Why I Signed The Manhattan Declaration

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Manhattan Declaration

Maybe it’s the Yorktown effect. I live just a few miles from the battlefield where America won its independence from Britain, and my commute to work actually takes me through that battlefield. Just a few blocks from there is the home of a patriot named Thomas Nelson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who …

December 3, 2009 – 8:57 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Life and Choices | Comments (18)

Gay Rights Distortions and Aggression

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Manhattan Declaration

Clay Farris Naff asked in the Huffington Post this week, Do We Really Want America to Be a Christian Iran? It only takes a moment’s reflection on that question to realize Naff’s sense of proportion (like Tavis Smiley’s) is askew. Many of his “facts” and his arguments are too. It’s about the Manhattan Declaration, from …

May 30, 2010 – 8:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , | Comments (35)

The Manhattan Declaration and the “Culture Wars”

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Manhattan Declaration

I’m uncomfortable with the whole idea of culture wars. No one likes the idea of war in the first place. It is a horrible necessity when it really is necessary; it is far worse than that when it is not. The side that picks the fight will have a lot to answer for. Many friends …

June 12, 2010 – 8:16 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Life and Choices | Tagged | Comments Off