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On Marriage and Sacredness

By Tom Sullivan On June 5, 2012  

Over the years, I have made an offbeat, sociological argument regarding same-sex unions: that supporters would have an easier climb in securing equal rights for same-sex unions if woman-woman and man-man unions had unique names for each. Something other than marriage. Recent events have got me thinking about that again. Tina Dupuy at Crooks and [...]

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70 Year-Old Pennsylvania Man Stoned to Death “Because the Old Testament Refers to Stoning Homosexuals”

By Joshua Holland On March 18, 2011  

Ugly story out of Pennsylvania:

Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a 70-year-old man was stoned to death with a rock stuffed in a sock by a younger friend who alleged the victim made unwanted sexual advances.

According to the criminal complaint, 28-year-old John Thomas of Lansdowne has told police he killed 70-year-old Murray Seidman [...]

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Exorcising the Demons of Park Avenue

By Greg Basta On March 11, 2011  

Is JP Morgan Chase ignoring homeowners’ pleas for help because they feel they’ve done enough already?  Or that they just don’t care?

Clergy members in the New York Metropolitan Area offered a new theory – maybe they’re possessed.  That’s why Thursday afternoon, ministers from churches throughout the area joined New York Communities [...]

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Vatican: Priests Have Been Raping Nuns to Avoid Hookers with HIV

By Joshua Holland On February 24, 2011  

Let us take a moment to recall Pope Benedict’s view of what caused the Holocaust:

As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century, let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and [...]

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Murder of Abortion Docs as Justifiable Homicide

By Frederick Clarkson On February 23, 2011  

Now that the brouhaha over a proposed bill in the South Dakota legislature that would have redefined the murder of abortion providers as “justifiable homicide” is largely over, and the bill has been tabled, let’s consider the origins of the idea.

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