Friday, May 16th, 2008
So in the last post, where we mentioned that gay rights hadn't really come up yet? Well that was wrong; they just had. Yesterday, California's Supreme Court ruled that gay and straight couples must be treated equally when it comes to marriage. It's hard to image that gay marriage won't ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Twenty percent of white West Virginians who voted in yesterday's Democratic primary said race "influenced their choice." Two out of every ten. Although Obama's skin color didn't appear to be an issue in white Iowa, it does seem to matter in the general Appalachian region. Clinton's focus on the ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Inside a confessional [two stout monks / Flickr]
Stephen M. Bauer from New Jersey calls himself an ordinary Catholic. A Catholic whose guilt, it seems, includes his pre-Iraq-war thinking (via Ann Raber):
I am very disappointed in my own clarity of thinking just before the invasion of Iraq. Originally, I was opposed ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Earth Day altar [lars hammar / Flickr]
One youth pastor in central Pennsylvania probably isn't impressed with Google's Earth Day holiday logo today. He thinks Earth Day is the "worst holiday ever" because it turns the earth into an idol. In fact he's staging a personal boycott (hat tip to Ann ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Kurt Womack from Prescott, AZ, describes himself as a "proud 'typical white person' NRA member and talk radio listener." He was not happy about Obama's remark about bitter small towners clinging to religion and guns. This self-portrait (found by James Mills) is his response:
[89AKurt / Flickr]
In describing the photo, he ...
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