Post Tagged with: "religious freedom"

November 8, 2012 08:29

Did GOP’s White Flag on Social Issues Cost the Election?

What we had unfortunately was a de facto truce on social issues on one side, but a full embrace of the war on social issues on the other side. Republicans had the truce, Obama had launched a war over abortion and on the Life issue, therefore he got to completely define what that issue was ..

October 15, 2012 05:50

The Clear Moral Choice

Let’s have Mr. Obama defend his “evolution” on gay marriage and his defense of what could only be described as infanticide. Let him justify to the American people why he prefers to be more generous with our income than he is with his own.

October 1, 2012 05:09

Can a vote for Democrats cost you salvation?

[A] vote for a candidate who promotes actions or behaviors that are intrinsically evil and gravely sinful makes you morally complicit and places the eternal salvation of your own soul in serious jeopardy.

September 28, 2012 06:30

Obama’s Munich Moment

[T]he Obama administration must recognize, as the French and British did in 1939, that hurt Muslim feelings have no more to do with radical Islamic hatred of the United States than mythical complaints about Germans under foreign rule had for Hitler; both were merely pretexts, excuses for aggression that would have taken place anyway. It also means that anti-Americanism in the Islamic world is going to get worse, not better ….   By Marvin J. Folkertsma   In September 1938 […]

September 27, 2012 05:09

Can the Islamic Faith Tolerate Criticism?

Can Islam tolerate other religions? Can it assert its truth claims in a religiously diverse world without resorting to violence? Can it do battle in the marketplace of ideas using words as its weapons, risking the criticism of those who disagree with its claims? Are its truth claims powerful enough to prevail without resorting to the sword?

September 26, 2012 08:46

The Significance of Party Platforms

Downgrading the platform is the mark of losing candidates such as Bob Dole and John McCain.

September 26, 2012 05:51

Arab Spring rapidly turning into Christian winter

The final death of Christianity in its Middle Eastern homelands seems increasingly possible within our lifetime.

September 21, 2012 07:03

Why Are They Lying About Terrorism to Protect Obama?

Obama has been beating his breasts about bin Laden’s death, in order to prove he can manage foreign policy. Since the economy is in the tank, this has been Obama’s only real hope of winning a second term. Polls have given him a significant edge over Romney in foreign policy expertise. All of this is now at risk.

September 21, 2012 05:55

Enough is Enough: Open Letter from a Former Muslim

Every time Muslim extremists raise their hands with impunity to lynch someone over claims of “blasphemy,” every time they begin murderous riots because someone has “insulted” their prophet or religion by speaking the truth, they show the true face of Islam and prove the very claims they try to silence.

September 14, 2012 05:30

What Libertarians Get Wrong

The liberty that libertarians love in America is implicitly linked to Christianity. Certainly our Constitution would not exist without it. Having legislation that reflects Christian morality is no detriment to liberty.