Daily Archives: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 @ 14:30

Back in the ol’ hometown, ctd

Lots of crime-fighting theater and little to show for it. On Nov. 15, 2013, Detroit’s fifth police chief in as many years stood outside a public housing complex on East Jefferson Avenue where more than 150 law enforcement officers gathered … Continue reading

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Feel-the-love-love-love department, Smell-the-sickness edition

Here’s a Holy Man who is enraged that a preacher he knows refuses to associate with preachers who support stoning gays. You think you can reason with this kind of ignorance and malice? You can’t. The Evangelical Right has to … Continue reading

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The end of the mystique, ctd

The pastor of a Richmond, Virginia church is accused of misusing the church’s funds even as it works its way through bankruptcy proceedings. The church was put into Chapter 11 in attempt to avoid foreclosure of its Cowardin Avenue sanctuary … Continue reading

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Great moments in obliviousness

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Same-sex marriage: The Evangelical Right’s Waterloo

A thoughtful piece at Religion Dispatches speculates that the Supreme Court’s widely-expected affirmation of same-sex marriage rights may setup decades of contention similar to Roe v. Wade. If Greenhouse and Siegel are correct that it was “ordinary politics” that produced … Continue reading

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