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In this web site, "SSM" refers to same-sex marriage

"LGBT" refers to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender persons and transsexuals

Updated essays:

As of 2013-APR, our dedicated server in Dallas, TX contained over 6,600 essays and menus. This includes our home page, thousands of menus and many thousands of individual essays. We have a goal of adding one new essay each day. We update many dozens of essays each week. We continually add to our interesting quotes section, We attempt to cover emerging stories related to religion, spirituality, and ethics.

There are lots of other religious web sites on the Internet that cover these same topics. However, they are generally written from a very conservative or very liberal point of view. They often reflect the beliefs of their webmaster or sponsoring agency. Objectivity and balance are often missing. Our web site is different. We try to explain all sides to each topic while remaining as free of bias as we can. When we do state our personal opinions, we keep them separate from the main text of our essays and identify them carefully.

Essays planned for the near future:

We estimate that we need to write many thousands of essays before our web site will be reasonably complete. Even then, there will probably be new "hot" topics emerge among the main moral/ethical topics with a religious content -- like gun control, polygamous marriages, equal rights for transsexuals, etc. These will necessitate the writing of new articles.

We maintain a list of new topics about which we are currently working on or plan to write "someday."  We have a larger list for internal use that, sadly, numbers in the many thousands of topics.

In recent months, the conflict between religious conservatives and sexual minorities -- defined both by their sexual orientation and gender identity -- have monopolized much of the news. Back in 2011-FEB, when the Obama Administration decided to no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), some commentators predicted that this would form a tipping point on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual (LGBT) rights. This seems to have happened, because subsequent months saw an accelerating rate of change towards LGBT equality. The change has been so rapid that it has formed the bulk of our web site's new essays from 2011 to the present time. With over 40 states denying their same-sex couples access to marriage, activity on a state-by-state basis will probably be the main religious/civil rights topic for the foreseeable future, eclipsing even abortion access. However, it is always possible that the U.S. Supreme Court could eventually legalize same-sex marriage (SSM) across the U.S. as it did during 1967 with interracial marriage in the ironically named case: Loving v. Virginia.

During 2013-MAY:

During this month, we recommend the book:

"Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on this unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and how Buddhist meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer. She begins by examining the values and principles shared by the two faiths and shows that both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers. Both stress the need for experiences with deep emotional resonance that goes beyond the level of concepts to touch the heart. The center of the book offers 15 Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, adapted for Christian use. Stabile provides clear instructions on how to do these meditations and helpful commentary on each, explaining its purpose and the relation between the Buddhist original and her Christian adaptation of it. Throughout, she highlights the many remarkably close parallels between the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha. The meditations offered in this unusual book will be extremely useful to thoughtful Christians, to those responsible for giving spiritual direction, and also to Buddhist sympathizers who will be intrigued and pleased to see familiar contemplations handled so skillfully by a former Buddhist practitioner who has gratefully learned so much from her former religion and now introduces the riches of that tradition to her fellow Christians."

New and updated essays during 2013-May:

• 2013-APR: Passage of the same-sex marriage (SSM) bill through the Rhode Island Legislature:
  
  
  • Bill is passed by Senate Judiciary Committee. Bill is amended by the Senate!
    
    
  • Bill passed by the full Senate! National Organization for Marriage complains
    
    
  • Redefining marriage. House Judiciary Committee unanimously passes SSM bill! Governor issues statement
    
    
  • Full House passed bill 56 to 15. Governor signed bill into law. Admitting same-sex couples to marriage. Reactions
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America reconsidering their discrimination against gays:
  
  
  • Reaction by OnMyHonor.net and the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times
    
    
• An analysis of Genesis 3, the fall/rise of humanity (Updated essays):
  
  
  • Part 1: Analysis of the text: Quotations, Overview, Assumptions, Authorship of Genesis 3.
    
    
  • Part 2: Interpretations of Genesis 3. More detailed analysis of Genesis 3:1-7
    
    
  • Part 3: More detailed analysis of Genesis 3:8-24.
    
    
• Beliefs about original sin:
  
  
  • Background. Biblical references. Religions & faith groups that believe/don't believe in original sin.
    
