The Catholic Association has issued the Voter Guide on Religious Freedom you see below. Have a look and see if it will help you in your considerations as to who will get your vote in the upcoming election. Read more
The Catholic Association has issued the Voter Guide on Religious Freedom you see below. Have a look and see if it will help you in your considerations as to who will get your vote in the upcoming election. Read more
Today is the first day of the Year of Faith. I began this auspicious year by swiping my 87-year-old mother’s wheel chair. It all started when I ran out of Diet Coke. I was eating lunch. I drained my glass of Diet Coke. So, I picked up the empty Coke can and a bag of chips I wanted to put away and a glass I wanted to fill with more ice and a couple of other things I can’t remember... Read more
I am part of a newly-formed Religious Freedom Caucus here in Oklahoma.There are caucuses in eight states, as well. This group has been in formation for several months, at the initiative of the American Religious Freedom Program of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. I first heard about it when they contacted me last spring. I am honored to be part of this and grateful to the American Religious Freedom Program of putting it together. A CNA article about these... Read more
Romney, Evangelicals and the Pluralism Problem Caesar is Not Lord Atheists Are Paying (Yes, Literally) for Increased Media Coverage — But Is This Ethical? If these articles interest you, take a gander at the new Patheos News and Politics page on Facebook. I just looked it over and found several interesting reads for myself. Read more
We live in a morally truncated world. We’ve been very carefully taught that economics, business and just about everything involved with the multi-national corporations who are controlling our government are morality-free zones. It’s as if the Gospels stop at the doorways of corporate board rooms. We have no trouble laying the heavy hand of our moral judgements on things like how some little old lady casts her vote, but we can’t seem to wrap our minds around the idea that... Read more
China: Angry Protests Follow Brutal Seven-Month Forced Abortion | LifeNews.com. I hear that this terrible crime has increased pressure on President Obama to condemn forced abortion. That would be a good first step. I have passed legislation against forced abortion here in Oklahoma. I also debated and voted in favor of other legislation on the same issue by my colleague, Representative Paul Wesselhoft. Without exception, the “pro choice” people were highly critical and even profane in some of their comments... Read more
“There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.” I know the Romney apologists out there are going to take me to task for saying this, but I interpret this comment as the Governor, playing both sides again. “No new legislation” sounds like a sop to get the votes of the on-the-fence pro-choice Republicans. Yes. There are pro-choice Republicans. The wealthier areas of Oklahoma City vote heavily Republican, but when you... Read more
According to a recent Pew Forum poll, one in five American adults say they do not have a religious affiliation. This is up from 15% of those polled five years ago and reflects a strong trend in religious affiliation in the United States. I think this trend is at least in part a result of the increasingly aggressive evangelism by secularists and atheists in our society. This secularist/atheist evangelism is probably most effective in the enclosed environments of our college... Read more
This is a 2011 photo of me, standing front of the primary cause of America’s budget deficit. It is also a photo of our stagnant economy, declining wages and lack of good jobs. I was standing on Kinmen Island off the coast of Taiwan. The skyscrapers in the background are mainland China. We built those skyscrapers. We also built the skyscrapers in a lot of places around the world. We built them with our jobs, our industry, our economic base.... Read more
I thought you might enjoy seeing this. The only public statements I will make about this are the press release below and the brief itself. Feel free to discuss it yourselves, though. Oklahoma House of Representatives Media Division October 9, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Authored: State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton Authored: State Rep. Pam Peterson Contact: Jason Sutton Capitol: (405) 557-7421 Reps. Hamilton, Peterson File Amicus Brief in Abortion Drug Supreme Court Case OKLAHOMA CITY – Today, Oklahoma State Representatives Pam... Read more
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