"Residents of the Greenbriar Village development say owner Equity LifeStyle Properties has been unjustly increasing their land rents, and there’s nothing they can do about it. Equity is the largest manufactured home community company in the United States and in some cases has increased land rents more than 100 percent in a year, said Randy Schaffer, the president of the Greenbriar homeowners association." Read more
"A roster of leading psychologists and related experts from around the world last week signed on to a pair of letters in support of an appeal filed on behalf of Frances Keller, who was convicted of sexual assault and who has spent the last two decades behind bars for a crime that almost certainly never happened." Read more
Jean Ann Esselink on the anti-abortion protesters who picket a clinic that provides prenatal care, not abortions; Libby Anne meets the protesters; Jeff Dunn on looking for love from all the wrong Christians; Rob Tsinai reassures a young girl that she doesn't need to fear the scary stories of anti-gay demagogues; and Kristen Rosser says it's better to "admit that we just might be wrong," than to harm others with a dangerous certainty. Read more
The pattern of PIB will be familiar if you've ever discussed marriage equality with relatives, co-workers or fellow parishioners who oppose it, but can't quite explain why. It's not so much an argument as a defense of not having one: "Oh yeah? Well just because I can't give a good reason why something should be prohibited doesn't mean it should be allowed! After all, I can't explain why polygamy, incest and bestiality should be prohibited either -- so does that mean those should all be made legal too?" Read more
Columnist Brahm Resnik worries that this bill would, in effect, require all transgendered persons in Arizona to carry their birth certificate with them at all times. But it wouldn't do that. It would, instead, require everyone to carry their birth certificate with them at all times. Read more
Johnny Cash often related his respect for Billy Graham, but the evangelist's admiration for — and emulation of — Cash isn't always noted. Billy Graham had Johnny Cash hair. Read more
She flipped through the bulletin to find the church calendar for the week. The Prayer Warriors sidewalk vigil was scheduled for Wednesday, so she could call first thing tomorrow and schedule an appointment for Tuesday. Inconvenient to make the same trip two days in a row, but safer than risking running into anyone the day of her visit. Read more
The congregation of Saddleback Church includes hundreds of women who rely on Planned Parenthood for health care they cannot afford to get elsewhere. But if punching down at the less-wealthy women in his congregation is the price of indulging in smug self-congratulation, that's a price that "pastor" Rick Warren is happy to pay. Read more
This is that thing where you just post a bunch of links to other stuff because you woke up to find you'll be spending the morning shoveling snow instead of writing that thing you were going to write about Michele Bachmann and Rick Warren. Read more
That’s how Rob Bell reads the Bible. And that’s how Eugene Peterson reads the Bible. And that’s how I read the Bible. “Everything has to be interpreted through Christ,” Peterson said. Read more
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