Last week marked the 10-year anniversary of the infamous Obergefell Supreme Court decision that forced legal acceptance of same-sex marriage on all the states. The decision was a disaster from a number of standpoints. I found a couple of good articles that discuss the decision and its implications. In particular, […]
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Good News: NC Taxpayers No Longer Have To Pay For Transgender Treatments
This is the result of the US Supreme Court vacating previous rulings requiring the state to provide this coverage in its State Health Plan. What courts had issued these rulings? A U.S. District Court judge and the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Readers will recall that the circuit court […]
North Carolina’s Response to Hurricane Helene and “Rightly Ordered Love”
Brittany Farrell has a great article in Family North Carolina magazine about the response by North Carolina citizens to help those affected by Hurricane Helene. She describes the doctrinal concept of ordo amaris that suggests we must first help those closest to us. She particularly discusses Baptists on Mission (formerly […]
This Is Likely By Design
GOP-Majority Supreme Court Doing Much Better
For many years, Republican Supreme Court justices have been a mixed bag. They ruled correctly at various times; but during other times they had engaged in egregious error. The last couple of years have been much better. Last year’s decisions were outstanding overall; and that is true this year also. […]
Guilford County Commissioners Twice Called Out For Poor Stewardship
It is not often that we see high-level chastisements of a local elected body take place twice within a period of 24 hours. Yesterday, the Rhino Times reported that two Republican county commissioners openly raised concern about the socialists’ county commissioners’ spending. That is to be expected, and part of […]
The Hostile Takeover of Faith Baptist, Part 3: “Let It Go”
This is the final installment. It reveals the stunning, jaw-dropping resolution of the legal battle between Faith Baptist’s legacy congregation and J.D. Greear’s Summit Church:
Great Bill Passes NC General Assembly
It is House Bill 805. According to the NC Values Coalition, it is doing these things: It is another effort to recoup the losses when the GOP ran away from House Bill 2– the “bathroom bill”– nine years ago. State Republicans are finally doing better on this issue after having […]
Ah, New York…
I was a Mets fan growing up in the New York City metro area. Although I moved on to the Braves as an adult, one still feels the heart strings pulling a bit to the boyhood favorite. But then an episode occurred a couple of weeks ago. In celebration of […]
From Whence Did These Come? NCGA Mysteries
Over the last few weeks, I have noticed a couple of issues being pushed via legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly controlled by Republicans. The first removes liability for pesticide manufacturers. The second makes illegal trawling for shrimp using inland waters at the coast. For those of us who […]