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Where Has All The Character Gone; Long Time Passing

June 22, 2005 John

There’s a lot of people who staked their political capital and professional credibility on the idea that Terri Schiavo was not a vegetable, that she could be healed, that Jesus loved her that much. Well, tough shit. They went all in on that bet, and now it’s time to make these pay. Turns out that science was right, and their kind of sick twisted faith was wrong.

When All Else Fails-Bash Some Queers

June 22, 2005June 22, 2005 John

Reviving a major plank of his re-election campaign, President Bush called for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Tuesday. It’s like a broken record, ain’t it? You’d think by now that Chimpy’s pious, brain-dead following would wake up and smell the giant pile of cowdung that their Dear Leader is shoveling at them. But alas, no.

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Update On Letters To Methodist Bishops

June 22, 2005June 22, 2005 John

I’ve sent a series of letters to U.S. Methodist Bishops trying to get them to pay attention to U.S. Government sponsored torture. I finally convinced two out of fifty to do something.

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Gitmo Embarassment Keeps Going and Going

June 17, 2005June 17, 2005 John

Is the Constitution still on Display at the National Archives? Are we bothering with the pretext any longer?

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Here I Go Again

June 16, 2005August 25, 2009 John bishops, george bush, methodism, Methodists, torture

I felt compelled to write another to the U.S. Methodist Bishops. My friend Glenda chastised me, saying I was going to cause them to just start deleting my messages. Indeed, at least two already do that (I request a read receipt). But as I told her, I can’t stop them from doing that, but I feel an obligation to try to move them. I can only do what I can do, and they will only do what they feel compelled to do.