Trevor Blake Letter to Garrison Keiler- March 15, 2007 The following in reply to Garrison Keiler's essay Stating the Obvious at Salon.com I was disappointed and saddened by your piece in Salon magazine. I think that you were trying to emphasize that parenthood is about children and not parents, but for no good reason along the way you took a jab at same-sex parents. It's a stone cold fact that some ethnic groups have higher divorce rates thanhttp://amsam.org/2007/03/trevor-blake-letter-to-garrison-keiler.html whistleblower protection legislation- March 14, 2007 Jesselyn Radack has the details of the whistleblower protection legislation that is being voted on today. The legislation was looking great until yesterday when the repugs tried to slice it up. Oh - and President Bush threatened to veto it . Now why would he do thathttp://amsam.org/2007/03/whistleblower-protection-legislation.html Ed Pilkington; Evangelical Christians attack use of torture by US- March 14, 2007 The uncoupling of American evangelism from the administration of George Bush gathered pace yesterday when one of the largest national umbrella groups of socially conservative Christians issued a statement critical of US policy towards detainees and repudiating torture as a tactic in the war on terror. The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), which represents about 45,000 churches acrosshttp://amsam.org/2007/03/ed-pilkington-evangelical-christians.html "Human Spaces" by Miso- March 13, 2007 Interesting new acid jazz tune by the band called Miso. Very Portisheadish. You can download this vid here. Below: It's not shot very well but I can't get that beautiful guitar riff out of my head. "Sweet Trip" by Chocolate Matter. "Chocolate Matter" by Sweet Trip. And Yes: I directed and produced this Broadcast video, rated at two stars which Ihttp://amsam.org/2007/03/human-spaces-by-miso.html NEW EFF Stickers- March 13, 2007 New Stickers from the EFF. (from Boing Boing)http://amsam.org/2007/03/new-eff-stickers.html Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism- March 12, 2007 There is only one member of Congress who is on record as not holding a god-belief. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), a member of Congress since 1973, acknowledged his nontheism in response to an inquiry by the Secular Coalition for America (www.secular.org ). Rep. Stark is a senior member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and is Chair of the Health Subcommittee.http://amsam.org/2007/03/rep-pete-stark-d-calif-is-first.html Religion in the News- March 10, 2007 Larry Wilson: Ex-Steuben pastor pleads guilty to sex abuse charges. A former Steuben County pastor faces up to 32 years in prison following his guilty plea Monday to felony sexual abuse charges. David J. Troup, 39, of Frog Hollow Road, Painted Post, pleaded guilty Monday to all charges in a Jan. 18 indictment. The most serious charge, first-degree course of conduct against a child, carries ahttp://amsam.org/2007/03/religion-in-news.html Mt Blackmore: The Future of America- March 9, 2007 Someday, soon I hope, through enlightened private and public funding, we will carve out of some hills in Mississippi or Alabama, an obsidian panoply of American black heroes. There will, I'm certain, be many more than four faces. It will be called Mt Blackmore. The short list of candidates should include Marcus Garvey, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Booker T Washington, Sojourner Truth, Georgehttp://amsam.org/2007/03/mt-blackmore-future-of-america.html Albert Mohler: Is Your Baby Gay What If You Could Know What If You Could Do Something About It- March 9, 2007 What if you could know that your unborn baby boy is likely to be sexually attracted to other boys Beyond that, what if hormonal treatments could change the baby's orientation to heterosexual Would you do it Some scientists believe that such developments are just around the corner. ... If a biological basis is found, and if a prenatal test is then developed, and if a successful treatment tohttp://amsam.org/2007/03/albert-mohler-is-your-baby-gay-what-if.html Ben Evans: Gingrich Had Affair During Clinton Probe- March 9, 2007 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group. Christianity is clearly the source of morals and moral behavior.http://amsam.org/2007/03/ben-evans-gingrich-had-affair-during.html |