    
  • More groups that believe/don't believe in in "original sin." Some ethical problems with "original sin." A modern-day parable
    
    
• SSM In Delaware:
  
  
  • Bill passed by a House Committee, the full House, and a Senate Committee
    
    
  • Bill passed by the full Senate. Governor Jack Markell (D) signed it into law. Comments and reactions
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in Minnesota during MAY:
  
  
  • Part 11: 2013-MAY: Visitors from New York state warn about loss of religious freedom if SSMs legalized in MN.
    
    
  • Part 12:  Text of the SSM bill. A House vote is scheduled. Amendment proposed
    
    
  • Part 13:  Church vigil held. Demonstrations in Capitol building. The House passed its SSM bill
    
    
  • Part 14:  Senate passes the SSM bill.
    
    
  • Part 15:  Reactions to passage of SSM bill by Senate.
    
    
  • Part 16:  2013-MAY-14: Governor signed bill into law. Some Christians' fears and concerns.
    
    
• Climate change and other environmental topics:
  • Information from the media during 2013
    
    
  • Specialist web sites dealing with climate change and other environmental news
    
    
• Emergency contraceptives (EC):
  • Part 2: Are EC & regular hormonal birth control contraceptives or abortifacients? (Updated)
    
    
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Can Theists and Atheists coexist?"
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois:
  • 2012: Two lawsuits consolidated into one. Thomas More Society asks to represent defendant
    
    
  • 2012 & 2013: "Darby v. Orr" lawsuit attempts to legalize SSM (Cont'd)
    
    
• Same-sex marriage in France:
  • Part 7: Parliament approves bill. Constitutionality unsuccessfully challenged. Bill signed into law.

During 2013-APR:

During this month, we recommend the book:

Karen Armstrong, "The Battle For God, A History of Fundamentalism", Ballentine Books, (2011). Available in paperback at $10.85 plus shipping or in Kindle versions for $22.04. Used copies are often available at much lower prices plus shipping. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

New and updated essays during 2013-April: (30 essays):

Since April is income tax month, we don't expect to be able to reach our usual quota of one essay/day.

• With the start of a new month, we we closed out a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc" with an amazing prediction of future states to approve same-sex marriage. We also opened up a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc"
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Do people have the right to believe anything they want? Does religious freedom include the right to hurt others?"
  
  
• Analysis of Dr. Phil's "Shocking Mom Revelations" episode of 2013-APR-01

• An essay by Dr. Marty Klein, "Poor reason to support gay rights: "My son is gay"
  
  
• Introduction of civil unions and same-sex marriage in Portugal and Uruguay
  
  
• An essay donated by Rabbi Allen S. Mailer: "Mormons, Jews & Reincarnation. People with a 'Jewish Soul' being drawn to Judaism"
  
  
• Reactions by commentators in DOMA/Windsor case (Cont'd). Predicted scenarios for the outcome
  
  
• An essay donated by Natasa P. Nuit, "Spiritual evolution. The I Ching, Kabbalah, Tarot, Yogi, etc"
  
  
• Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage (SSM) in Delaware
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "What is killing religion?"
  
  
• Columbia is moving towards legalization of same-sex marriage.
  
  
• New Zealand has become the latest country whose government has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
  
  
• An essay donated by Rabbi Allen S. Maller: Jewish Messianic Prophecy Today
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Minnesota: Part 10: House Committee passes SSM bill. Promotion of SSM heats up
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Illinois: IL Public opinion polls. House Committee passes SSM bill
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America reconsidering their discrimination against gays:
  • BSA & discrimination. Webmaster's comments. Is the BSA discriminating against the wrong members? BSA change
    
    
  • The BSA Executive Committee's proposed new membership standards
    
    
  • Anti-gay hate groups. Reactions to the proposed policy by the Family Research Council, & the Unitarian Universalist Association
    
    
  • Reactions by the Family Research Council (cont'd), by author Patrick Boyle & by Bloomberg
    
    
  • Reactions by Scouts for Equality, Citizenlink, and Alliance Defending Freedom
    
    
  • Reactions by the American Family Association and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a.k.a. the Mormons)
    
