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Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford
Something Rotten…
Nick Cohen, writing in The Spectator: Firoozeh Bazrafkan is frightened of nothing. Five foot tall, 31 years old, and so thin you think a puff of wind could blow her away, she still has the courage to be a truly … Continue reading
Posted in law
Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, Denmark, Firoozeh Bazrafkan, Islam, Multiculturalism, PC
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“The Lowest of the Low Hanging Fruit on the Apostasy Tree”
Writing over at Patheos, Oklahoma State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton appears to be a touch irritated with some of those who have been disagreeing with the pope’s take on the free market: The pope attackers are trying to use the same … Continue reading
Santorum, Again
Politico: As condolences and reflections followed the passing of Nelson Mandela, Rick Santorum linked the injustices the former South African president fought and Obamacare. “He was fighting against some great injustice, and I would make the argument that we have … Continue reading
Hmmm
Fox News reports: [Cardinal] Dolan…said he was “disappointed” that Congress has failed to pass immigration reform and put the blame on the Republican-led House that has yet to vote on the issue. “You guys have got to get your act … Continue reading
For Thee, But Not For Me (Again)
Fox News: Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said Sunday the Catholic church remains opposed to ObamaCare in large part because it requires businesses to offer health-insurance plans that include no-cost contraception. Dolan, the former president of the … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics
Tagged Cardinal Dolan, contraception, First Amendment, Obamacare, Religious Privilege
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Pope, Rush
One of the many advantages of not being religious is that I don’t have to spend any time wrestling with the “contradictions” of my faith. Christianity has—stretching from its murky beginnings to its wildly syncretic present—quite a few of those. … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Christianity, Pope Francis, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin
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A Doctor Looks at the Papal Prescription, Finds it Lacking
Cross-posted on Ricochet. I’ll admit it, I’d been waiting for this. Over at the Liberty Law blog, Theodore Dalrymple has now taken a look at what the pope had to say: I was …not completely out of sympathy with some … Continue reading
Embarrassing in his Wrongness
Reason’s Matt Welch responds to Pope Francis’s dishonest and manipulative attack on free markets: Francis’s hyperbolic rants about the role and allegedly dictatorial power of free markets are embarrassing in their wrongness. Cheering them on is like donating money to … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged Pope Francis, Religious Left
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Religious Freedom!
It’s not just the HHS contraception mandate. Another front opens up in the ‘religious freedom’ debate. The Daily Telegraph reports: As beads of sweat slithered down his temples, Andrew Hamblin stared in wide-eyed wonder at the three-foot timber rattlesnake he … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged Christian fundamentalism, First Amendment, snake-handling, superstition, Tennessee
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On the Persecution of Christians by . . .
Cross-posted on the Corner: Cranmer picks up on a curious exchange in Britain’s House of Lords between a UKIP peer (Lord Pearson) and a Conservative minister (Baroness Warsi). The whole thing is well worth a read, but this section, in … Continue reading