The "Baghdad Clogger," as the British call him, had apparently been brutally beaten while in custody -- so badly that he has not yet been shown in court. He risks losing sight in one eye after having been hit in the face with a gun, the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 20, 2008
A way out of the impasse between Obama and LGBT folks and our allies
It is pointless to insist that Pastor Rick Warren be disinvited from the inauguration. Our concern is that Obama will put gays on the back burner as he seeks to make friends on the religious right, given how adamantly they reject our status … [Read more...]
Our Glorious Past: Exemplar of Religious Intolerance
The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities reminds us that today in 1833: Religious and social reformer Abner Kneeland printed a letter deemed so blasphemous by a Massachusetts court that it landed the former clergyman in jail. … [Read more...]
NYT Firmly Supports Marriage (and MA, by implication)
No ifs, ands, or buts, just an I Do: Civil unions are an inadequate substitute for marriage. Creating a separate, new legal structure to confer some benefits on same-sex couples neither honors American ideals of fairness, nor does it grant … [Read more...]
A quick primer for Jim Aloisi on the “Big Dig culture”
Item: Newly-named Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi is unfamiliar with the Big Dig culture. When asked yesterday whether he was a part of the Big Dig culture, Aloisi said: "I don't even know what that phrase means." Fortunately, BMG … [Read more...]