    
  • Reactions by Bloomberg View's blog, and their readers
    
    
  • Reaction by OnMyHonor.net & by the Los Angeles Times' editorial board
    
    
• Domestic partnerships and same-sex marriage in Nevada: Part 1  Part 2
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Rhode Island:
  • Polling results:
    • Part 1: Summary of polling results. Polls taken 2008 & 2009
      
      
    • Part 2: More recent polls taken 2009-DEC and later
      
      
• Passage of the SSM bill through the Legislature:
  • 2013-FEB to APR: Opinion poll. SSM discussions
    
    
• Reactions by the American Family Association & the LDS Church to the proposed BSA policy on gays
  

During 2013-MAR:

During this month, we recommend the book:

  "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity" by Gregory J. Riley. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

Amazon's book description:

Amazon's editors selected this title as one of the Best Books of the Month for 2012-NOV."Anyone who’s ever said (or heard or thought) the adage 'chip off the old block' might burrow into Andrew Solomon’s tome about the ways in which children are different from their parents--and what such differences do to our conventional ideas about family. Ruminative, personal, and reportorial all at once, Solomon--who won a National Book Award for his treatise on depression, "The Noonday Demon" -- begins by describing his own experience as the gay son of heterosexual parents, then goes on to investigate the worlds of deaf children of hearing parents, dwarves born into 'normal' families, and so on. His observations and conclusions are complex and not easily summarized, with one exception: The chapter on children of law-abiding parents who become criminals. Solomon rightly points out that this is a very different situation indeed:

"to be or produce a schizophrenic...is generally deemed a misfortune,' he writes. 'To...produce a criminal is often deemed a failure."

Still, parents must cope with or not, accept or not, the deeds or behaviors or syndromes of their offspring. How they do or do not do that makes for fascinating and disturbing reading." --Sara Nelson

Available from Amazon.com in hardcover for $22.20 plus shipping. It is available in Kindle eBook format for $24.94. The latter is clearly a price ripoff by Simon and Schuster Digital Sales. Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

New and updated essays during 2013-March (36 essays):

• With the start of a new month, we closed out a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc" with an amazing prediction of future states to approve same-sex marriage. We started a new section for April:  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4
  
  
• Two essays donated by Susan Humphreys:
  • "It is all about Qi -- attaining a just society"
    
    
  • "Goals and Objectives: Some words of advice for the new Pope"
    
    
• An essay donated by Harry J. Bentham: "Parables involving the Theft of Knowledge"
  
  
• Roman Catholic Church: Election of a Pope Francis I as sucessor to Pope Benedict XVI: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5
  
  
• 2013: Objections to proposed Christian law school at Trinity Western University in British Columbia
  
  
• Attempts to have the Supreme Court declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional:
  • 2012/2013: "Windsor" case accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court. Amicus Curiae briefs filed, etc.
    
    
  • 2012/2013: Oral arguments scheduled. More Amicus Curiae briefs filed
    
    
• Proposition 8 lawsuit re SSM in California: Amici Curiae brief filed by Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and 19 other religious groups
  
  
• Detailed introduction to the terms "religious freedom" and "religious liberty 
  
  
• Introduction to the health care conflict between the federal government's HHS mandate, some religious employers & their employees/students
  
  
• Data from national public opinion polls on same-sex marriage:
  • 1988 to 2012: Support for same-sex marriage (SSM). Support in 2012 by U,S, region
    
    
  • 2001 to 2012: Pew Research graphs: support/opposition to same-sex marriage (SSM) by age and religion
    
    
• Former President Clinton (D) urges Supreme court to declare DOMA unconstitutional
  
  
• Colorado civil unions bill passes legislature: Three House committees & the full House approve Senate Bill 11
  
  
• Some strong evidences of climate change
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Will Pope Francis I hinder, harm or help the world?"
  
