Why I oppose John Roberts

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Thursday September 15, 2005 · 6:49 PM PDT

2005/09/15 · 18:49

John Roberts is unqualified to be Supreme Court Justice, but not for the reasons the left is talking about.

I don't believe Roberts is a conservative, but rather a radical right-winger. Keep in mind that this is a nomination where the guy who endorses torture (Gonzales) was seen as the liberal. Roberts' radicalism would tip the balance of the court in a direction that is profoundly hostile to the civil liberties Americans are guaranteed. As Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council stated shortly after Roberts' nomination, "The President... promised to nominate someone along the lines of a Scalia or a Thomas and that is exactly what he has done."

Roberts' proclivity to extremism is a good reason to oppose him, but it is not my reason. Read More

Protect the environment: get rid of the fundies

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Monday January 24, 2005 · 8:54 AM PST

2005/01/24 · 08:54

Humanists care about the natural world, which we all depend on and which will have to sustain our descendants. Because humanists have no belief in a supernatural force that will solve our problems for us, they know humans must take sole responsibility for sorting out environmental problems. Some religious people think that God created the world and gave humans "stewardship" over it. This is not a belief shared by humanists, who believe that human beings evolved and go on evolving, along with the rest of nature. Others on the far fringe of the religious right see no reason to protect the environment, since the rapture is expected soon: Read More

They are coming for you

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Wednesday January 12, 2005 · 1:48 PM PST

2005/01/12 · 13:48

With apologies to Martin Niemoeller:

First they came for the terrorists, and I did not speak out --
because I was not a terrorist;
Then they came for the Muslims, and I did not speak out --
because I was not a Muslim;
Then they came for the atheists, and I did not speak out --
because I was not an atheist;
Then they came for the Democrats, and I did not speak out --
because I was not a Democrat;
Then they came for me --
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

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