Oh, the law of unintended consequences strikes again. Last year, Florida Governor Rick Scott, the most unpopular governor in the US, signed a bill into law that would allow local school boards to authorize policies that would let students lead “inspirational messages” at school events, even if those messages had a religious bent. Without a doubt, [...]
Wow. I’m honestly surprised at this. Evangelical Christian leaders in America have expressed their support for stricter gun regulations following December’s tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 26 people were fatally shot. In a poll conducted by the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), 73 percent of church leaders agreed that there needs to [...]
…albeit, the “wrong” religion. In an event that would make any rational human’s brain explode, the National Center for Law and Policy joined a lawsuit filed by some evangelical parents suing California schools. Why are they suing them? They’re suing to have yoga classes removed because they believe yoga is inherently religious. Oh, and that [...]
Things have been rather quiet lately for the mouth of Mars Hill, Mark Driscoll. Instead of the usual testosterone filled, hyper-masculine words and tweets that regularly flowed from him, they seem to be mostly coming from the mouth of a PR agent. Lots of talk about his book, pithy tweets referencing scripture ala Rick Warren, [...]
The nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA is just a stupefying decision. With this choice, Obama is taking Bush’s “kill ‘em all, anywhere and everywhere” strategy up about 6.4 notches. It appears that the President is eager to cement his legacy as President Drone Killer. By choosing Brennan, who pulled his name in [...]
