Monthly Archives: October 2018

Will Trump administration restore religious discrimination?

A South Carolina foster agency which receives federal funding is seeking permission to deny foster opportunities to non-Protestants. The case centers around a South Carolina Christian organization, Miracle Hill Ministries, which claims that under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act … Continue reading

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Trump and toxic Christianity

Disapproval of Donald Trump is hard to find on the campus of Liberty University. Continue reading

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Govt to define transgenders out of existence?

Apparently, the Trump administration intends to define transgenders out of existence. The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, the most drastic move yet in a government-wide effort to roll … Continue reading

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Not planning to read this

I am a regular reader of the New York Times’ and Washington Post’s book pages, and also the New York Review of Books, but this is a re-cycled release that won’t go on my to-be-read list.

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Quote for the day

The story: I was raised Catholic in the liberal West Coast church of the 1960s and 1970s. I attended Catholic schools through 12th grade, and was taught my religion by a bunch of wonderful nuns who were determined to raise … Continue reading

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