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The intellectual dishonesty behind the Elane Photography case
After reading the New Mexico Supreme Court opinion in Elane Photography v. Willock, I’m now convinced that Vanessa Willock and Misti Collinsworth were prescient about the right wing strategy of redefining religious liberty, and absolutely correct to file their discrimination … Continue reading
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Tagged ADF, Anti-gay industry, Business, Constitution, Discrimination, Law, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism
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A sci-fi version of “tolerance”
With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, News
Tagged DOMA, ENDA, Law, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism, SCOTUS, Victimism
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Guest speaker Rosaria Butterfield draws contrast with Patrick Henry College’s fear of dialogue
According to Patrick Henry College professor of government Stephen Baskerville, “PHC is an oasis of academic freedom in an inbred academic environment of stifling orthodoxy.” Given that over half of PHC’s faculty resigned within one year over precisely the issue … Continue reading
A visit to Patrick Henry College
Patrick Henry College hosts an ongoing “newsmakers interview” series, and the guest Friday afternoon is a woman named Rosaria Butterfield, a resident of Purcellville. Dr. Butterfield “will discuss her new book, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, detailing her … Continue reading
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Tagged Ex-gay movement, Faith, Patrick Henry College, QueerPHC, Reality-based world, Religious authoritarianism, Youth
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Pope Benedict has an argument with himself about gender
In a somewhat bizarre Christmas message, the Pope has delivered a stirring rebuttal to an argument no one is making. After noting a famous quote by feminist author Simone de Beauvoir (“one is not born a woman, one becomes so”), … Continue reading
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Tagged Moral confusion, Reality-based world, Religious authoritarianism, Transphobia
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Here Come the Social Issues
Question: Does Victoria Cobb have dementia, or does she just believe that other Virginians do? In an email she sent us this week, with the actual subject line “Here Come the Social Issues,” the Virginia Family (not yours) Foundation president … Continue reading →