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“Just checking that all your tray tables and seats are in the upright position.”
Gay couples in Denmark given equal adoption rights
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Hey! Something ol’ Karl and I agree on. His prophecy is coming quite true in Greece, for example.
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You see, when words become more important than actions, and when stirring people’s emotions becomes more important than telling the truth, we are handicapping ourselves from ever being able to see issues as anything more than one-dimensional. I mean, why should I take a look at health care legislation if Barack Obama says God favors abortions? Why should I pay any attention to global warming if Joe Biden says God doesn’t exist? Wait, they didn’t say those things? Well, I mean, it certainly seems their sentiment; so what does it really matter?
As a Christian writer and a young citizen of this country, it is among my deepest desires that we would stop trading fact for feeling, stop trading catchphrases for complex thinking, and stop invoking God’s name for our own political gain. When whittled down to its core, it seems to me the reason this ploy works is because it plays on our laziness and on our fear: our laziness in that we’d rather have someone do our thinking for us and our fear that someone is trying to discredit everything around which we’ve based our identity.
You kids can have your Lady Gaga & Vampire Weekend…
Although I was only three when this event took place, I totally understand the sentiment. The last two big shows I’ve seen were The Cure, Siouxsie Sioux with The Creatures, and Peter Murphy. Lady Gaga makes me shudder, and I won’t apologize for that.
