Political Action and the Primacy of the Good — Daniel Mahoney “Manent thus proposes a “social contract” with French Muslims that accepts them as they are, along with their moral practices, with two notable and crucial exceptions. He argues that the burqa is inadmissible because “it prevents the exchange of signs by which a human […]
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The Oscars Blackout Protest Why it’s morally, strategically, and aesthetically wrong – Danusha Goska The Oscars Blackout protest is wrong. It is factually wrong. It is morally wrong. It is spiritually wrong. It is aesthetically wrong. The Kids Are Not Alright: A Lesbian’s Daughter Speaks Out — Brandi Walton Some children of gay parents, just […]
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Midwest Lutherans Largely Reject Violence – Charles Johnson A new survey of Midwest Lutherans, reported by the Iowahawk News Service, contains nothing that should alarm anyone: Midwest Lutherans Largely Reject Violence. US Presiding Bishop Uses His Color to Lambast Primates in Canterbury – David Virtue It was a brilliant move by the black US Presiding […]
Merkel’s Germany – Andrew Stuttaford
“There’s been an outpouring of drivel over Merkel’s supposed big-heartedness and her supposed Christian decency (and did you know that she is a pastor’s daughter?), but the reality is that flinging open the doors was a profoundly narcissistic act. It wasn’t about her people or her country: it was about her.” Read more here.
The True Meaning of ISNA’s Christmas Greeting – Stephen Kirby
Remember Sayyid Sayeed who received three standing ovations from the 2011 ELCA Churchwide Assembly? Here he is again.