It’s really quite obvious…that it’s always easier to keep the status quo, especially if it doesn’t affect us… It’s really quite obvious…that there is a problem with the provision of a basic human right in our country: adequate health care. It’s really quite obvious…that Jesus calls us to recognize that all people are our neighbors and we, in living out our faith, must be involved in caring for them. (more…) Read more
In my latest book, Why the Christian Right is Wrong: A Minister’s Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future (Jossey Bass, 2006), I expand on a brief anti-war speech given on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in 2004. Students turned the speech, which lists 17 reasons why I believe the Bush administration is acting immorally, into an internet phenomenon. As the speech spread through cyberspace, hundreds of people reacted with relief and gratitude—telling me that... Read more
Inappropriate behavior is part of the basic teen job description. (more…) Read more
"Let me ask you again, what does Mark Foley and all of this attention being paid to his instant messages and so forth, what does that have to do with the key issues of our times?" (more…) Read more
Let's see if I got this right. Foley's indiscretions were swept under the carpet by the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives not because of political considerations which would force the Republican majority to acknowledge the presence of a pedophile among their ranks and might endanger their majority status in the November elections. (more…) Read more
After being lectured to by religious conservatives over the threat to the family of gay marriage, I remain on the edge of my seat to hear what those same conservatives will say about conservative Republican Congressman Mark Foley's sexualization of adult-child relationships. (This post contains the balance of my origional post which was incorrectly posted earlier.) (more…) Read more
After being lectured to by religious conservatives over the threat to the family of gay marriage, I was on the edge of my seat to hear what those same conservatives will say about conservative Republican Congressman Mark Foley's sexualization of adult-child relationships. Apparently, these young people were some of our best and brightest — engaging in meaningful government service by serving as congressional pages while still in their teen years. (more…) Read more
I am adding my voice to the "blog-alogue" because our progressive Christian witness is still so misrepresented in the media, the popular commentary of our day and even by other folks who also carry the label of "Christians." (more…) Read more
By Linda Seger To me, both Christianity and democracy are challenging – they challenge us to follow the Golden Rule – to do unto others as we would want others to do unto us. Jesus Rode a Donkey shines the light of Scripture and theology on policy decisions of both the Republican and Democratic party, and looks at the many ways that, I believe, the Republican party has lost its way — by giving more tax breaks to... Read more
"Look it, maybe the kid did it himself. I posited that possibility on Monday. You know, I don't think anybody heard me. I said, "Well, Rush, why would a kid do it himself?" Folks, you don't know the Democrats like I do. " (more…) Read more
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