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Do I disgust you?
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David Gibson
Then you’re probably a conservative. But if you would slap me, then you’re probably a liberal. I think… Nicholas Kristof has the latest science on how our political and cultural leanings are products of our neurons: Would you be willing to slap your father in the face, with his permission, as part of a comedy…
“Father Oprah” goes Episcopal: UPDATE on marriage
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David Gibson
Father Alberto Cutie’, a.k.a. “Father Oprah,” the hunky South Florida priest with a popular television minstry on relationship advice and–it turned out–a girlfriend of his own on the side, has joined the Episcopal Church. That was fast. The AP reports: The Rev. Alberto Cutie (KOO’-tee-ay) was removed from his Miami Beach church after photos of…
The Mary Heresy: Papal support for Co-Redemptrix?
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David Gibson
A lobby of hyper-Marianists sees signs that Benedict XVI is open to declaring the dogma that the BVM “corempetrix” of humanity with her Son–that’d be Jesus Christ. From the Vatican, RNS’ Francis X. Rocca reports this week: At least 7 million Catholics from more than 170 countries, including hundreds of bishops and cardinals, have reportedly…
Esther, schmester: Carrie Prejean as Bible heroine
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David Gibson
Don’t see the connection? Check out my essay on the topic at PoliticsDaily. The lede: So why does it seem as though every prominent shiksa wants to be a Jewish queen? As in Queen Esther, a favorite heroine of the Hebrew Bible who used her feminine wiles — and risked her life — to save…
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