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2010-06-18T06:00:43-04:00

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D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Last updated on: June 18, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Did you realize that one state in the union still requires an actual reason to get a divorce, as opposed to the no-fault divorces practiced everywhere else? That state is liberal, progressive, sophisticated New York. But now that is about to change. Notice how New Yorkers have been getting around the current law so far: There are certain to be consequences if New York State introduces no-fault divorce, as now seems likely. The divorce rate might climb. Matrimonial battles will... Read more

2010-06-18T05:17:21-04:00

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Now Hinduism is also going commercial

Last updated on: June 18, 2010 at 5:17 am By Gene Veith

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Much of contemporary Christianity has embraced the commercial culture, from church growth marketing and consumerism to the transformation of Christian language and imagery into tacky knick-knacks to buy and sell. Now the Hindus are doing it. Nestled between the wedding sari boutiques and hipster jean shops, there’s a store in the city’s most popular shopping mall that’s playing with the gods. The fashion, art and design store has funky throw pillows depicting a psychedelic-looking Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge,... Read more

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2010-06-18T05:00:13-04:00

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Children of sperm donors

Last updated on: June 18, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Researchers Karen Clark and Elizabeth Marquardt have studied the grown children whose fathers were anonymous sperm donors. It’s a sad tale: Our study, released by the Commission on Parenthood’s Future last week, focused on how young-adult donor offspring—and comparison samples of young adults who were raised by adoptive or biological parents—make sense of their identities and family experiences, how they approach reproductive technologies more generally, and how they are faring on key outcomes. The study of 18- to 45-year-olds includes... Read more

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2010-06-17T06:00:46-04:00

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Mr. Greene goes to Washington?

Last updated on: June 17, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Democrats always present themselves as champions of the poor, the disadvantaged, minorities, the little guy. But they sure don’t like it when a poor, disadvantaged African-American guy with no political connections wins a Democratic election. This piece about Alvin Greene, who won the Democratic primary for the Senate race, just oozes condescension and classism: Alvin M. Greene never gave a speech during his campaign to become this state’s Democratic nominee for Senate. He didn’t start a Web site or hire... Read more

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2010-06-17T05:30:02-04:00

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Sooners, the new 2004 National Champions

Last updated on: June 17, 2010 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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My alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, should ascend to the 2004 National Football championship, even though they were beaten in the BCS championship game by the University of Southern California. That team is being forced to forfeit all of their games played by star running back Reggie Bush, due to the valuable benefits that his coaches lavished on him. The NCAA threw the book at storied Southern California yesterday with a 2-year bowl ban, 4 years’ probation, loss of... Read more

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2010-06-17T05:00:19-04:00

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Egypt orders Coptic Christians to allow divorce

Last updated on: June 17, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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The Egyptian government has ruled that Coptic Christians must change their doctrine about divorce and remarriage, putting them more in line with Islam: It is not enough that the Egyptian government facilitates persecution of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous Christian minority. Now the government is interfering directly with the church’s autonomy concerning doctrine. According to the Assyrian International News Agency: The head of the Coptic Church in Egypt has rejected a court ruling that orders the church to allow divorced Copts... Read more

2010-06-16T06:00:00-04:00

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Lady Gaga vs. Madonna

Last updated on: June 16, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Mark Judge is a conservative who argues that most conservatives don’t understand pop music, completely missing or misconstruing its meaning. He offers a reading of two music videos, Madonna’s “Like a Prayer,” which he says is a positive treatment of Christian imagery, and Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro,” which he says is fascist. Lady Gaga is no Madonna. That some conservatives are conflating the two performers is yet another sign of the pop culture (and even religious) illiteracy of the right. I... Read more

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2010-06-16T05:24:21-04:00

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The Big 12 as the Big 10

Last updated on: June 16, 2010 at 5:24 am By Gene Veith

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Well, Texas has decided to stay in the Big 12, even though Nebraska and Colorado have fled. In response, the other five teams from Texas and Oklahoma have decided to stay in, rather than join the PAC-10. So there will only be ten teams in the Big 12. (If all of you conferences are realigning, do something about your names, so that at least they are arithmetically accurate!) One good result: If there are only ten teams, there won’t be... Read more

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2010-06-16T05:00:35-04:00

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Presidents can’t stop the oil from flowing

Last updated on: June 16, 2010 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Anne Applebaum, who is no conservative, points out that the notion that President Obama should “do something” about the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico demonstrates this strange assumption held by both liberals and conservatives that our government should solve problems that are just impossible for it to solve: In the Gulf of Mexico, plumes of black oil are gushing into the ocean, coating the wings of seabirds, poisoning shellfish, sending tar balls rolling onto white Florida beaches. It... Read more

2010-06-15T06:00:51-04:00

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Why Lutherans don’t believe in consubstantiation

Last updated on: June 15, 2010 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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While browsing through the bookstore at Concordia Publishing House at my final board meeting, I came across a book entitled Understanding Four Views on the Lord’s Supper (Counterpoints: Church Life). It featured a Roman Catholic, a Lutheran, a Calvinist, and a Baptist reflecting on each tradition’s understanding of the Lord’s Supper, with each participant also responding to that understanding. It was a good format for theological debate. Anyway, David Scaer ably presented the Lutheran position. I appreciated his explanation of... Read more

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