Rand Paul broadens his appeal.
Rand Paul is the one Republican who understands that, for the party to take the White House in 2016, its candidate needs to appeal to more than just old white guys. First he went to black academic bastion Howard University (he was patronizing, but he tried). Then he went to liberal academic bastion Berkley.
Now he has come out against voter ID laws, saying: ”It’s offending people”. If he can make it past the primaries he’s looking good.
Is it rational to expect impulse control in teenagers when so many adults fail?
Pastor Bob Coy turned out to be anything but.
Bob Coy, founding pastor of the Calvary Church, Ft. Lauderdale resigned after he admitted to “moral failure”. Despite living a life that promoted rectitude, he enjoyed multiple adulterous affairs and indulged his penchant for pornography.
It might be easy to sneer at yet another hypocrite humbled, but let us remember Jesus’ admonition – let him without sin cast the first stone.
Most importantly, Coy’s behavior teaches us a lesson about sex ed. To whit, abstinence-only sex ed may please the prim sensibilities of the the fundamental prig, but it is dangerous for the young. As Coy shows, the urge to have sex is irresistible; leaving teens untutored in its risks and consequences – that is a moral failure.
A horrible little man.
A Washington DC lobbyist has mounted a campaign to punish Michael Sam and any NFL team that drafts him. Sam’s “sin” is that he is gay and he would be the first openly gay NFLer. Jack Burkman doesn’t like that. Here’s his plan:
Michael Sam – this is not the face of a sinner
“We shall exercise our First Amendment rights and shall not stop until the drafting NFL franchise cannot sell a single ticket, jersey or autographed football In short, we shall be relentless.”
I am sure that un-Christian fundamentalists will point to the Brendan Eich imbroglio as justification for this bigotry. Eich was ousted as CEO of of Mozilla after it came to light that he had given $1,000 to an anti-gay marriage group in California – and his employees took umbrage.
But that is apples and oranges. Eich took an active role in denying rights to others. Sam has done nothing to Burkman. In fact, no one has claimed that Sam has done anything except be gay. And there are many more people on the team (who have nothing to do with the draft) that would suffer if Burkman succeeds.
Another horrible little man.
Rep Steve King – in a race to the bottom he’s winning.
Rep. Steve King. (R-IA), already infamous for his odious comments on immigrants, has now demandedthat Ambassador Steven’s autopsy report be made public. What purpose that will serve, he doesn’t explain.
A free market or not a free market?
Fundamentalist Christians are upset that HGTV pulled the plug on a home renovation show. The show was to be hosted by two brothers, Jason and David Benham, with a “biblical” world view. The Benhams and their fellow travelers think that they shouldn’t be punished for their views. They aren’t being punished. HGTV is in the TV market competing with other TV companies and they are entitled to air whatever shows they believe will let them win.
A&E went through the same thing with Duck Dynasty, eventually deciding that the better business decision was to put the show back on the air. So be it.
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