Duane's Radio WeblogComments on events from the perspective of a liberal, gay, vegetarian, atheist, computer programmer, avid reader, and runner.(Untitled)- October 7, 2003 Southern Baptists Violate Their Own Principles The Southern Baptist Convention adopted the following statement in 1999 as part of its official position on religious liberty: "The church should not resort to the civil power to carry on its work. The gospel of Christ contemplates spiritual means alone for the pursuit of its ends." One might reasonably wonder how resorting to politics and participating in a political campaign to prohibit same-sex marriage by means of a Constitutional amendment..http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/2003/10/07.html#a166 (Untitled)- October 5, 2003 My New iBlog Weblog My new iBlog weblog is located at http:homepage.mac.comduanewilliamsiblog. You can subscribe to the xmlrss news feed using the URL http:homepage.mac.comduanewilliamsiblogrss.xmlhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001947/2003/10/05.html#a165 (Untitled)- October 4, 2003 Religious Groups Opposing Same-Sex Marriage The Associated Press reported that "The Christian Coalition, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Eagle Forum are among more than two-dozen organizations campaigning for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages in the United States." They intend to supply literature about same-sex marriage to over 70,000 churches and to make this a major issue in the up-coming presidential election. The rhetoric these groups use shows how extremist,.http://blogs.salon.com/0001947/2003/10/04.html#a164 |