Postcards from the culture wars (9.3)

Postcards from the culture wars (9.3) September 3, 2014

Cruelty is cruelty.”

“One thing I find fascinating about all this is how weak the arguments against legalizing Gay Marriage have been.”

“He has been the best president for transgender rights, and nobody else is in second place.”

“The very idea of 150 people who have decided they are not going to have any children, not going to have families, not going to be fathers and not going to be spouses — so they have no adult experience of family life as the rest of us know it — but they are going to advise the pope on family life; it is completely bonkers.”

“I really am flabbergasted that no one is offended if I start a prayer by saying ‘My Rock’ or ‘My Fortress,’ while they are scandalized if I start a prayer with ‘My Mother.'”

“To state it bluntly, when judged by standards internal to his own writing, what Yoder did makes a lie of what he said.”

“The comment section of every article about campus sexual violence ever.”

Confused

“Ultimately the nonconsensual leaking of nude photos is always about the same thing: Our belief that women’s bodies are public property.”

“Shouldn’t we — in the church, of all places — be the kind of place that does not turn around and fire the woman who happens to bear a child?

“And I got out of the cab, and a man in overalls with a big white beard stared at me, and I just wanted to have a nice interaction with a person, especially a man, and I said ‘Good morning’ and that’s when I saw he was carrying a Bible, and I knew right away that was a bad sign, and then he called me a murderer.”

“You people who are running around calling yourselves Christians supporting abortion, you are not!

“It’s called the Women’s Health Protection Act, and it would end the attacks on abortion clinics through one simple measure: requiring states to regulate abortion providers in exactly the same way they do other clinics and doctors who provide comparable services.”

“The more actual respect and support you give to mothers, the more you tend to respect the right of women to decide for themselves when and how they enter into motherhood.”

Abrasive.”

“So next time, just give out this number: (669) 221-6251.”


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