Following California’s passing of Proposition 8 (The Zanzibar Gazette), amending the state constitution to ban gay marriage, thousands took to the streets in a protest Fox News cheekliy described as “Hollywood Erupts” (Fox).
I support traditional marriage, which sadly means that the right to marry will be excluded from gay couples. But that is not really [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Values’
November 6, 2008
Democracy vs Judicial Activism
October 18, 2008
Democratic Congressman Caught With His Pants Down
Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) has admitted to having “at least” two affairs. One of them was with an employee of his 2006 campaign who was subsequently fired for “performance issues”. She, of course, threatened to sue for sexual harrassment but Mahoney reached a $60,000 settlement with her (Fox News).
Tim Mahoney was elected in 2006 to [...]
October 16, 2008
Madonna & Guy Ritchie To Divorce
Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing (The Financial Times).
In recent years England has emerged as the jurisdiction that is most friendly towards the the financially-weaker party in a divorce. Since White v White (2001) an equal split in the starting point. Furthermore, prenuptial agreements are not legally binding. This has made London the ‘Divorce Capital [...]
October 7, 2008
Bad Moon Rising
This is not a pleasant time to be reflecting on events in the world.
First of all, more banking chaos today. Both banks of Scotland (RBS and HBOS) plungend today (The Financial Times). Beyond the North and Norwegian Seas, the Icelandic government nationalised Landsbanki only a week after it did the same to Glitnir (FT).
Secondly, McCain [...]
October 5, 2008
The Boring Auto Market of Today
Automobile advertizing is getting more and more boring. Long time since I last noticed a major car company marketing a non sports car by emphasizing horse power or acceleration. Even comfort, safety, design and driving pleasure seems to be secondary to the CO2 emmitance these days.
As I enter the web pages of manufacturers like Toyota, Ford, [...]
September 30, 2008
A Matter Of Faith
Through a post by a chap called Graeme Archer (CentreRight) I became aware of an organisation called The Conservative Humanist Association (Official Website).
The CHA “is open to Conservatives who want a more secular United Kingdom and a reduced role for religions in the affairs of state”.
A more secular United Kingdom? Save for outlawing the Church [...]
September 29, 2008
Glomgolds thoughts 2
RFSU, the swedish lobby for sexual promiscuity writes a debate article in todays (Svenska Dagbladet). For non swedes to understand RFSU´s agenda; their utopia is described in Genesis 18:20.
In the debate article published today Åsa Regnér, generalsekreterare of RFSU, thinks the right for religious institutions to conduct marriages should be revoked. This due to “discrimination” [...]
