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Some are fighting Gay Marriage laws hoping to preserve a more moral world.
Below is an extract from Andrew Rawnsley's full article on the moral failure of Blair's leadership. It is excellent and needs reading. I can never come to use his first or rather Christian name "Tony".
Forsyth, Georgia - My Politics I have voted conservatively all of the time that I have been of voting age, since 1957. To me that meant not being too extreme or radical on any particular issue, and largely, I exercised my personal view of common sense.
The President that many Americans consider their "Christian in the White House" has declared that God, the Higher Father to whom he appeals, is the reason why he was elected.
I would like to know if the phrase "In God We Trust" or being "Under God" as in our pledge of allegiance make a difference to most folks.
... well ... at least until the babies he saves grow old enough to join up. Then all pro-life bets are off. John McCain has also declared that he will be a pro-death guy with a pro-death presidency in mind.
Conservative's Hate-Based Campaign Against ObamaThe right-wing smear campaign against Barack Obama has begun. Conservatives intend, as they have so many times before, to appeal to Americans' ugliest prejudices and most craven fears.
,THE P.R.C. NEGOTIATION STYLE: MAIN DIFFERENCES FROM THE WEST One thing is to have the will of entering into the Chinese market and another thing is to know how to do it.
FOX Attacks Decency with Bill O'Reilly Leading the WayMost of you are aware, and most likely have been for a while, that under the guise of "news" Fox has offered its viewers a steady stream of bias pertaining to social and political issues since its inception in 1996.
Cognitive Science Searches For A Common Morality"The questions at the heart of these studies are these: How do people arrive at the moral judgment that an action, real or contemplated, is right or wrong? What are the rules governing these moral calculations, and from where do they come? Which, if any, of the fundamental compon …
Most Americans Believe Media is Assaulting Morals, Study ShowsSixty-eight percent of Americans say the media have damaged moral values in America, according to a report released Wednesday by the Culture and Media Institute (CMI). The report also concludes that the more a person watches television, the less likely he or she is to believe …
The Religious Left is Left Out by the Commercial MediaA new study by Media Matters for America shows that when the topic is religion, the media looks disproportionately to hard-line right-wingers for comment.
George Lakoff: Framing, Death, and DemocracyWe live in a time when comedians outdo pundits. Here's Jay Leno:
Memo to Dems Running in Red StatesIn this LA Times article about Red state Democrats trying to win over conservative voters, the debate falls into the tired old storyline of Republicans pushing "Christian values" (ie opposing abortion and gay marriage) vs.
Stephen Griffin: Torture and the Ticking Time BombProfessor Stephen Griffin over at Balkanization has a thoughtful post on torture and the "ticking time bomb theory" in the context of Judge Richard Posner's new book, Not a Suicide Pact.
Molly Ivins: A Tortured DebateBush's problem is that despite repeated warnings, he went ahead with 'the program' without waiting for Congress to provide a fig leaf of legality. Some country is about to have a Senate debate on a bill to legalize torture. How weird is that?
Editorial: A Defining Moment for AmericaThe president goes to Capitol Hill to lobby for torture. President Bush rarely visits Congress.
Powell wades into dispute on detaineesWith no more than 170 words spread over three paragraphs, Colin Powell returned to haunt George W Bush yesterday, seeking to plunge a dagger through the US president's bid to weaken international standards on the treatment of prisoners.
Republicans are party of Moral values. Now that's a great joke!I am laughing all the way after reading this extraordinarily detailed list of those Reppublicans who think "family values" means having sex with a relation. This one's about the pedophiles, incest commiters and sex lunatics of the right.
Shaking of the Golden ArchesLabor Rights Advocates argue that in our modern economy multinational corporations like McDonald's not only possess the economic muscle necessary to purge unethical employers from their line of produce acquisition, they also bear the moral responsibility.
Edwards blends poverty, politicsFor the last year former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards has crisscrossed the country trying to bring awareness to the great moral issue of poverty and economic disparity, one of the leading causes of terrorism world-wide.
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