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Give and take on the controversy over the proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero
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John W. Kennedy
My blog yesterday on what I found to be a sanctimonious Keith Olbermann commentary suggesting that opposition to the proposed community/mosque near Ground Zero stemmed from anti-Muslim bigotry drew some comments. Martin S. wrote: HOW ABOUT SOME SENSITIVITY TOWARDSTHE MORE THAN 3000 SOULS WHO LOSTTHEIR LIVES ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY??WHAT ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES ANDFRIENDS?? That…
Intolerance or insensitivity: Keith Olbermann and that proposed Muslim community center near Ground Zero
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John W. Kennedy
Keith Olbermann, the low-rated MSNBC host, has weighed in on the proposed Muslim community center (for the sake of argument I won’t use the word “mosque”) near New York’s Ground Zero. I weigh in now on Mr. Olbermann’s commentary (video/transcript here) suggesting that opposition to the center must stem from bad-old American intolerance though no…
An exclusive interview with Twitter sensation Martin Luther (aka Doktor Luther)
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John W. Kennedy
His followers were disappointed when the great reformer (or, in Catholic parlance, heretic) Martin Luther discontinued his popular blog Luther at the Movies. But there is now rejoicing among his flock as Luther is back with a new self-titled Twitter feed found at http://twitter.com/doktorluther . Now, in the greatest exclusive interview in the history of…
The cultural battle over Prop 8 and same-sex marriage will go on — but genuine compromise may be possible
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John W. Kennedy
As Hollywood celebrates the court-ordered death of California’s Proposition 8 (in which voters rejected a previous court ruling legalizing gay marriage), it’s worth noting that Prop 8 (dubbed “Prop Hate” by comedian Margaret Cho) isn’t actually dead. It will be appealed and, ultimately (no matter which side wins the appeal), appealed again to the Supreme…
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