On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at AU, was requested to testify.
At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: “Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. [...]
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When Dad Sends a “Forward,” It’s Worth Reading
Two Food Source Models
My partner in crime (err, food shopping) found this article today on AlterNet (she also mentioned it in the comments of my previous post). It provides some evidence that Whole Foods really is Whole Paycheck Market, as well as the contradiction between how Whole Foods markets itself (as a natural food retailer that is good [...]
Meat! (etc.)
I was cruising past a food blog I enjoy and noticed they had posted the winners of the 2005 Food Blog Awards. I don’t really know how wide a circle food blogging is, or how wide the award-givers cast their nominee net, but at the very least I figured the winners may have some fun-to-read [...]
Just the Facts, Ma’am
I’ve mentioned previously that I don’t feel that intelligent design belongs in the science classroom. And I applauded the Pennsylvania town that threw out their creationist school board members in the last election.
So it is exciting to learn today that, “U.S. District Judge John Jones ruled that teaching ‘intelligent design’ would violate the Constitutional separation [...]
It’s Evolution, Baby!
If you want to believe Intelligent Design (ID), or figure out how evolution and your particular faith are compatible, that’s fine with me. If you want your children to learn Creation or ID in their Sunday School (or some equivalent), then so be it. But if you want ID taught in the public schools, I’ve [...]
On Liberals
“Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What [...]
Score One For Science
It seems one Pennsylvania community successful fought back against their creationist school board zealots, who waste tax-payer time and money on getting Intelligent Design (or creation) into the biology classroom.
“We are all for it [Intelligent Design] being discussed, but we do not want to see it in biology class,” said Judy McIlvaine, a member of [...]
