Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Commentary Tidbits

Mother Jones: How to Use the Bible to Save the Planet

Edge on the Net: (Don’t) Eat, Pray, Hate: Christian Organization Plans 40 Day Fast Against Marriage

One Step Behind: Patriarchy

Salon: 8 most absurd lessons Americans teach kids about sex

Religion Dispatches: Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Patriarchal Christian Group

Donald Miller: Are American Christians Really Being Oppressed, Or Are They Just Whining?

GLAAD: The rise of toxic terminology: Losing anti-LGBT movement turns to corrosive labeling

Daily Kos: Phyllis Schlafly Gets Schooled By A Twelve Year-Old

8 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed the Mother Jones piece. And of course that young girl who takes on Schlafly is a serious force to be reckoned with. Her maturity and self-possession blow my mind. I have a lot of hope in our youth.

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    1. Agi Tater -- I have hope for them too. Kudos to that girl for being Schlafly's moral superior.

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  2. OK, I just read the Salon piece. It may be a while before I can use my crock pot.

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    1. Donna -- Or the microwave. Where do abstinence-only people come up with these analogies?

      I'm going to eat an orange just to spite these people.

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  3. I am currently eating an apple (just like Adam did!). Here's another fascinating link to the business of religion. Our friends the Mormons (LSDers to me).
    http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/hollywelker/7808/lds_church_sues_dating_site_for_using__mormon_/

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    1. Jono -- Munch that forbidden fruit! Thanks for the link -- I'm stunned that the LDS and a dating site are wrangling over use of the term "Mormon".

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  4. I read the Salon one too. I have no words. Its just pathetic.

    And Ahab- if your'e on Pinterest there is a group pin board called Freedom for (and from) Idolatry- its a pretty good board. =)

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    1. Heather -- That Salon commentary was hair-raising. I'm appalled that some abstinence-only proponents are teaching this stuff to young people.

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