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At last, Election Day arrives and we will soon (we sincerely hope) know the results of the 2024 presidential election. I’ll start by putting my cards ...

December 4, 2024

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“Simply Unprecedented” — President Obama and the Gay Rights Movement

"This was a historic night when we felt the full embrace and commitment of the President of the United States. It's simply unprecedented." Those words were spoken by Joe Salmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, just after President Barack O ...

October 12, 2009

Abortion and the American Conscience

America has been at war over abortion for the last four decades. When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade, the court's majority attempted to put an end to the abortion question. To the contrary, that decision both enlarged ...

October 8, 2009

The Cross of Christ is Not a Secular Symbol

A looming constitutional crisis now hangs over the Mojave National Preserve in California, and the stage is set for a constitutional battle at the U.S. Supreme Court. The story is a bit convoluted, but the issue at stake is a cross erected by the Vet ...

October 6, 2009

Morality, Hollywood Style

Moral hypocrisy is an ugly thing, regardless of its source. Hypocrisy is a moral trap of constant threat -- the price of holding any moral standards at all. To hold to the truth of moral judgment and then to allow for the transgression of that moral ...

October 3, 2009

Life after Death … or Just Love after Death?

I arrived in New York City over the weekend and discovered that the Rev. Forrest Church had died on Thursday, September 24, after a battle against esophageal cancer.  Pastor of the Unitarian Church of All Souls on the Upper East Side for many years, ...

September 29, 2009

Why Do the Heathen Rage? — International Blasphemy Day

Ready for a day to honor blasphemy?  According to press reports, September 30 is set as the observance of the first-ever International Blasphemy Day. This could be interesting. The choice of September 30 looks back to that date in the year 2005, whe ...

September 25, 2009

Looking Back: TIME Asks, “Is God Dead?”

John T. Elson's most famous article for TIME magazine appeared over 40 years ago, and it largely defined his journalistic career.  His April 8, 1966 cover story, "Is God Dead?," became an icon of the rebellious and increasingly secular sixties. El ...

September 21, 2009

Will Babies with Down Syndrome Just Disappear?

The development of prenatal diagnostic technologies presents a constellation of moral issues -- with the diagnosis of Down syndrome front and center. Over the past several years, a marked decrease in the number of babies born with Down syndrome has b ...

September 18, 2009

A Tale of Two Atheists

The Wall Street Journal may be an unusual venue for theological debate, but this past weekend's edition featured just that -- a theological debate of sorts.  The "of sorts" is a necessary qualifier in this instance, because The Wall Street Journal's ...

September 14, 2009

The Heavens (and the Hubble) Are Telling the Glory of God

The images now flowing from the Hubble Space Telescope are simply stunning. Vast nebulae appear as delicate butterflies and the vast reaches of the universe are coming into new focus.  All this comes after a feat of modern engineering and expertise a ...

September 11, 2009

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