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.
Ever since Glenn Beck endorsed Ted Cruz back in January, his reasons for why we should vote for Cruz have been getting increasingly weird. There was the suggestion that God offed Justice Scalia to impress upon Republicans how important it was to elect Cruz Savior-in-Chief. There was also the very public (and very pointless) fast to bring Cruz victory. Spoiler alert: It failed. Miserably. The odd justifications aren’t going away. On Beck’s show the other day, for instance, he dropped hints that Hell awaited Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton voters. Read more
We already know that Ted Cruz has tasked himself with channeling the body of Christ and the face of God. Since his entire demeanor is “revivalist preacher,” this isn’t all that surprising. But you know what? Don’t count out Donald Trump just yet. You see, he’s a tough guy. Maybe a tough guy who uses “salty language”… but you who can use that? Jesus. Jesus loves tough guys. In fact, Jesus surrounded himself with the Donald Trumps of his era. At least, that’s the conclusion televangelist Rick Joyner came to while discussing Trump on The Jim Bakker Show: Read more
Earlier in the week I covered some remarkably homophobic columns written by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley (who was temporarily appointed to the bench by Governor Scott Walker last year and is currently running for election). Penned for her college paper, the “pro-life” Bradley showed unabashed contempt for gay people and AIDS victims (whom she referred to as “degenerate drug addicts and queers”) and complete disregard for their lives (saying they “deservedly receive none of [her] sympathy”). I noted at the time that the columns, despite having been written in the 90s, were relevant due to the position Bradley has and hopes to retain, as well as her continued embrace of social conservatism — there just isn’t good evidence to suggest that her opinions have shifted, and as a Supreme Court justice who can have significant impact on the lives and rights of LGBT Wisconsinites, that matters. Well, One Wisconsin Now (the liberal group that uncovered those columns) has found additional writings by Bradley in which she shares her disturbing views on women. A couple of themes become apparent in her pieces. First is all the judgment (still reflected in her more recent writings, where she refers to contraceptive use as murder). Victim blaming is another big one. Read more
One Christian father seems to have taken parenting to extraordinary (and creepy) new heights in his efforts to see his daughter hitched. Placing an ad (without his daughter’s knowledge or permission) in Christianity Today magazine, Stephen Stewart advertised a job listing for “son-in-law”: Read more
