Top twelve reasons homosexual marriage should not be legal:
1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.
2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can’t legally get married because the world needs more children.
3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.
4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are property, blacks can’t marry whites, and divorce is illegal.
6. Gay marriage should be decided by people not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.
7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
10. Children can never suceed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why single parents are forbidden to raise children.
11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven’t adapted to cars or longer lifespans.
12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a “seperate but equal” institution is always constitutional. Seperate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as seperate marriages for gays and lesbians will.
April 12th, 2006
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Kan. School Board OKs Evolution Language - Yahoo! News
It isn’t the idea that science may be wrong… it isn’t that science may not have all the answers… we all know that those are both certainties…
These people don’t care about furthering scientific thought, or giving students a viable curriculum to study… they are hoping to push an overtly religious message. Period.
This isn’t evangelism. It’s pure silliness perpetrated by the most extreme factions of the Christian community. This is pure fundamentalism. No different than the Islamist fundamentalism that is decried in the same extreme right Christian communities.
November 8th, 2005
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Well… finally.
A Pastor takes on the progressives in the Christian community to take back the church. For years, Christians that are not of the conservative mindset are roundly criticized within their own church communities and parishes. If you believe in an anti-war, anti-violence, and anti-discrimination expression of the faith, you are considered a liberal, and persona non-grata by the flock…
The main reason why I decided to leave the Roman Catholic Church, and make a journey to find another denomination was this exact situation. It wasn’t good enough for me to believe that abortion is morally questionable, and its practice is exploitive and dangerous. I had to vote for candidates in the political arena that were outwardly “Pro-life”, regardless of their positions on any other issue. There was no choice. That’s lunacy.
Now, a progressive Pastor has decided to turn the tables and ask why this aggressive, angry and violent brand of Christianity is being heralded as the “real thing.”
It’s time for the people who believe that Christ taught tolerance, love and peace to speak up. It’s time for those of us that believe that Christ’s behavior is what we need to imitate, need to stand up. It’s time for those of us that believe in the Prince of Peace to step up, speak from his Gospel teachings, and make certain that others listen. It’s now or never. Literally.
A Pastor Challenges Progressives: Take Back the Church
November 8th, 2005
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Well, it’s done… if you look at the sidebar, down at the bottom, you’ll see a nifty podcast/rss button. Click it, and iTunes will open up for you, taking you to the Saint James Episcopal Church’s podcast page in the iTunes Music Store.
The test sermon is no longer available via the RSS feed, only the most recent sermon of 10/2/2005. It is crystal clear, and sounds excellent.
After a few successful weeks of podcasting, I’ll attempt to create a nice intro and outro to add to each individual episode. Maybe a nice voiceover and some appropriate music. It’s my hope to make the St. James podcast as professional and polished as possible while conveying the original intent of the weekly sermon.
Is it easy to tell that I’m excited about this working out well? 
If you are too lazy to scroll down, and look for the podcast link button… Click here.
October 7th, 2005
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