Year-end roundup: Examples of readers’ opinions on hot 2013 topics
These excerpts represent many of our readers’ opinions on six hot topics in 2013. ABORTION April 20 Reader Wade Stanley wrote in response to the sentencing of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, “More than 55 million...
View ArticleLimerick: Duck Dynasty and the Arts &‘Arraignment’ Channel
Now stating his mind is the crux, Of patriarch Dynasty Ducks, Gettin’ reemed by the network, They seem to forget work, That made ‘em a mountain of bucks. But the questions to Phil that enticed, Were...
View ArticleYoung Americans must discuss national issues more meaningfully
The United States is in a fiscal mess but many young Americans are too busy arguing, posting, and blogging about the latest social issue to care. Young people have been wrapped up in gay rights due to...
View ArticleI’m happy about gay relationships crossing the streams of our day-to-day lives
I was at a store today, refilling my Sodastream CO2 bottles and one of the clerks asked me if I really liked my Sodastream sodas. I said I did and mentioned that Sodastream diet sodas do not contain...
View ArticleBravo to retired Northaven UMC pastor for performing gay weddings
Re: “Ex-pastor to perform gay weddings — Retired Northaven cleric risks sanction from denomination,” Wednesday news story. Bravo. We at Central Congregational Church, United Church of Christ believe...
View ArticleWhy is sexual orientation so important?
I don’t understand why we consider sexual orientation important. I don’t understand why Piers Morgan and Katie Couric need detailed information about a transgender’s personal parts. I’m guessing it’s...
View ArticleOn ‘Ducky Dynasty,’ TMS partnership: Deal not so special; Wendy Davis not...
Re: “Know your audience — Speedway czar builds dynasty as Davis alienates, Mike Hashimoto says,” Monday Viewpoints. ‘Duck’ deal not so special So Eddie Gossage, president and general manager of Texas...
View ArticleOn Dale Hansen coming Unplugged: Kudos to his support of Michael Sam;...
Re: “Hansen ‘stunned’ about going viral — Remarks supporting Michael Sam put sports anchor in high demand,” Friday news story. Unease understandable Whether you are heterosexual or homosexual, most...
View ArticleAccept Michael Sam as an athlete, not just as a gay athlete
Re: “Hansen ‘stunned’ about going viral — Remarks supporting Michael Sam put sports anchor in high demand,” Friday news story. Kudos to Dale Hansen for his keeping-it-real, straight-up,...
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Fear sexual predators in the locker room shower, not gays
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View ArticleOn Michael Sam’s coming out: Thank you, Dale Hansen; Talent on the field is...
Thank you, Dale Hansen A big thanks to Dale Hansen for his unplugged commentary about Michael Sam and the NFL. As he spoke, my heart swelled with pride and my eyes filled with tears. It’s like he was...
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At 474 amendments, theTexas’ Constitution is nothing if not a monument to whims
So amended, you can practically see the Whiteout. (tarlton.law.utexas.edu) When Wendy Davis announced her support for marriage equality in Texas, Greg Abbott’s spokesperson … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleArizona’s anti-gay bill is a return to the ’50s
An Arizona state bill on its governor’s desk is ostensibly to protect anyone providing services and products to the public (specifically business owners with religiously based moral objections to gay...
View ArticleOn gay marriage in Texas: What about civil unions? | Just like those who...
No arguments Re: “Texas ban ruled unconstitutional — U.S. judge stays ruling as state pursues appeal,” Thursday news story. This constitutional amendment needs to be repealed! That vote was held...
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Gay equality pro/con: Majority can’t trample rights of minority; State can’t...
eff Hood (left) and gay couple Miguel Atkins (center) with Todd Whitley listen as the Dallas LGBT community celebrates the Texas gay marriage ban being overturned at the Legacy of Love monument in Oak...
View ArticleKids only need the internet to realize that churches teach nonsense
Re: “Feels good, good for you — Church can help send young lives in a better direction, says Michelle Daniel Chadwick,“ Saturday Viewpoints. Chadwick waxes poetic about her church-going experience and...
View ArticleGay equality pro/con: It’s a slippery slope on gay unions; Jesus did not...
Slippery slope on gay unions Catholic News Service reports that Pope Francis said that marriage is between a man and a woman, but that the church “could tolerate some types of homosexual nonmarital...
View ArticleGay marriage is a civil right
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” So were the words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. about half a century ago. Now, he didn’t just mean civil rights for...
View ArticleLimerick: Pope supports gay marriage. As for priests …
The Pope gave consent to the masses, On wedding 2 lads or 2 lasses, And he won’t hold you liable If you blow off the Bible, To attend sensitivity classes. But the fact is the Pontiff should pass, Get...
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