  
• Introduction to transgender persons & transsexuals
  
  
• National polls on SSM during 2013:
  • Polls by Washington Post, ABC, and Reuters
    
    
  • A very large Reuters/Ipsos national poll concerning same-sex marriage (SSM) & civil unions<< includes the most recent polls
    
    
• Speculation on how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on Prop. 8
  
  
• An essay donated by Harry J. Bentham: "About the mystery "Mont Order" sect"
  
  
• SSM in California:
  • Support for/opposition to same-sex marriage (SSM) in California (Updated essay)
    
    
  • Webmaster's comments (Updated essay)
    
    
  • 2013-MAR-26: The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of Proposition 8
    
    
• SSM in Minnesota:
  • Part 9: 2013-MAR: Senate and House committees pass SSM bill
    
    
• 2013-MAR-27: Supreme court hears oral arguments in DOMA case: Part 1 Part 2
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Objective and subjective standards. What the Bible says vs. what one's interpretation of what the Bible says"
  

During 2013-FEB:

During this month, we recommend the book:

New and updated essays during 2013-February: (32 essays)

• With the start of a new month, we opened up a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc"
  
  
• The Robin Hood Hills murderers and the West Memphis Three: Case summary. "West of Memphis" movie released. Book reviews.
  
  
• Civil unions in Colorado:
  • 2012:
    
    
    • Part 3: Two more House committees pass bill. Bill killed in House, twice. Republicans lose majority in House
      
      
  • 2013:
    
    
    • Part 1: Colorado Legislature opens; civil union bill re-introduced
      
      
    • Part 2: Concern over individuals' religious freedom/liberty to discriminate against minorities
      
      
    • Part 3: Additional religious concerns about civil unions. Pro-civil union Republicans meet
      
      
    • Part 4: State Senate gives initial approval to Senate Bill 11 to legalize civil unions
      
      
• Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) policy towards gays: Reaction by the Family Research Council (Cont'd), & by other groups
  
  
• SSM in the UK:
  • 2012-JUN: The Catholic Church's statement (Cont'd). 2013-FEB: SSM bill passes 2nd reading
    
    
• SSM in Wyoming:
  • 2011: Two anti-SSM bills fail. Supreme Court rules SSM divorce can proceed
    
    
  • 2013: Civil union & same-sex marriage bills introduced & rejected by the House
    
    
• An essay donated by Sagaren Pillay: "How to Conquer Fear and Be Happy, Healthy and Rich"
  
  
• SSM in Rhode Island:
  
  • National Organization for Marriage (NOM) caught. Bill to ban SSM introduced. NOM raises alarm
    
    
  • Bill overwhelmingly passed by House. Next stop is the Rhode Island Senate
    
    
• 2009: Letter about evolution teaching from over 50 scientific societies to the Texas Board of Education
  
  
• Same-sex marriage (SSM) in Illinois:
  • 2013-JAN: Bill stalls in Senate.Bill re-introduced to new session of Senate & House. 2013-FEB: Senate Executive Committee passes SSM bill
    
    
  • 2013-FEB: Senate Executive Com. passes SSM bill (Cont'd). Full Senate passes bill
    
    
  • 2012: Civil unions found to be inadequate. Lawsuits launched by Lambda Legal and ACLU
    
    
  • 2012/2013: Lawsuits launched (Cont'd). Thomas More Society to represent defendant. Judge rejects delay in lawsuit.
    
    
• Same-sex marriage (SSM) in France:
  • 2013-JAN: Public demonstrations. 2013-FEB: National Assembly passed SSM bill
    
    
• Additional interpretations of Romans 1:26-27, which is often used as an anti-gay and anti-lesbian clobber passage
  • Part 1 (Expanded)
     
  • Part 2
    
    
• Three essays donated by Susan Humphreys: "The nature of God" and "Free will and the nature of God"
  
  
• Same-sex marriage (SSM) in Minnesota:
  • Support for the anti-SSM referendum. Result of the referendum. Aftermath
    
    
• The final abolition of slavery:
  • Years 1800 to 1850
    
    
  • Years 1860 to 2013!
    
    
• Same-sex marriage (SSM) in California:
  • Amicus Curia briefs filed with U.S. Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v. Perry case (Proposition 8)
    
    
  • Unusual interpretation of the case by the National Organization for Marriage
    
    
• The battle over interracial marriage in the U.S. Part 1   Part 2 (Expanded)
  

During 2013-JAN:

During this month, we recommend the book:

New and updated essays during 2013-January: (37 essays)

• With the arrival of a new year, we opened up a new errata list to contain descriptions of errors that we have found from among our 6,300 essays. We try to minimize errors, but we are only human. They do occasionally slip through.
  
