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Judge rules Indiana’s marriage discrimination law violates Constitutional rights

June 25, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

These couples, when gender and sexual orientation are taken away, are in all respects like the family down the street. The Constitution demands that we treat them as such. With that clear statement, US District Court judge Richard Young struck…

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50 Years After the March on Frankfort

March 4, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

This week, Kentucky will mark the 50th Anniversary of the March on Frankfort. Despite growing up next door in Indiana, I knew nothing about this bit of Civil Rights-era history. On March 5, 1964, more than ten thousand people marched…

Indiana Senate declines to re-insert second sentence in HJR-3

February 13, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

Earlier today, reporters noted that Senator Mike Delph (R-Carmel) and Senator Dennis Kruse (R-Auburn) planned to introduce amendments to Indiana’s marriage discrimination amendment, HJR-3. They planned to re-insert the controversial second sentence, which read: A legal status identical or substantially…

Senate Committee Hears Marriage Discrimination Amendment

February 13, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

On Monday afternoon, the Indiana Senate’s Rules and Legislative Procedures committee held a hearing for HJR-3. Senator Kruse presented the amendment as passed by the House. By my count, 19 people testified in favor of HJR-3, while 18 testified against…

Hermeneutics & HJR-3

February 11, 2014 · by Brian · in Faith

I’m working on a post to recap what was said during yesterday’s Senate Rules Committee hearing on HJR-3, which would enshrine discrimination against LGBT Hoosiers in our state’s constitution. But I wanted to comment on a specific religious idea that…

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The marginally-less-discriminatory amendment

January 28, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

Last night, the Indiana House voted 52-43 to amend HJR 3, the proposed anti-LGBT constitutional amendment. That vote strips the second sentence from the amendment, which read: A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried…

Moving forward on Indiana’s constitutional amendment

January 23, 2014 · by Brian · in Politics

Last night, the Elections and Apportionment Committee voted to approve HJR 3, the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment, along with its companion “explainer” bill. All 9 Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the bills, and asked few — if any…

Conservative pastor withdraws from Obama inauguration

January 10, 2013 · by Brian · in Faith

Conservative evangelical megachurch pastor Louie Giglio has withdrawn himself from President Obama’s inauguration ceremony, following the publication of an anti-gay sermon he gave in the 1990s. In a statement, Giglio explained his decision to “respectfully withdraw” his acceptance of the…

Juxtaposition: Christians in the Capital

January 9, 2013 · by Brian · in Politics

Yesterday, the inaugural committee announced that Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, would be giving the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration ceremony on January 21. Less attention was given to the selection of conservative megachurch pastor Louie Giglio, who will…

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Bill O’Reilly and the fight to secularize Christianity

December 8, 2012 · by Brian · in Faith

Last week, Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly insisted that Christianity was not, in fact, a religion, but rather a philosophy. That prompted this righteously funny, indignant response from Jon Stewart: In his bluntness, I think O’Reilly clumsily pulled back the…

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