Category Archives: Commentary

Chuck Colson has an agenda

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Jonathan

Chuck Colson’s admiration of Rontrell Matthews’ work ethic is right on. Last summer, Rontrell Matthews walked into Capers Preparatory Christian Academy in a poor rural community with terrible public schools. Rontrell held out a check for $32.86 – his first … Continue reading →

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What’s left of decent conservativism

Posted on March 6, 2007 by David

Well, what can one say, other than thank our lucky stars for Andrew Sullivan? This seems all too applicable to our own local “not anti-gay” folks. It was just a joke, people (so spake the talking heads on Hannity), a … Continue reading →

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Help is on the way for gay PHC students

Posted on March 5, 2007 by David

When the axe walked into the forest the tree said, the handle is one of us. — Alice Walker We’ve seen several recent examples of what can happen when GLBT people are raised to hate themselves for who they are. … Continue reading →

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Quick, get the dictionary and look up “angel”

Posted on March 3, 2007 by David

I noticed the other day that our friends over at NoVA Townhall were blogging the Conservative PAC conference, and chuckled in passing at Joe Budzinski’s fawning headline for Ann Coulter’s speech, “An angel alights.” As it turns out, the Coulter … Continue reading →

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Analogous to marriage, except for the benefits

Posted on March 2, 2007 by David

Debra Stroud and Joseph Stroud were married. Then they weren’t anymore, and the contract they agreed to required Joseph to pay Debra $4,000 per month, with the payments to end in the event of Debra’s remarriage or “cohabitation with any … Continue reading →

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Another day, another double life

Posted on February 26, 2007 by David

The Rev. Lonnie W. Latham, former senior pastor of the South Tulsa Baptist Church and former member of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, is a vocal opponent of marriage equality, and one of those cheap, oily yappers about the … Continue reading →

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General Assembly wrap-up

Posted on February 24, 2007 by David

The 2007 GA session marked the first time that positive, pro-active bills outweighed legislative attacks on our community. Interestingly, the defeat of most of the positive legislation reveals the weak, flabby underbelly of the anti-gay lobby, created by their own … Continue reading →

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