  
• With the start of a new month, we opened up a list of "Accelerating steps towards same-sex marriage. LGBT equality, etc"
  
  
• An essay donated by Kathy LaPan: "Why I am Praying for You, Even if you Don't Want Me To"
  
  
  • A rebuttal to the above essay donated by Susan Humphreys
    
    
  • A rebuttal to Susan Humphreys' rebuttal donated by Kathy LaPan
    
    
• Three new recommended books have been picked out for future months' selections
  
  
• Civil unions in Illinois:
  • 2011-MAY:
• House debates civil union bill. Many objections raised
  
  
• Amendments proposed. Discrimination by religious groups protected

• Same-sex marriage (SSM) in Illinois:
  • 2012-DEC:
    • Religious groups' support/criticism of SSM (Updated)
      
      
    • Responses to the natural law argument against SSM (Updated)
      
      
  • 2012-DEC/2013-JAN:
    • Various groups supporting or opposing the SSM bill
      
      
    • National Organization for Marriage responses. Catholic bishops condemn SSM
      
      
    • Group wants lawmakers excommunicated. Republican Party chair supports SSM.
      
      
    • Bill advances in Senate. Bill introduced into the Senate and House
      
      
• Conflicting Natural Law arguments for and against same-sex marriage (SSM)
  
  
  • Introduction to Natural Law. How it can lead to conflicting conclusions
    
    
  • An alternative form of natural law that favors same-sex marriage: Part 1   Part 2:
    
    
  • An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Secularism, the Catholic Church & Natural Law"
    
    
• An essay donated by Tom Drake-Brockman: "Spiritual Humanism & the meaning of life: Jesus, the Buddha, suffering & service to others"
  
  
• Same-sex marriage in Rhode Island:
  • Webmaster's opinion. Legislature vote on SSM in 2013? Bills introduced to the House & Senate. Referendum?
    
    
  • Organized state groups in support of, or opposition to, marriage equality
    
    
  • Bill status. Corvese Amendment. Unanimous passage in Judiciary Committee.
    
    
  • Public opinion polls: 2008-JUL to now
    
    
• Four examples of the conflicts between the freedom of religious belief/expression, and the freedom to implement this in the workplace Part 1  Part 2
  
  
• An essay donated by Kathy LaPan "Postmodern Relativism vs. Ultimate Truth"
  
  
• An essay donated by Larry Langston: "The effectiveness of prayer"
  
  
• Attempts to estimate the percentage of North American gay, lesbian, & bisexual adults. Implications
  
  
• Epigenetics: The most potentially promising study so far that the cause of homosexuality is related to genes
  
  
• Recent examples of religious hatred by followers of Abrahamic religions: Part 1   Part 2 (Updated)
  
  
• 2010 to now: Recent hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S.
  
  
• Boy Scouts of America (BSA) reconsider their policy towards gays:
  
  
  • Reactions to the decision by the media, public, gay-positive groups, & the Family Research Council
    
    
  • Reaction by the Family Research Council (Cont'd), and by other religious groups
    
    
• Islam: "Is it a religion of violence or of peace?" (Updated)

During 2012-DEC:

During this month, we recommend the book:

  ""Hijacked: Responding to the Partisan Church Divide" by Michael Slaughter, Charles Gutenson & Robert P. Jones

Amazon's book description:

"Rescue your church from the infiltration of partisan politics.

The last 30 years have seen the political discourse within our country grow more rancorous and increasingly uncivil. During the same period, there has been a growing tendency to conflate one's theological commitments with one's political ideology. As a consequence, partisan politics has infiltrated our churches and political commitments are creating unnecessary divisions. Perhaps of most concern, these trends generally tend to obscure the properly holistic nature of the Gospel of Christ and turn people off to Christianity altogether. Too often, it often seems politics trumps theology. Sadly, this leads to division, where decisions on church direction, and even the content of teaching, gets determined more based on partisan politics than on sound biblical and theological factors.

Hijacked explores this phenomenon, offers analysis, and proposes a way forward."

