Religious Conference on Torture

    Faithful Democrats will be covering the Religious Conference on Torture live at Mercer University.  A program for the event can be found on the Evangelical for Human Rights website and live streaming is provided as well.  In addition to coverage of the conference, Faithful Democrats will be posting columns on the issues of [...]

How We Got Here: How Torture Entered US Interrogation Policy After 9/11

Below is a summary of the session:   How We Got Here:  How Torture Entered US Interrogation Policy after 9/11/08

How the U.S. Military Responded to the Drift Toward Torture

Below is the summary of the session:   How the U.S. Military Responded to the Drift Toward Torture

What Torture Does to Human Beings

Below is a summary of the session:    What Torture Does to Human Beings

Saddleback Civil Forum

Live blog – commentary on the Saddleback Civil Forum.

Too Good To Be True

If something seems too good to be true, it usually is . . . or so the saying goes.  And, as a general rule, I believe this is a good adage to remember.  It speaks to the need for caution, and a healthy dose of skepticism.  This doesn’t mean that everything that seems too good [...]

Paradise Lost

For those who have not heard or read the speech Al Gore gave last week on climate change stop reading this and go here immediately.  As I am sure is true for many who heard it, this speech evoked many patriotic emotions in me.  I thought of the iconic moments in our nation’s history when [...]

Understanding Christian Unity

There is a hymn I learned in church that begins, “We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord . . . And we pray that all unity may one day be restored.”  The lyrics invoked for those of us in the pews the image of the body of Christ and reminded us that while we [...]

With Impure Lips

“Why not leave the church?”  In the wake of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, that is the question being asked about Barack Obama by journalists, pundits, and the public.  I suppose the question is a natural one.  If Sen. Obama disagrees with some of Rev. Wright’s positions and statements – as he has unequivocally stated he does – why not [...]

One of our own running against Goode

Following the latest commentary on what is happening / will happen / might happen / could happen in this presidential primary, faithful Democrats around the country should take a moment to check out the race for Congress in Virginia’s 5th District.  This race is shaping up to become a test case on whether Democrats can [...]