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February 18, 2007

Sunday blog roundup

While browsing my favorite blogs over the weekend, I was struck by how many recent entries were about faith, religion or the ongoing antics of the religious right, including our own guest post by GOPeach. So, this week we give you the "faith-based" edition of the Sunday blog roundup. Who says Democrats are Godless hippie liberals? Humph!:

• Plenty of Dumbasses This Week, from DecaturGuy:

State Rep. Ben Bridges (R-Cleveland) on why he believes teaching evolution in the schools is in effect indoctrinating children with the beliefs of an ancient Jewish religion.

• Tear It Down, by Atrios:

The alliance of "people of faith", both organizationally and rhetorically, has created an artificial distinction between "believers" and "nonbelievers," perpetuated the notion that what you believe is unimportant as long as you have faith in something, and reduced any public discussion of the genuine differences in belief that exist.

• Gay Pastor Loses Ruling, But Not His Flock—Yet, from aTypical Joe:

Many in the 350-member Atlanta congregation say they don’t plan to let the Rev. Bradley E. Schmeling leave the pulpit Aug. 15, as ordered last week by an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) disciplinary committee because he is in a gay relationship.

• The Drama Continues in Africa..., by Jason:

The Primates of the Anglican Communion are meeting in Tanzania this weekend. This is the first meeting of the global leaders of Anglican provinces around the world since the General Convention of the Episcopal Church last year and the election of Katherine Jefforts-Schori as our Presiding Bishop.

• The Religious Right's Era Is Over, by Jim Wallis via CrackerSquire:

As I have traveled around the country, one line in my speeches always draws cheers: "The monologue of the Religious Right is over, and a new dialogue has now begun." We have now entered the post-Religious Right era. Though religion has had a negative image in the last few decades, the years ahead may be shaped by a dynamic and more progressive faith that will make needed social change more possible.

• Can Republicans Reign in Their Fringe?, by Amy at Georgia Women Vote!:

More and more, Georgia Democrats are successfully looking smart, caring and reasonable, while Georgia Republicans are looking extreme, reactionary and welded to the radical, far-right, religious elements to whom they have sold their souls to gain political power. The questions for Georgia Republicans is whether they can reign in their fringe and thus appeal to the majority of voters. Those prospects are looking pretty dim.

• Reps. Davis and Bridges: please save some crazy for the rest of us, by Rusty:

I'd like to take that a step further. It wouldn't be hard to plug the results into Google Maps and get a visual readout of which district is the craziest. Then we could name a craziest district, write a press release, and send it to media outlets at the end of the session each year.

• AJC = Arrogant Jerks Cornered, by Grayson:

The more I think about it, the angrier I get at the astonishing level of arrogance flung all over the place by AJC management last week. Leonard Witt, from the Communications Dept. at Kennesaw State University, points out that not a single person from the AJC, from any department nor in any capacity, even bothered to show-up at SoCon07, Atlanta's first social media conference on February 10th.

• And a new find, Georgia On My Mind, that seems to link to every blog ever published in Georgia except this one. Such is life. However, I've volunteered to host the next edition of the blog carnival, so maybe that will qualify us for a little linkage. Via GriftDrift.

Posted by Mel at February 18, 2007 11:48 AM

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