I keep reading about how Romney can’t close the deal with the fundagelicals no matter what he does. Christ, what does he have to do? Beat up a gay kid? Oh. Oh, dear. Ummm, yeah. sorry. Also too, Rmoney’s”support” of gay adoption lasted less than one day
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Meet the newest members of the Global Pasty Jihad: “A collision course is probably a good description of where things are headed,” Mary Rice Hasson, a visiting fellow in Catholic studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank in Washington, told The Associated Press this week. “The leadership of the Girl …
Your Morning Anti-Catholic Bigotry
The one, true Holy Apostolic and Catholic Church is under attack from haters like Garry Wills: The Vatican has issued a harsh statement claiming that American nuns do not follow their bishops’ thinking. That statement is profoundly true. Thank God, they don’t. Nuns have always had a different set of priorities from that of bishops. …
Another Shocking Case of Anti-Catholic Bigotry
Steven Colbert gives it to Cardinal Dolan, twice, at a Time event (via): Also, Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke is here tonight. Also an instant, instant feminist icon. Famously tested, testified before Congress, that Georgetown, a Catholic institution,should be required to provide insurance coverage for her birth control. Now, TIME 100 honoree, his eminence Timothy …
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Pierce on Douthat
This entire piece is great, but may I suggest that this might be one of my favorite paragraphs Pierce has ever written: Ross Douthat is a very sincere young man who writes a column for the New York Times, and someone who, alas, usually makes David Brooks read like Richard Brautigan, albeit with one memorable …
Romney Forgot that God Hates Gay People
Aside from the fact that he is a misogynist who likes to tweet his disgust for women, Romney’s new foreign affairs spokesman has another tiny little problem: Gov. Mitt Romney stepped on a landmine by appointing Richard Grenell, an out, loud and proud homosexual, to be his spokesman on national security and foreign policy issues. …
A Challenge
I dare any of you to try to complete just one of the ten back and forth entries betweeen Lord Saletan and Douthat on faith in American society. If you don’t want to kill yourself by the end of the first paragraph there is something very, very wrong with you.