Tag: Politics
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Jim Wallis and the Soros connection
For years I’ve been critical of Jim Wallis, the self-styled “prophetic voice” (his term) of Progressive politics in the American public square. “Prophetic voice” is a term that borrows from the Christian moral lexicon to lend moral authority and offer religious cover to secular Progressive ideology. Wallis operates in the mold of the National Council…
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Petition to rebuild Ground Zero church first
HT: St. Andrew House Forum This is George Demos’ website, the Greek Orthodox politician running for election in New York. It includes a petition.
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Moral Myopia at Ground Zero
Source: National Review Online By Charles Krauthammer Supporters of the mosque fail to see its true significance. It’s hard to be an Obama sycophant these days. Your hero delivers a Ramadan speech roundly supporting the building of a mosque and Islamic center at Ground Zero in New York. Your heart swells and you’re moved to…
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God and Man at Ground Zero
Source: Hot Air By J.E. Dyer In which a bemused observer tries to make sense of man, religion, and the state Here’s my bottom-line problem with the concatenation of events and trends surrounding the Ground Zero mosque: I see privilege being accorded to Islam, as against situations in which the civil authorities have de-privileged Christianity…
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George Demos: We Must Rebuild Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
HT: Onet Blog Greek-American Conservative Republican Candidate for Congress in the First District of New York George Demos appeared on Fox News recently. Demos called on The Port Authority’s Executive Director Chris Ward to immediately stop his bureaucratic roadblocks and that the rebuilding of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at Ground Zero must be a…