Annoying street preachers, or campus preachers, are not just an American phenomenon. A very loud and and stroppy one was rightly interrupted by a lone piper on the streets of St. Andrews, Scotland (h/t: Raw Story): I lived in St. Andrews for three years between 1992 and 1995 while doing my first graduate degree. In …
Religion
Everything Old Is New Again — John Rogers Is Always Right Edition
Top line from today’s New York Times/CBS poll of the Republican presidential primary: The proportion of Republican voters favoring Mr. Carson rose to 23 percent from 6 percent in the previous CBS News poll, which was taken just before the first televised Republican debate in early August. Over that same period, Mr. Trump made modest gains, …
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Open Thread: Shana Tovah!
Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset this evening: Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the new year on the Hebrew calendar, and is celebrated among the Jewish faith as the start of the High Holy Days. The words “Rosh Hashanah” translate into “head of the year.”… According to custom, Rosh Hashanah is the day when God …
Fuck You, Texas
Fuck all of you in that rotten shithole.
Slightly-Less-Bloody Kentucky
Here's your gift basket with coupons to the local merchants! pic.twitter.com/iHXuQu8rvN — Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) September 5, 2015 Okay, I laughed. Useful background, from James Higdon in the Washington Post — “In Kentucky college town, license issue divides gay and church communities“: MOREHEAD, Ky. — Square in the middle of embattled Rowan County is this …
J-O-B and G-O-D
Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis isn’t the only person whose religious beliefs clash with her job duties. Here’s a private sector case: (CNN) A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet for refusing to serve alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith. [snip] She wants to do her job without serving alcohol in …
This is Not About Conscience
This is about cashing in on the wingnut gravy train: Ms. Davis’s decision on Tuesday to refuse licenses to same-sex couples led to the contempt hearing, and she testified that she had not hesitated to maintain her opposition to licensing same-sex couples. “I didn’t have to think about it,” Ms. Davis said. “There was no …