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Trippin’ Over Church & Marriage
Here’s Tripp Fuller over at Homebrewed Christianity on why we need to a robust distinction between the religious sacrament of marriage and what happens when you sign a State marriage license. Here’s the other thing—and this, you may say, “Tripp, … Continue reading
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What does it mean to be pro-life?
I’m pro-life. Really, I am. But I tend to avoid that label for at least three reasons: The label “pro-life” doesn’t actually describe my position very accurately. Perhaps not surprisingly, I oppose abortion on theological grounds. But Christian theology does … Continue reading
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Have Obama’s Policies Made the Economy Worse?
“The President points out that he inherited an economic crisis. He did. And he promptly made it worse.” -Mitt Romney, GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner, March 5, 2011 Has he? The following charts posted without comment: Unemployment since 2004 (from the Bureau of Labor … Continue reading
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Church, State and Same-sex Marriage: A follow up
There were a few responses to my pervious post about same-sex marriage which seemed to miss the point of my argument. Perhaps I am just misreading these responses. Perhaps I wasn’t quite clear in the original post. Or some mixture … Continue reading
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Church, State and Same-sex Marriage
It’s a bit old now, but I just came across Roger Olson’s proposal to put an end to the same-sex marriage debate. Olson argues that we should reserve marriage to the churches and other religious organizations…[and] let the government issue … Continue reading
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