Shortly after the Massachusetts Supreme Court forced same-sex marriage on folks living Down East, I realized why defenders of marriage lost the case: they litigated morals and tradition in front of a secular court looking for an equal rights argument. I quickly realized a principle that could have won the Goodridge case, and prevented...
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Many leftist partisans are licking their chops over the revelation that Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig solicited sex from a male undercover detective in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. This scandal is reminiscent of that involving Ted Haggard, the disgraced preacher who had relations with a male prostitute. You may remember Haggard, he was the...
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The latest Zogby poll shows that only 11 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. This is contrasted with Bush's underwhelming 29% approval rating. These polls show that Americans of all political stripes are losing faith in their government. Congress' all time low (prior to this poll) is 18% approval. Do...
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Background: In my blog post Is Charlie Sheen the Victim of Parental Alienation?, I discussed the Charlie Sheen/Denise Richards divorce and apparent attempts by Richards to minimize and control Sheen's relationship with his children. Richards claims that the children--ages two and three--don't want to be with their father, and often return from his house "sad...
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I've just learned via Dean Tong that Dave Bruer of the Fathers Resource Center was killed Sunday in a motorcycle accident. Dave was a committed advocate who helped many, many fathers with their custody and family law problems.
The newspaper article about this tragedy is below.
Motorcyclist killed in crash ID'd as advocate for fathers
North County...
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As a conservative Baptist pastor for more than thirty years and a former executive director for the Moral Majority, my roots in the Religious Right run pretty deep. However, over the last several years, I have become a consistent critic of the Religious Right, as faithful readers of this column already know. The main...
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Former New York City Mayor and Republican Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said this week that he was “liberals’ worst nightmare.” However, the truth is, Rudy Giuliani is everyone’s worst nightmare. That Rudy Giuliani is currently trying to cast himself as a conservative is beyond laughable–it is hilarious. This is a man who is unabashedly...
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Many conservatives (including Christian conservatives) seem to be jumping on the Fred Thompson bandwagon. As far as Republican presidential contenders go, the biggest loser of the Thompson surge is Mitt Romney. Many conservatives were supporting Romney only because they perceived him as being the best chance to beat Rudy Giuliani. A Hillary Clinton vs....
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Contrary to the claims of President Bush, the United States is not only just as vulnerable to terrorist attacks as it was in 2001, it is more vulnerable. This is due directly to the blunders and negligence of the Bush administration. For one thing, the U.S. borders and ports remain wide open. There has...
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The recent bathroom sex scandal involving Republican Idaho Senator Larry Craig has become a political hornet’s nest. However, to those who are privy to the real-life goings-on among the political elite in Washington, D.C., this comes as no surprise. Extracurricular sexual activity in Washington, D.C., is about as uncommon as thunderstorms in the summertime....
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I am pleased to announce that my radio interview with Congressman Ron Paul is now online. As most readers know, Dr. Paul is a Republican candidate for President. He is an Air Force veteran, a ten-term congressman from Texas, and a medical doctor. During the course of the interview, I asked Congressman Paul about...
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The Kentucky Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case involving hero father Ren Hinshaw, a "duped dad" fighting to retain custody of the 8-year-old boy he's raised since birth. Hinshaw didn't find out that he wasn't the boy's biological father until his divorce, when his ex-wife went to court to cut him...
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After standing still for an initial ten-minute verbal lambasting by Columbia president Lee Bollinger, madcap Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proceeded to tell his audience that Iran loves all peoples of the world; that Iran deplores all violence, terrorism and war; that Iran doesn’t seek nuclear weapons because it doesn’t believe in them; that women...
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