June 8th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Starring Mike White, writer and co-star of two of my favorite movies (The Good Girl and School of Rock), a look at the realities of gay marriage: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Comedy, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Parody, Same Sex Marriage Tags: Justin Long, Mike White, Nora Dunn, Tom Arnold No Comments »8: The Mormon Proposition
June 7th, 2010 Daniel Fincke 8: The Mormon Proposition, a new movie out in theaters next Friday and available on DVD in July, explores the way that a tax exempt organization has waged a “secretive, decades-long campaign against gay rights”: Thanks to Richard for the link. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Film, Free Speech, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, Politics, Religion, Religious Extremism, Religious Rights, Right Wing Politics, Same Sex Marriage, Theocrats, Videos Tags: 8: The Mormon Proposition, California Proposition 8, Documentary, Mormons, Proposition 8, Tax Exemptions for Churches No Comments »A California Attorney General Candidate Who Supports Gay Marriage
June 5th, 2010 Daniel Fincke His name is Steve Cooley and he could use your support in a primary for the Republican party’s nomination. Think about it if you’re qualified to vote for him and live in California: Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley is running for the Republican Party nomination for California State Attorney General. And those readers who [...]
U.S. Bishops Argue Employers Should Be Allowed To Consider Being Gay A Fireable Offense
June 3rd, 2010 Daniel Fincke The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote a letter addressed to the United States Congress people opposing ENDA, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act For the sake of clarity, permit us first to state two basic tenets of Catholic Church teaching on this issue. First, persons with a homosexual inclination “must be accepted with respect, compassion, [...]
Posted in Andrew Sullivan, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Religious Secularism, Right Wing Politics, Roman Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Separation of Church and State Tags: Anti-discrimination Laws, Discrimination, Employment Nondiscrimination Act, enda, H.R. 3017, Senate (S. 1584), United States Bishops No Comments »Should Religions Be Exempt From Laws Otherwise Applicable To Others?
May 25th, 2010 Daniel Fincke ProfMTH explores the issue with a wealth of information, siding against such exemptions: The second video is chock full of legal information. The most interesting bit in here is where he discusses Antonin Scalia’s strong case against religious exemptions and Sonia Sotomayor’s general support for them. 1. Regarding Christian Legal Society v. Martinez– –the decision [...]
Posted in Abortion, Applied Ethics, Atheist Videos, Bio-Medical Ethics, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Free Speech, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, News Discussion, Political Secularism, Racism, Religion, Religious Rights, Roman Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Secularism, Separation of Church and State Tags: "The Ministerial Exception", Anti-discrimination Laws, Antonin Scalia, Archbishop Donald Wuerl, Archdiocese of Washington DC, Automatic Charitable Deductions, Bob Jones University, Bob Jones University v. United States, Boy Scouts, Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities of Sacramento v. Superior Court, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany v. Serio, Christian Legal Society, Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Connecticut, Contraception, DC Same Sex Marriage Law, Employment Division v. Smith, Establihsment Clause of 1st Amendment, Federal 9th Circuit, Free Exercise Clause of 1st Amendment, Jonathan Turley, LAPD, Los Angelas Police Department, Mandated Benefits Laws, McClure v. The Salvation Army, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Palmore v. Sidoti, ProfMTH, Sonia Sotomayor, Special Rights, Supreme Court of the United States of America, Tax Exemptions for Churches, The New York Times, The Supreme Court, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, University of California Hastings College of Law, Wisconsin Supreme Court No Comments »Ross Douthat Claims Arguments Against Gay Marriage Lose Because They’re Just “Too Abstract”
November 30th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Ross Douthat half admits to the intellectual bankruptcy of his opposition of to same-sex marriage and then tacitly demonstrates it with his pathetic reply when pushed to address the topic last month at the New School: “I am someone opposed to gay marriage who is deeply uncomfortable arguing the issue in public.” Mr. Douthat indicated [...]
Posted in Applied Ethics, Atheism, Christianity, Civil Rights, Faith, Featured, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, News, News Discussion, Politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Secularism, Separation of Church and State, Theocracy, Theocrats Tags: New School University, Russ Douthat, The New York Times No Comments »Gay Zombies Want Our Brains
November 17th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Stephen Colbert exposes the real intentions of gays seeking the right to bury their partners. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Skeletons in the Closet www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Your Thoughts?
