Tag Archives: Same-Sex "Marriage"

Book Review: A Queer Thing Happened To America

Book Review A Queer Thing Happened to America: And What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been by Michael L. Brown. Let’s get straight to the point. Michael Brown has written a lengthy book on seamy practices in the “gay rights” movement. That means he must be (a) a raving homophobic fundamentalist, (b) an important contributor …

September 1, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (26)

A Secular Sort of Dominionism

A Liberal Idea of Civility A First Things: Evangel commenter who goes by “Remember Rollen” had this to say in the discussion on Hunter Baker’s article on dominionism: If a “gay rights” law touching basic matters of justice cannot be justified in terms we can reasonably expect others to accept, then we violate a liberal …

August 24, 2011 – 9:37 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , | Comments (65)

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)

Discrimination On the Basis of What?

From a termination letter written to an employee of Brookstone, Inc.: Peter, Brookstone is an equal opportunity employer, meaning that we maintain a healthy, safe and productive work environment free from discrimination or harassment based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, or other factors that are unrelated to …

November 5, 2009 – 1:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , | Comments (17)

On Marriage In Maine

An encouraging outcome: They had far more money, ground troops and political support, and geography was on their side, given that New England has been more accepting of same-sex marriage than any other region of the country. Yet gay-rights advocates suffered a crushing loss in Maine when voters decided Tuesday to repeal the state’s new …

November 4, 2009 – 11:31 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged | Comments (42)