Lightly Salted: November 2008

The New Religion

In a speech to a pro same-sex marriage demonstration, (HT : Some have Hats) the Catholic Mayor of Los Angeles compared the opposition to same-sex marriage to the historical opposition to interracial marriage. Invoking his personal faith, the Mayor declares in a dramatic yell,

"we got elected to stand up for the idea that in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of God, thou shalt not discriminate!"

The link above is to a video, and the crowd shot which was edited in as the mayor winds up to those exact words shows a protester brandishing a placard saying "Who would Jesus hate?"

This is not merely a distortion of the Catholic faith. This is not merely an incomplete truth. This gentleman, and those who would agree with him, have invented a new religion.

Nov

Baby got Book

I tried to resist posting this after seeing it first at Sci-Fi Catholic, but I couldn't help myself. DGD is right, it's 'dang funny'. I winced, cringed and laughed a lot! I loved the line about Catholics.

Nov

This is not Peace

Today we remember those who fought and especially those who died fighting for the freedom we now enjoy in Australia. But what does this 'freedom' mean?

In the news today is a story of a German family denied permanent residency in Australia because they have a son with downs syndrome.

Nov

Lest we forget

Remembrance Day

2008

Prayer for Peace

O Lord Jesus Christ, who in your mercy hears the prayers of sinners, pour forth all grace and blessing upon our country and all its citizens.

We pray in particular for our Prime Minister and all members of parliament, for our soldiers, for all who defend us, whether on land, sea or in the skies, for all who are suffering the hardships of war. We pray for all who are in peril or in danger.

Nov

Some have Hatred

Though seriously disheartened by the recent election results in her country, Karen from Some have Hats still found time to reflect on some of the reactions from 'Gay' activists against Christians who voted to uphold a traditional definition of marriage.

"Burn their f---ing churches to the ground, and then tax the charred timbers," wrote "World O Jeff" on the JoeMyGod blogspot. ...

Nov

Nobody reads your crappy blog!

I have never suffered from the delusion that my blog is a big deal, a fact confirmed by relatively low number of hits, but casting about the blogging community on this matter reveals that the number and type of reader of one's blog is a huge matter for some bloggers.

One interesting comment on the recent election in the USA claims that,

The national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found 27 percent of registered voters have read political or campaign blogs.

Nov

Blogging as Exhibitionism?

Someone I talk to frequently and who's opinion I value stumbled across my blog recently. My friend was shocked that I could reveal so much about my thoughts, my life and my beliefs in such a public forum. In the ensuing conversations, bloggers were compared with exhibitionists in that they get some sort of thrill in people noticing things about us which would normally be intimate and private details, properly known only to our closest friends.

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