Category Archives: Politics

Rainbow Lobby Trying to Take an Elderly Grandmother’s Business and Home over $7.91

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Matt

In what has become an increasingly common story, Barronelle Stutzman, a 70-year-old florist in Washington State, chose not to help two male customers pretend that they were marrying each other because she deemed such assistance a violation of her Christian … Continue reading →

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Sentamentalism & Leftism != Goodness

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Matt

Look out, Christians; it looks like godless parents raise more liberal kids than we do. Wait… what do you mean that’s not news? But Jezebel just ran a big ‘gotcha’ story on it denouncing us. Well, they did headline it … Continue reading →

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Faithlessness and the Danger of Busybodies

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Matt

I’ve written several times about the virtue of faith and the associated vice of desperation. This virtue is not the saving faith taught by Christianity, but is instead an ethical matter—a disposition towards acting as though the world will ultimately … Continue reading →

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The Obsolescence of Conservatism

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Matt

Could American conservatism be obsolete? Liberals and progressives have, of course, felt this way about us for a long time, but there’s never been a need to be bothered over that. I raise the question for a different purpose: as … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Equality

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Matt

Awhile back, I wrote a short piece about equality and marriage. I noted that when the idea that all people are created equal was added to our political discourse, it brought some benefits to the common good. It helped to … Continue reading →

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Keeping the “Free” in “Freedom”

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Matt

Is it heresy for Americans to try and keep Christ in Christmas? That’s the charge made by Stephen Ingram in a recent blog post. His hometown of Piedmont, Alabama has recently run into some trouble with the Freedom From Religion … Continue reading →

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Yes, the Problem is Clearly “Religious Extremism”

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Matt

That, at least, is the main cause of terrorism according to The Guardian;  and there’s no possible way they could have been any more precise. Religious extremism has become the main driver of terrorism in recent years, according to this … Continue reading →

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No Reason to Get Excited

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Matt

So America’s latest round of Choose the Form of the Destructor is over.  I must confess that I did feel some genuine pleasure at seeing the Democrats losing so badly in last night’s elections.  I shouldn’t have.  Not because it’s … Continue reading →

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A Crime Against Women

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Matt

…and against men, but since nobody is terribly concerned about them, we’ll set that aspect aside for the sake of rhetoric. Being that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Facebook has been awash with links to articles on the subject, … Continue reading →

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Religious Freedom in New Mexico

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Matt

Despite the frequent but dubious suggestions that forcing people to call gay relationships “marriage” won’t hurt anyone, it’s already coming at the expense of religious freedom. You’ve no doubt heard of the Christian photographers in New Mexico who refused to … Continue reading →

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