The Danville Register and Bee-the paper that originally broke the story about Rep. Virgil Goode’s connections with the “gay coming of age” movie, Eden’s Curve, and Goode’s earmarks to its producer–just released a very good editorial explaining their reasons for running the original story and why they believe there are serious ethical issues at play here.   The Charlottesville Paper also added to the story by pointing out that, not only was the earmark given to the theater operated by... Read more

Palin’s hate rhetoric is cause for concern and supspicion and should not be taken lightly in this post civil rights era. (more…) Read more

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (more…) Read more

As Democrats of faith we should take heed to the fact that Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign is celebrating its 40th anniversary. (more…) Read more

OK, I’m not making this up.  But it just came out that Rep. Virgil Goode, notorious for leading the protest against Rep. Ellison’s desire to be sworn in on the Koran and for being an outspoken opponent of gay rights, was involved in the making of a soft gay porn film…and earmarked $150K to the writer and producer of the film!  Goode’s press secretary had an acting role in the film as well.   Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. ... Read more

This election has gripped my soul and I swing from hope to despair on an almost daily basis.  The time has come to move beyond black-and-white, red-or-blue. (more…) Read more

I believe Sarah Palin was trying to be cutesy during the vice presidential debate, but running the country ain’t no beauty contest! (more…) Read more

Parker Griffith of Alabama Calls Americans to Stand Tall, be Patriotic and Embrace Their Faith. Bloggers Who Support His Opponent Think He’s Wrong to Believe These Things Parker Griffith, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Alabama’s 5th Congressional District, while speaking to a Baptist association as a fellow believer, recently made one of the most patriotic and faith-infused statements a candidate can make: “I think America’s greatest enemy is America and its materialism. And I think that . . .... Read more