Tag Archives: Christians under attack

New legislation in the Michigan Senate would empower health care workers to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and religion

By Mark | December 4, 2012

It has been reported by Think Progress that a Republican member of the Michigan Senate by the name of John Moolenaar has authored a bill that would protect health care professionals who choose to discriminate against those whom they find objectionable for either their “religious beliefs, moral convictions, or ethical principles”. The intended target, it [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan | Also tagged discrimination, Eastern Michigan University, gay rights, HB 5040, health care, Hippocratic Oath, homophobia, John Moolenaar, Julea Ward, Julea Ward Freedom Of Conscience Act, legal discrimination, MEU, Michigan Senate, religious extremism, religious fundamentalism, Religious Liberty and Conscience Protection Act, Senate Bill 518, Senate Bill 975 | 22 Comments

How do we reconcile these two visions for America’s future?

By Mark | November 8, 2012

In the wake of this incredibly divisive campaign season which we just lived though, I can’t help but wonder whether our nation has a reasonable chance of surviving this perfect storm which has arisen around us, having been fed for so long by the forces of paranoia, fear, environmental volatility, and economic uncertainty, which are [...]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged being human, Christian soldiers, demagoguery, Glenn Beck, humanity, Obama, persecution complex, RFK, Ripples of Hope, Robert Kennedy, wrath of an angry god | 19 Comments

Tying to make sense of last night’s mass murder in Colorado

By Mark | July 20, 2012

I should be spending my evening thinking about just what in the hell I’m going to do at tomorrow’s Shadow Art Fair, but I can’t stop reading about last night’s horrific events in Colorado. Predictably, a lot of people, like our friend Roger Ebert, are taking the opportunity to argue that more meaningful gun control [...]

Posted in Other, Shadow Art Fair | Also tagged AceRock, Amok, Batman, Colorado, Gabrielle Giffords, gun control, gun violence, How The Mind Works, insanity, killing, Louie Gohmert, Malay, Marilyn Manson, mass murder, mental illness, National Institutes of Mental Health, Papua New Guinea, Roger Ebert, Steven Pinker | 16 Comments

Christian soldiers among us

By Mark | March 29, 2010

I’ve got other things I need to be working on tonight, like the script for Friday’s Dreamland Tonight, but I’m obsessed with this local domestic terrorism story that I mentioned yesterday. If you aren’t familiar with the case, it revolves around a Christian militia group known as Hutaree. Early reports speculated that yesterday’s FBI raids [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Other, Politics, Religious Extremism | Also tagged antichrist, Christian soldiers, Civil War, domestic terrorism, Dreamland Tonight, end times, Holy War, Huron Bob, Hutaree, Juan Cole, Mahdi Army, Mark Koernke, MetaFilter, militias, Muqtada al-Sadr, Radock, Southern Poverty Law Center, Zulif | 31 Comments

Breaking: FBI anti-terrorism raids in SE Michigan

By Mark | March 28, 2010

There don’t seem to be many details at this point, but WXYZ is reporting that a number of coordinated raids took place last night in the area. Here’s a clip: The FBI was conducting raids Saturday night at multiple locations in southeast Michigan. Action News has learned Homeland Security and the Joint Anti-terrorism Task Force [...]