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National Day of Prayer?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • April 27, 2008

I've commented on this before, but there is more attention paid to this issue out there now, and a movement to change things around: The National Day of Prayer is primarily organized and planned by a single-perspective group (the National Day of Prayer Task Force, headed by none other than Shirle ...>

Upholding Moral Principles…

  • Posted by Nacho
  • February 15, 2008

Apparently, Archbishop Jose Gomez has complained about plans for a rally by Sen. and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, at St. Mary's University, the oldest Catholic college in San Antonio. Why object to her presence at the Catholic school? Because Sen. Clinton is a supporter of women's ...>

Questions about Religion for Presidential Candidates

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 24, 2008

Almost two weeks ago legal scholar Marci Hamilton wrote a neat column detailing questions about church and state that she would ask of various presidential candidates. It is well worth a read, check it out. The questions for Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, and Rudy Giuliani in particular are quite ...>

A War Mentality

  • Posted by Nacho
  • December 19, 2007

Dan, over at Faith in Public Life, has a neat short entry "I Declare War on Metaphors" that treats the issue of the supposed war on Christmas. He definitely gets it right when he notes:As culture war watcher Beth mentioned last week, public observance of Christmas in Basra, Iraq, was canceled after ...>

Tony Snow-job’s Rhetoric

  • Posted by Nacho
  • December 18, 2007

Here are two comments attributed to former White House press secretary Tony Snow:1) “The average Iranian is more Pro-American than virtually any college faculty in this country.” 2) “...the second war in this country, the war on God.”There are some who would say that you have to treat thi ...>

Attacks on Religion…

  • Posted by Nacho
  • December 13, 2007

I got tired of selecting two categories, "Politics" and "Religion" for these posts about candidates, so I'm inaugurating a new category: "Theo-Politics." That's where we are anyway, although I've often thought that a theo-politics can be deployed without the cheesy political piety we see in so many ...>

Hagan Responds to Dole

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

The Kay Hagan video in response to Elizabeth Dole's "Atheism" attack on Hagan: I see the whole thing as pretty sad. A senator and a candidate for senate trading video attacks on who is religious or not? Sorry but, although my political sympathies lie with Kay Hagan, and I find Dole's attack egre ...>

Can I Vote on Your Marriage?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Check out the T-Shirt for sale at Zazzle.com. That is a great line, but I wonder if folks that wear it will get verbally assaulted or worse. You can also get it as a bumper sticker. Neat perspective by incongruity example for my Dramatism class next semester. ...>

Hagan Responds to Dole

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

The Kay Hagan video in response to Elizabeth Dole's "Atheism" attack on Hagan: I see the whole thing as pretty sad. A senator and a candidate for senate trading video attacks on who is religious or not? Sorry but, although my political sympathies lie with Kay Hagan, and I find Dole's attack egre ...>

Can I Vote on Your Marriage?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Check out the T-Shirt for sale at Zazzle.com. That is a great line, but I wonder if folks that wear it will get verbally assaulted or worse. You can also get it as a bumper sticker. Neat perspective by incongruity example for my Dramatism class next semester. ...>

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