You may remember the four missionaries that were arrested earlier this year outside a Dearborn, Mich., Arab festival in June. Today they were acquitted of “breach of peace.” Or, as the bizarre Detroit Free Press characterized it: “inciting a crowd.” Here’s the video again, can anyone tell me where the crowd is that they are […]
I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading lately, so here’s your quick Sunday books section. First, I mentioned Jay Richards’s “Money, Greed and God” last week regarding a quote from Sojourners’ head Jim Wallis. I’ve since finished the book and I strongly encourage people to pick it up. Richards goes through what the Bible […]
I’m reading Jay W. Richards’s book “Money, Greed and God” and I’m really enjoying it. I came across this one paragraph that’s really jumped out at me. In the same vein, after the U.S. Senate voted to raise the minimum wage in February 2007, the Reverend Jim Wallis announced that “God hates inequality.” Ron Sider’s […]
Sojourners’ head Jim Wallis recently got into a spat with Marvin Olasky of World magazine after Olasky charged that Wallis’ organization had received funding from famous lefty George Soros’ Open Society Institute. Wallis attacked Olasky, saying that “he lies for a living” and that Sojourners hasn’t gotten money from Soros. Wallis was wrong, and when […]
Count me with the overwhelming majority of Americans who believe that they have the right to build that mosque just two blocks from the site of one of the worst mass murders in history made in the name of their religion, but that they shouldn’t. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Ever since […]
For those interested in the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez ruling, there’s an extensive Q&A with the Alliance Defense Fund’s David French here. The headline says it all: “You Cannot be and Equal Participant in the Marketplace of Ideas.”
Today the Supreme Court held that universities can require student organizations to require that student groups must accept “all comers” for membership and leadership positions, even if those people oppose the group’s main purpose. You can find the opinion here, and I’ve only just read the syllabus, but the court has gutted the Constitution’s freedom […]
This video is just outrageous. Apparently Dearborn, Mich., is a lot like Saudi Arabia. Generally, you can’t sue cops personally for things they do in the performance of their duties. It’s called qualified immunity, but it is qualified. The defense of qualified immunity protects "government officials . . . from liability for civil damages insofar […]
It’s been said that familiarity breeds contempt. This is certainly true of how many on the left perceive Christianity – and conversely Islam. From “comedienne” Rosie O’Donnell’s famous statement that “radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam” to the tarring of the entire pro-life religious movement as dangerous because one nut goes and […]
Yesterday was Easter – probably the most holy of days in the Christian religion. It is the day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. That fact was the focus of services in churches throughout the world, except for one. As Obama worshipped with 700 others for two hours, the parishioners and preachers made him […]