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I've written a response to someone who had responded to my earlier post on gays and firefighters. He writes: Thank you for your comments...

From AP : The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers coursework in Greek and Hebrew, in archaeology, in the philosophy of religion...

When will gays learn that they are only hurting their cause for mainstream acceptance by participating in lewd Gay Pride parades, in which t...

Last week I wrote about the Ten Commandments Commission and H.RES. 598. A blogger from Americans United for the Separation of Church and Sta...

Someone calls to me from Edom, "Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end." I answer, "Morning is...

Emile Steiner blogs on conservative Florida State Representative Bob Allen, who was arrested last month for attempting to solicit oral sex f...

On August 3, 2007 the 10th Circuit Court ruled that the Oklahoma law that banned the recognition of out of state adoptions by same-sex coupl...

The Christian Post ran a story on America's Pro-Gay Culture and Its Effects on Iraqi Christians . Apparently, the acceptance of gays in ...

Today's installment of What's Going on in the Rest of the World: Angola comes from Agence France Press in the New York Times on Frid...

I think these young women need a little more Jesus in their lives.

God's Next Soldiers is a documentary about Patrick Henry College , a Christian college that trains young evangelicals to push their visi...

Here's a fun video clip of the shouting match that occurred last Thursday in the House after a Democratic maneuver that effectively deni...

I came across this great site that allows you to view hundreds of documentaries (and tv shows and movies) for free (apparently it's lega...

Matt Foreman , president of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, shares my disappointment in the Democratic candidates over their lack ...

Today's Bible passage is not random. It is one of my favorite passages: Where you go, I will go; where you lodge I will lodge; your peo...

From Reuters on July 31, 2007: Algeria jails 28 over building collapses in quake An Algerian court handed prison sentences on Tuesday to 28 ...

The Senate Juiciary Committee just approved the nomination of of Leslie Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Linds...

I found the following quip on another blog : The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You can...

Yesterday in the House, Representative Todd Akin (R-MO) introduced H.RES.598 , supporting the goals of the Ten Commandments Commission and c...

I had a hard time accessing a reliable Albania based news agency, so tonight's installation of What's Going on in the Rest of the Wo...

The South Korean hostage story was also the top news story on tonight's 700 Club . Key point to the story according to the viewpoint of ...

I thought I'd start a regular series where I show the top news story from a local news agency from around the world. So, starting at the...

But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to ...

The AP Reports : Gay couples from New Mexico can marry in Massachusetts because their home state has not explicitly banned same-sex marriage...

The home of Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), former Chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, was raided by FBI and IRS agents y...

Due in large part to a letter written by Governor John Corzine about two weeks ago, UPS has decided to extend health insurance benefits to c...

The Hill came out with its fourth anniversary issue of the 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill last week. It's an amusing distract...

Max Blumenthal attended the Christians United for Israel conference that was held last week. The first link contains video coverage of the e...

Leslie Morgan Steiner wrote a blog post that appeared in Washingtonpost.com today about how in academic and professional settings when men a...

Another blogger's take on the inadequacy of civil unions and domestic partnerships.

Today's installation for those who practice bibliomancy , comes from Corinthians 1:21: For since in the wisdom of God the world through ...

Virginia's steep driving violation fees go into effect today. The new penalties will reach as high as $1050 for driving 20 mph over the ...

Former NC state legislator Coy C. Privette, a Cabarrus County commissioner and retired Baptist minister, was charged with aiding and abettin...

The Washington Post reports : A 7-year-old girl said she had been raped and repeatedly molested over the course of a year. Police in Montgom...

Gay couples in Washington State began to register as domsestic partners today. According to the Associated Press , "couples that regist...

Yesturday, the House of Representatives passed H.RES. 535 , Commending David Ray Ritcheson, a survivor of one of the most horrific hate crim...

Andrew Sullivan provides a nice brief response to the Democratic candidates' responses to the gay questions at the Youtube debate: It s...

More from the Democratic Youtube Debate : Senator Biden (D-DE) says one of the most sane things I've heard from a politician on religion...

At the Democratic Youtube Debate , which aired tonight on CNN’s Situation Room with Anderson Cooper, Americans were allowed to submit their ...

From today's Washington Post : The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies ...

In California, a court ordered that a man must continue to pay alimony, even after his ex-wife entered a domestic partnership with another w...

Gay couples in New Jersey are still not treated as equals to their straight counterparts, in spite of the civil unions law past last year. T...

In response to Giuliani's hatred , PBS has come out with the documentary Ferrets: Pursuit of Excellence. For more of the Ferret Song, cl...

Although gays in South Africa enjoy full legal equality (including full marriage), they still suffer from virulent bigotry, which has been l...

Less than 10 minutes after Stephen Colbert mentioned the non-existent domain ShritlessHunksBaggingGroceries.com, as a part of his segment o...

Slate has made a cartoon rendition of a 1999 radio talk show, where Rudy Giuliani reveals his prejudice against an oft discriminated agains...

Sales of Christian books aimed at Evangelical Christians have jumped about 30% over the past for years. Now even secular publishers like Ran...

In case you missed this bit from Colbert last night, Richard Florida, professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toro...

As his presidential campaign tanks, McCain keeps trying to win over 'the base' by speaking about US foreign policy to a group of ev...

What Bush would say to Dick Cheney regarding his gay daughter Mary : My only ask was that if his daughter doubted my tolerance to her orient...

Authorities evacuated the Miami International Airport (MIA) this morning after a suspected bomb was detected. Who only knows what devastatio...

Since it is the Lord's Day, another random sample from the Bible: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conce...

A reader writes: What's really interesting about those "17 rules" is that they reflect the "traditional" stance of ...

None of the candidates for the '08 presidential race "fit into the religious right's comfort zone" , according to Janice S...

In the words of Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on the Senate floor today: "all the intercourse I had as a military officer was the best...

What were your elected officials doing yesterday, besides engaging in hypocritical scandals and cheap election '08 posturing ? Well yes...

Apparently not the State Department's lead man on South Asian Affairs. Today the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Af...

I learned about bibliomancy from watching the movie Running With Scissors. It pretty much is the practice of selecting a Bible verse at rand...

I came across this opinion piece from the Associated Baptist Press by David Gushee, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University . In...