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Gay marriage leads to polygamy which leads to man-on-dog marraige which leads to some very awkward sex with robots. The Washington Monthly mocks the latest slippery slope argument on gay marriage. Reminds me of an idea, though. If gay marriage opponents fear the slippery slope, why don’t gay activists offer conservatives a deal: you support…

Associated Press reports: Retired barber Joe Godlewski says he was inspired by television chefs who repeatedly recommended kosher salt in recipes. “I said, ‘What the heck’s the matter with Christian salt?’ More here

I’m proud to announce that one of the best religion bloggers on the internet, Amy Welborn, has begun writing for Beliefnet. When Amy and I first started discussing her hanging her shingle here, she was full of ideas about politics and the church. (I was anticipating some lively argument with our outstanding left-of-center Catholic blogger…

Dan Gilgoff of US News suggests that Chuck Colson and Mike Huckabee are overreacting from the right Mark Silk suggests that author Susan Jacoby is overreacting from the left.

I was struck that Sarah Palin did so poorly in the straw poll of conservatives (13%, tied with Ron Paul) at the big conservative confab this weekend. It may be that participants were just annoyed that she didn’t show up but I also wonder whether we have another Dan Quayle scenario. Conservatives rallied around Quayle…

Bruce Reed and John Bridgeland, the heads of Domestic Policy for Presidents Bill Clinton and Bush, respectively, issued a report today highlighting a looming crisis in the charitable sector: “More than 14 million Americans – 11 percent of American workers – are employed by or volunteer full-time in the nonprofit sector. That’s more than the…

Few religious rituals prompt more water cooler conversation than the idea of giving up something for Lent. Fasting for Lent originally was meant to profoundly connect Christians to Jesus’s struggle against temptation from the Devil. Some early church fathers specifically envisioned a connection between Lenten fasting and lust. (Click here to learn why Saint Thomas…

An interesting set of opeds in the New York Times from two important religious leaders, arguing opposite sides of the question: is it a good idea for the International Criminal Court to arrest Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on war crimes for fomenting genocide? Tutu: African leaders argue that the court’s action will impede efforts…

Cathy Grossman of USA Today writes about a new Washington state law gives doctors the option of providing life-ending medicines to terminally ill patients. One doctor who said he probably wouldn’t participate nonetheless added, “There’s possibly a story out there, in the future, that’s so compelling that maybe I would write a prescription.” I appreciate…

In the fight over whether to confirm Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services, traditional pro-lifers will focus on Sebelius’s views on late term abortion and other legal restrictions. Interestingly, pro-life Democrats have continued with an argument they began raising during the campaign: that what matters is not whether one supports…
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