Rachel Ford is a programmer, and since 8:00 to 5:00 doesn't provide enough opportunity to bask in screen glare, she writes in her spare time. She was raised a very fundamentalist Christian, but eventually "saw the light." Rachel's personal blog is Rachel's Hobbit Hole, where she discusses everything from Tolkien to state politics.
Ted Cruz has never been one to shy away from religious pandering or fear-mongering, but during his speech at CPAC last week, he took Persecution Express all the way to Paranoia Town. Explaining his case for himself, Cruz issued a dire warning about what might happen without a Cruz presidency. Naturally, it involves Christian persecution, because the gubment’s going to throw Christians in prison if Cruz isn’t there to save ‘Merika from a liberal justice sitting on the Supreme Court. (And, before you ask, no, Donald Trump can’t save us. He’s disqualified for using the ‘c’ word: compromise). Read more
Last year, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appointed Rebecca Bradley to temporarily fill a Supreme Court role vacated by deceased Justice N. Patrick Crooks; she is currently running for the full ten-year appointment. Liberal group One Wisconsin Now has unearthed some writings from Bradley’s college days that reveal, frankly, her mortifying views on gay people and HIV patients. The three student newspaper columns that OWN released included comments like the following: Read more
Yesterday, Ted Cruz announced the addition of “outstanding conservative legislators” and “courageous conservatives” to his Michigan leadership team. Outstanding conservatives like Michigan State Representative and Cruz campaign state legislative co-chair Gary Glenn. Cruz praised his new co-chairs for “fighting for our values.” “Values” that apparently include making it a crime to be gay. Read more
In a wide-ranging interview with Advocate’s Dawn Ennis, Caitlyn Jenner turned to politics and made a few eye-popping comments. (Spoiler alert: she’s as conservative as ever). In particular, her comments about Ted Cruz are raising eyebrows; but while she had kind words for him, they weren’t quite as kind as some headlines are making it out to be (more on that in a minute). Read more
The website BiblicalGenderRoles has made an appearance here before for its discussion of how God is totally cool with rape within marriage. And how God wants women to eliminate rape from their vocabulary. And how God wants husbands to withhold money from their wives as punishment. More recently, BGR’s spokesman-for-God answers a burning question: How can you help the women in your life “learn their place”? Read more
