Postcards from the culture wars (10.1)

Postcards from the culture wars (10.1) October 1, 2014

“But unless we’re willing to declare that beating children has no place in a civilized country, the line between discipline and child abuse will remain dangerously blurry.”

“This, friends, is what our tax payer dollars are spent on.”

“Are you thinking that sounds like too scummy a bit of speculation even for LifeNews?”

There is simply no harm, Posner writes, ‘tangible, secular, material — physical or financial, or … focused and direct’ done to anybody by permitting gay marriage.”

“In its intimate individual details, this advice column resurrects a sharper history, showing the array of cruelties that this kind of marriage could entail, the number of wives who resisted their roles, and the way that mainstream culture tried to put them in their place.”

RNS-WOMEN-PULPITS“How much does a girl have to endure before she starts to internalize the idea that her voice matters less simply because she is female?”

“Above all we have to clarify that we are not misogynists, we don’t want to gobble up a woman a day!

The disparity is glaring. It’s obvious.”

“If God is thought of as simply and exclusively male, the very cosmos itself seems sexist.”

That is not of God, and I plan to challenge it in every aspect even if it costs me everything I have worked for in my ministry.”

“They especially are thrilled that we are moving forward, not waiting for permission from the dudes to be ordained.” (via)

The submerged female half of the church, indeed of the human race, is rising, and the faith we pass on to the next generations will be poorer if women’s insights are ignored.”

“She’s the nice young lady who testified to Congress about how birth control is sometimes used by people to regulate their polycystic ovary syndrome or whatever, and so Rush Limbaugh went f–king nuts, calling her a slut (for a week) and saying if he was going to pay for her birth control (we guess Rush Limbaugh does not really understand how insurance works?), she had a duty to produce a spank tape for him.”

Kitten Day is part of your overall compensation package.”

“I don’t think that it’s possible to pursue policies that would endanger the lives of countless women and be a feminist.”

“The situation may be difficult, but the decision is usually straightforward.”

The solution is to change the hearts of individuals.”

“Yes, I was the only one who said creationism should be introduced to our students.”

“Honestly, my first reaction was, ‘Holy crap! How have we never illustrated this little bit of madness before?'”

“It is really scary actually, I think that they don’t want you to have the right to be a Christian.”

“So if you’re looking to practice law on questions pertaining to how many cubits long something absolutely needs to be or which things are abominations and which aren’t or who exactly should be stoned to death or what kinds of birds are permissible to eat or how many witnesses the rabbinical court requires to pass judgment against someone — then Liberty is the place for you.”

Bad choice of words, perhaps, given the nature of the treaty.”


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