Pro-Choice Nun Volunteers as Escort
You read that right–a nun is a clinic escort volunteer. News comes from weird sources and this time is no exception. In a recent Google Alert on the topic of “gender discrimination,” I found that there is a nun who volunteers her time as a clinic escort because she perceives choice to be a gender [...]
Admitting Feminism: The Dalai Lama
After being introduced at an event by Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi, the Dalai Lama let it slip that he’s a feminist:
The globetrotting monk recalled that on one of his recent long-haul flights, he noticed a mother taking care of a child throughout the night and disembarking with red eyes, while the father had [...]
Playing God With Human Rights
I feel like this is going to be a regular sitcom-esque parade of idiocy with this guy. From Day One he has pissed me off in a way I didn’t know was possible. Sure I disagreed with JPII, but there were a lot of things I agreed with him on as well. This Benedict fellow [...]
When Faith Goes Too Far: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom for Human Trafficking Victims
The fight against human trafficking is an important one. In fact, it’s a fight that often goes unnoticed or unreported. But as was (and still is for a few more days) common under the Bush Administration, the fight against the illegal activity was not carried out by a government agency, but a religious group–the U.S. [...]
Why Religion and Politics Don’t Mix
I grew up Catholic and for some intents and purposes consider myself Catholic. As any survivor of a Catholic upbringing will tell you, being Catholic is not all about belief–it’s about traditions, rules and a way of life. There are good things that came from this upbringing.
At the same time, I was always that kid [...]
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