The Education Secretary’s confirmation battle exposed a pro-LGBT, anti-Tea Party record. Source: DeVos is not as conservative on social issues as you think | News | LifeSite
DeVos is not as conservative on social issues as you think
Know-Nothing Catholics on Muslim Immigration
“In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles.” ∼ Executive order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States It can be expected that Catholic bishops will respond with dismay to President Trump’s order banning […]
What Happened to American Liberalism?
In an obscure article entitled “Catholics and Liberals: Decline of Détente,” in America magazine in 1974, the eminent Catholic scholar and historian James Hitchcock discussed a profound change that had occurred in American liberalism and argued that its new thinking put it increasingly at odds with Catholicism. Hitchcock was one of a number of writers […]
How an obscure oriental cult converted a vast, pagan Roman empire
Source: How an obscure oriental cult converted a vast, pagan Roman empire | Aeon Essays
New CBS poll shows that majority of Democrats consider Christianity as violent as Islam
According to a CBS poll, … Source: New CBS poll shows that majority of Democrats consider Christianity as violent as Islam – TheBlaze
Vetting the Executive Order
There are many things in our government that are “broken,” but our refugee vetting system isn’t one of them. We needn’t, and therefore we shouldn’t, shut out refugees who are fleeing terrorism in places such as Syria and Iraq, even temporarily. Because it isn’t necessary to do it, it is, in my opinion, necessary not […]
Trump Deserves Praise for Vow to Lift Church Politicking Ban
It’s getting harder for conservatives to dislike this president. Source: Trump Deserves Praise for Vow to Lift Church Politicking Ban
Searching for Gorsuch: For Many Evangelicals “It’s the Supreme Court, Stupid”
Many Evangelicals voted for Trump for the Supreme Court, so let’s stop painting them with every other brush Source: Searching for Gorsuch: For Many Evangelicals “It’s the Supreme Court, Stupid” | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer
How the ERLC became the premier evangelical public-policy organization
In recent years, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has distinguished itself as the premier conservative evangelical political advocacy group. Source: How the ERLC became the premier evangelical public-policy organization
On Trump’s ‘extreme vetting’ of immigrants and refugees
there are problems of both substance and process with Trump’s refugee ban. First, it is not premised on actual facts. The countries that are the actual main sources of ISIS fighters are not on the Trump list (Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are #1 and 2; Russia is up there as well). Source: On Trump’s ‘extreme […]