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Election Day and Good Sportsmanship

I’ve been eager for this election season to end. For several reasons, I’ve found it depressing.

I’m not excited about either candidate. I’ve never fallen squarely into either Democrat or Republican molds. I don’t like McCain or Obama. I’m voting for the candidate I deem to be the lesser of two evils. I hate that. I [...]

Focus on the Family's Response

Recently I wrote about the Values Voters Conference, where a racially-offensive product was sold. Focus on the Family was a major sponsor of this event and I expressed to them my outrage at their participation.
I just received the following response from them:
Dear Beth:
Thank you for contacting Focus on the Family. Although we value your [...]

Religion and Politics (Sorry, No Sex)

John Ortberg, senior minister at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, pretty much sums up my feelings about politics and church.
… politics is an important sphere of human activity, and as such God is keenly interested in it. It was the Dutch theologian and politician (why don’t we have more of those in America?) Abraham Kuyper who [...]

Update on my Focus on the Family Letter

Apparently they have quite a backlog of emails to answer. Hmmm. I can’t help but wonder if there are other emails about the same issue as mine …

Family Values? Not Mine.

I am nauseated. I may never be able to eat another waffle again. Apparently, the Values Voter Summit (a right-wing conservative “family values” organization) thinks an “Aunt Jemima” parody is a humorous way to depict Barack Obama on a fake waffle box. You’ve probably seen it. I won’t link to it, or the Values Voter [...]