Times Ad Condemns Violence Against LDS Church For Its Prop 8 Support
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:04:00 -0800
A full-page ad titled "No Mob Veto" (full text) ran in today's New York Times. The ad condemns the "violence and intimidation" being directed at the Mormon Church by reason of its support of California's Proposition 8 that banned same-sex marriage. (See prior posting.) Coordinated by the Becket Fund, the ad is signed by thirteen prominent religious, academic and human rights leaders. The ad indicates that the signers have different views on the "wisdom and justice" of Proposition 8, but agree on
A Sentimental Post
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:24:12 -0800
Image depicts the Ghost of Christmas Present from the first 1843 edition of A Christmas Carol. The ghost is a gigantic jovial figure in a green fur-trimmed robe, bearing a torch in his right hand and sitting atop a pile of food. Scrooge in his nightcap and gown is standing awe-struck at his feet. What can be said about Dickens’s linguistic virtuosity beyond calling it ‘inimitable’? Perhaps all that can be done is to put ‘Wow!’ in the margins of the t
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