Posted in Civil Rights, Comedy, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Hilarious, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, LGBTQAA, Political Satire, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, Satire, Videos Tags: Stephen Colbert No Comments »Is Carrie Prejean From Another Land In The Future?
November 17th, 2009 Daniel Fincke This guy catches the hidden truth revealed in her infamous answer at the Miss Universe pageant: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, LGBTQAA, News Discussion, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, Videos Tags: Carrie Prejean, illdoc1, Perez Hilton No Comments »Man Fired For Telling Coworker Her Homosexuality Was “Bad Stuff”
November 16th, 2009 Daniel Fincke This poor man had to suffer hearing a woman make references to her fiance a whole four times. It’s damaged his psyche to the point where he can’t stop himself from saying the word homosexual six times in the space of two sentences. He just can’t stop repeating the horrible word: “This woman repeatedly and [...]
The Catholic Church Sacrifices Charity At The Altar Of Bigotry
November 15th, 2009 Daniel Fincke ZJEmptv goes after the Catholic Church in DC for threatening to abandon services in the district rather than follow a proposed law that would demand they extend benefits to the partners of gay employees in same-sex marriages: Your Thoughts?
Maggie Gallagher Gloats About Maine
November 10th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Here’s what she said and below it there’s the scathing, harsh satire of it that expresses what what she stands for really means to the lives of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. I found I needed a strong stomach for both videos but for opposite reasons. The truth in the satire, as incendiarily nasty [...]
Maine And Abominations To God
November 6th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Blaghag is impressed with Maine’s biblical stance on homosexuality and can’t wait for them to follow through on the implications of these verses from Leviticus and Deuteronomy next: 9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, [...]
Proposing While Testifying
November 3rd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Andy Hertzberg chose a special occasion to propose to the man who is now his fiance: the middle of his testimony to the Washington, D.C. city council considering legalizing same-sex marriages. (Sadly, the video was taken down from YouTube.) (via) Your Thoughts?
Two American Heroes Weigh In On Same-Sex Marriage
October 24th, 2009 Daniel Fincke This World War II veteran is extremely inspiring: (via the ever-increasingly-awesome blog, SendaiAnonymous) Of course, he’s not the only hero with an opinion on this topic, so it is important to re-air her side too (which we’ve previously featured in full-length presentation): There you have it, two courageous American heroes just with differing views on [...]
Uganda’s Pending Anti-Homosexuality Bill
October 23rd, 2009 Daniel Fincke My stomach churned when I read about these cruel and stupid measures involved in Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009, a proposed bill which would: Reaffirm the lifetime sentence currently provided upon conviction of homosexuality, and extends the definition from sexual activity to merely “touch[ing] another person with the intention of committing the act of homosexuality.” [...]
ZJ On Mormons And Civil Liberties
October 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Everyone should see this video: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Law, Law & Politics, Politics, Racism, Religion, Religious Rights, Same Sex Marriage, Theocracy, Theocrats Tags: Church of Latter Day Saints, Mormon Opposition To Civil Liberties, Mormon Racism, Mormonism, Mormons, Mormons and Gay Marriage, Mormons and Proposition 8, Religious Extremism No Comments »Gay Marriage = Religious Freedom
October 18th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Another great video from before the inception of Camels With Hammers worth catching up on in case you missed it. This one is from robtish, who has other terrific videos on his youtube channel. It’s not just a cheerleading or general argument video but an in-depth information video with a bunch of important facts refuting some [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, News Discussion, Politics, Religious Extremism, Religious Moderates, Religious Rights, Religious Secularism, Same Sex Marriage, Separation of Church and State, Theocracy, Theocrats, Videos Tags: Adoption Services, Catholic Charities, Proposition 8, Robtish No Comments »Catholic Mother For Her Son’s Right To Marry
October 15th, 2009 Daniel Fincke US News Reports: The conservative Catholic group CatholicVoteAction.org today is calling for the ad to come down. Here’s part of a statement the group just sent out: CatholicVoteAction.org President Brian Burch said, “For decades gay and lesbian groups have attacked the Catholic Church for refusing to accept their skewed views on human sexuality and marriage. [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, News, News Discussion, Politics, Same Sex Marriage, Videos Tags: Ads, Jim Burroway, Maine, No on 1 No Comments »
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