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The Seduction of Politics and a Prayer of Response
By
Mark and Jill Herringshaw
President Obama is re-elected, and I’m kicking myself for caring. A 51% – 49% chasm divides America. It’s a canyon politics cannot span. I knew this of course but I deluded myself into imagining that an election might heal us, that we humans might yet right our own course. The cold truth: no election fixes…
A Pledge to “One Nation Under one Supreme Entity for Every Citizen…”
By
Mark Herringshaw
Hmm… The Devotion School, a “public elementary educational institution” in Brookline, Mass., is asking parents to fill out permission slips before their children can participate in a weekly recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance beginning in January. Gerardo Martinez, the principal sent a letter home to parents saying, “I urge you to have a conversation…
“Cross” Cultural no more: Appeals Court Rules Against Utah Memorial Crosses
By
Mark Herringshaw
Federal appeals court decision: 14 crosses erected along Utah roads to commemorate fallen state Highway Patrol troopers betray a state endorsement of Christianity, a position which violates the U.S. Constitution. The ruling overturns a 2007 decision by a federal district judge that permitted the crosses saying they communicate a culturally familiar and secular message about…
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