The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much
Paul F. Campos
By contrast, a major factor driving increasing costs is the constant expansion of university administration. According to the Department of Education data, administrative positions at colleges and universities grew by 60 percent between 1993 and 2009, which Bloomberg reported was 10 times the rate of growth of tenured faculty positions. BOULDER, Colo. — Once... Continue Reading
Commission Rules in Favor of Baker Who Refused to Decorate Bible Cakes Against Homosexuality
Colorado baker refuses to decorate two Bible-shaped cakes that featured messages and images against homosexuality, judged not to have discriminate against the Christian who placed the order.
But Jack says that he placed the order and filed the complaint to make a point that business owners should have the right to operate in accordance with their conscience and convictions, and that if bakers have the right to refuse cakes against homosexuality, Christians should also have a right to decline cakes in favor... Continue Reading
“Yes, You Are Imperiling Originalism:” A Response To Professor Barnett
“Why should we, the living, obey those long-since dead?”
This is a foundational disagreement between us. Barnett’s theory begins by rejecting the rule of the dead; he disclaims any right of the dead to bind the living. Rather, Barnett thinks that the living—quite apart from any duties to the dead—should obey the past only insofar as (1) the living affirmatively consent to such authority or... Continue Reading
The Future Map Of Religions Reveals A World Of Change For Christians, Muslims And Jews
Pew Research Center’s new projections, released Thursday (April 2), show a map of global faith traditions and how they’re likely to shift by 2050
“As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world’s largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third of the Earth’s 6.9 billion people. Islam came in second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent of the global population.” Four in 10 of all the world’s Christians will live in sub-Saharan Africa by 2050. (RNS)... Continue Reading
Duck And Cover Catholicism
The leaders of the Catholic Church have done everything they can to avoid saying anything in response to the furor over the Indiana RFRA
I’m all for sober, dispassionate, and non-partisan church leadership that stays focused on core moral and religious principles rather than allowing itself to be drawn into the partisan fray. But connection to reality is important too. Right now the propaganda against the Indiana RFRA has made it clear that any resistance to the magisterium... Continue Reading
Does Christian Marriage Require a Civil License?
While the church and the state both have interests in marriage, they do so in different spheres
“In general, however, I do not think the church should seek to be combative in the area of performing godly marriages. We would want the state to recognize biblical, Christian marriages as a way of positively serving the society in which we live.” Here is another question that did not get answered in the... Continue Reading
Indiana, Arkansas, Religious Freedom & Constant Struggle
Laughably, histrionic critics of these laws are concerned about “discrimination”
“Ironically, the real victims of “discrimination” under the new cultural regime of intolerance are politically and economically uninfluential small business owners lacking the resources and connections of their elitist opponents who wish to squash them and silence their faith convictions.” The media and corporate intimidation aimed at Indiana and Arkansas over their Religious Freedom... Continue Reading
Not-So-Holy Week: Indiana, Religious Freedom, and You
Maybe it’s because my heart hurts for my Hoosier home, but I’m just a bit more sensitive on this one
“I don’t support RFRA because I’m a bigoted discriminatory jerk who hates the LGBTQ community, I support RFRA because I want to protect the people (listed below). I’ve read a lot on this issue the past week. Here are some excerpts from articles I found helpful.” Man. I’ve never seen anything like this. Maybe it’s... Continue Reading
Washington State Florist Fined, Ordered To Create Gay Wedding Arrangements
A Washington florist was ordered to pay $1,001 to the state for violating its Consumer Protection Act for refusing to create a flower arrangement for a long-time customer’s same-sex wedding
In a letter dated Feb. 20, Stutzman declined the attorney general’s offer, stating it revealed he didn’t understand the true meaning behind the two-year-old battle. “It’s about freedom, not money,” she wrote. “Washington’s constitution guarantees us ‘freedom of conscience in all matters of religious sentiment.’ I cannot sell that precious freedom. You are asking me... Continue Reading
Gay Totalitarianism and the Coming Persecution of Christians
Hatred of the Gospel is boiling over into the vilification of Christians. State violence won't be far behind, history teaches.
For centuries, the early Christians endured far worse than we might face, dying in the Coliseum to the taunts of jeering crowds — whose grandchildren would flee the moral chaos of collapsing Rome and flock to the underground churches. All the persecution that a government like China can deal its native Christians has not stopped... Continue Reading
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