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Tag Archives: Legislation
What to do with rude people
Well, it turns out that the Family Research Council video (“Censoring the Church”) promoted by Jay Ahlemann in his last ad (apparently meant to be taken as “evidence” in support of his misrepresentations about the hate crimes bill?) is pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Family "Research" Council, Hate crimes, Hate groups, Legislation, Pants on Fire, Special rights
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Pastoral care
There’s a fascinating article this morning about last month’s anti-gay church ad and the outrage it engendered in the Loudoun community. For the record, the ad was not submitted to the Times-Mirror. Ad spurs controversy across Loudoun Loudoun Times-Mirror July … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Commentary
Tagged Church of the Valley, Faith, Hate crimes, Jay Ahlemann, Legislation
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The rest of the story
As the dishonest campaign to defeat the Matthew Shepard Act continues to roll along, we have an update. One of the tried and true hysteria-generators in this campaign is the citation (with lots of exclamation marks!!!) of various cases in … Continue reading
Let the conversation begin
Pastor Jay Ahlemann of “The Church of the Valley” has treated us to another expensive, full page ad, this one with even more words in even tinier print. Clearly stung by the outraged response to his last ad, Ahlemann starts … Continue reading
Unbelievable
This gem, from Chuck Colson, director of the misnamed Loudoun-based Prison Fellowship Ministries, is from another breathless email about the Matthew Shepard Act. For the bill’s supporters, it is not enough to walk down the street in complete safety. (link) … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Chuck Colson, Hate crimes, Legislation, Pants on Fire, Prison Fellowship Ministries
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Matthew Shepard Act in RTD
Today in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, guest columnists Dyana Mason (executive director of Equality Virginia) and Rick Sincere (president of Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty, and also an EV member) present pro and con arguments, respectively, regarding the Matthew Shepard … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatism, Equality Virginia, Hate crimes, Legislation, Media
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“Pastors Fight to Not Protect Gays”
Yes, this is the actual, unintentionally hilarious headline of a Richmond Style Weekly article. Is this really what pastors are supposed to be doing? Fighting to make people vulnerable to unfair treatment, special taxes and violence? Something seems not quite … Continue reading →