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Posts On Gay Marriage
In the wake of California’s decision to re-define marriage for trendy political expediency, two of the blogs I list on my blogroll have put up serious posts on the topic. I’ve chimed in at #18 and #21...
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“Once More Unto The Breach” On Gay Marriage
Reviewing my post on gay marriage last week, as well as the comments on it here and on other people’s blogs, has brought a few more ideas to mind. In previous material, I’ve belabored the fact that my...
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An Example Of Genuinely Bad Behavior Towards Gay People
The burgeoning physical culture war over gay marriage (as evinced by a rowdy protest that almost looked like a riot at the LDS church’s Los Angeles temple and an older Christian woman being savagely...
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Gay Marriage “Twilight” Protest?
Just wondering: since a lot of people have decided, in light of the LDS Church’s advocacy on behalf of California’s Proposition 8, to boyott anything even remotely Mormon (including the Sundance Film...
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Domestic Violence Is All The Rage
It’s undeniable that popular singer Chris Brown savagely beat his girlfriend Rihanna last month. Even more sadly, it’s also undeniable that too many–maybe even a majority–of young people are siding...
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The Left Needs To Make Up Its Mind About Marriage
It’s ironic that America is now embroiled in an all out cultural war over whether or not gay couples should be able to get married. It’s ironic because for the last several decades the cultural left...
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A Pair of Pessimistic Political Predictions
I’m not saying that these things will happen, but the way our society is going, I think it’s likely that they might happen. 1. Any straight people who get married will be seen as inherently...
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“Gay” Has Got To Go
The insulting slang term, that is, not the people. I’m talking about when someone says, “That’s so gay!” meaning that something is bad. I knew that would get you hooked, though! Seriously, is there...
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Irrational Anti-Christian Hatred Is Real
Last month, my college classes had an assignment to write a problem/solution essay. Being young adults, almost all of them wrote from a politically liberal perspective. Now, some of those papers were...
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Evaluating the Arguments For and Against Gay Marriage
My attempt at an objective analysis of some popular points: Pro-Gay Marriage Ban Arguments Evaluation Anti-Gay Marriage Ban Arguments Evaluation “Homosexuality is morally wrong.” WEAK. While people...
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What is Marriage?
As our society debates what the definition of “marriage” should be, we would do well to remember that by defining a term at all, we must exclude everything that does not fit that definition. If we say...
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Family Matters
From a recent edition of NPR’s Talk of the Nation: When you have very low fertility rates, it may be OK for a while, but over time your population gets older and older. And as your population gets...
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If the Mormons Accepted Gay Marriage, How Would the World React?
Imagine that the Mormon church announces tomorrow that they’ve received a revelation from God telling them to accept gay marriage. (Please note that I am absolutely NOT “agitating” for something like...
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A Plea For Civility About Same-Sex Marriage
The video is a shorter version of this script: The most common assumption today is that if someone doesn’t agree with changing the definition of marriage to include gay couples, it’s because they’re...
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How the Family Is Changing
When I once asked, “Is there any combination of consenting adults you *wouldn’t* accept as a marriage?” only one of my more liberal acquaintances really addressed the question with a substantive...
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Notes and Quotes, June 2014
Education List of technology-enhanced activities for secondary English classes. Examples of worthwhile technology-enhanced lesson plans. Quick thoughts from the Hardings, homeschooling parents of ten...
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