Available from Amazon.com in paperback for $10.98 plus shipping and in Kindle eBook format for $3.99.

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New and updated essays during 2012-December: 37 essays:

• We continue to struggle with a conversion from Windows 7 to 8 and back again to 7. It has cost us about $150 to purchase Windows 8, and to pay for the repair shop to restore the computer to Windows 7. The executive in charge of Windows 8 development has left the company; this is never a good sign! We recommend that people wait before making computer operating system upgrades until the software has been available for at least a few months. That gives the developers a little time to fix some of the worst bugs.
  
  
• Errors and lack of clarity seen on some media reports on same-sex marriage
  
  
• An essay donated by Bruce McKerras: "Signposts of the coming Apocalypse"
  
  
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Initial Suppositions, Uncomfortable Truths and the Bible"
  
  
• An essay donated by Larry Langston: "Did Jesus die for our sins?"
  
  
• An article by Jim Wallis: "Starting the 'Christmas Tithe'."
  
  
• 2012-DEC: Accelerating steps toward same-sex marriage (SSM), LGBT equality etc.
  
  
• How American adults view themselves:
  • 2001 to 2012: Degree of religiousness. Well being. Public confidence. Classifying faith groups
    
    
  • 2001 to 2011: Switching faiths. Interfaith marriages. Retaining the young. Gender. Political affiliation. Geographical distribution
    
    
• Approving and opposing SSM:
  
  • Why are some individuals and groups opposed to same-sex marriage while others favor allowing it?
    
    
  • If you approve of same-sex marriage (SSM), study this chart. If you don't, then study this chart, unless you are easily offended
    
    
• An essay donated by Rabbi Allen S. Maller: "Why Hanukah is for Muslim Jews"
  
  
• The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and its funding sources:
  
  
  • Part 1: Denial of funding by United Way agencies
    
    
  • Part 2: United Way agencies deny funding (Cont'd)
    
    
  • Part 3: Corporate funding denied. Fundamentalist groups react with boycotts
    
    
• 2012-NOV-DEC "Windsor" anti-DOMA case from 2nd. U.S. Court of Appeals accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
  
• Development in Hollingsworth v. Perry: The California lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 8
• 2012-DEC: Reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court's acceptance of the case. Speculation on the court's future ruling
  
  
• 2012-DEC: More speculation on the court's future ruling. Previous SCOTUS decisions similar to this case
  
  
• Predictions that a major world catastrophe or transition will happen on or about 2012-DEC-21
  
  
• An essay donated by Creighton Ainsworth: "Listen to the evidence -- all the evidence"
  
  
• SSM in Oregon Part 1  Part 2
  
  
• An essay donated by Kathy Watts: The end of the world: an overview
  
  
• An essay donated by Tom Drake-Brockman: "Happy Krishmas: Jesus, the Buddha, and reincarnation"
  
  
• The failed doomsday prophecy for 2012-DEC-21: Overview. Acceptance of the prediction by the public. Our prediction
  
  
• A series of essays donated by Susan Humphreys:
  • Theodicy: the presence of earthly evil and a perfect God. Extremism: the problem, and how to respond to it.
    
    
  • A solution to the problem of Theodicy.
    
    
  • A solution, Cont'd. The fallacy of perfection: the perfect "Catch 22"
    
    
• An essay donated by D.L. Henderson: "The greatest myth ever told"
  
  
• SSM in New Jersey: 2012-FEB to now: Senator Sweeney critical of veto. New polling data. Attempt to hold referendum
  
  
• SSM in Illinois:
  • 2012-FEB: Same-sex marriage bill launched
    
    
  • 2012-FEB/APR: Same-sex marriage bill stalled. Polls. Advisory referendum attempt fails
    
    
  • 2012-MAY/DEC: Newspaper endorses SSM bill. A SSM bill to be introduced into the Senate
    
    
  • 2012-DEC: Roman Catholic opposition to SSM based on natural law.
    
    
  • 2012-DEC: President Obama urges passage of SSM bill. Public response to newspaper article
    
    
• An essay donated by Susan Humphreys: "Why has God / The All / The Source left us uninformed about what life is all about?"
  

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