“There are three things I know about John Kerry. First, that he speaks three or four languages, and one of them is French. Second, that he’s married to an ex-senator’s wife who’s worth a billion dollars. And third, he is supposedly a Vietnam vet.” – Randal Vinson, Tennessee resident, as quoted in Slate.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY II: “Before leaving the question of divorce, I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused. The Christian conception of marriage is one: the other is the quite different question – how far Christians, if they are voters or Members of Parliament, ought to try to force their views of marriage on the rest of the community by embodying them in the divorce laws. A great many people seem to think that if you are a Christian yourself you should try to make divorce difficult for every one. I do not think that. At least I know I should be very angry if the Mohammedans tried to prevent the rest of us from drinking wine. My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognize that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore, cannot be expected to live Christian lives. There ought to be two distinct kinds of marriage: one governed by the State with rules enforced on all citizens, the other governed by the Church with rules enforced by her on her own members. The distinction ought to be quite sharp, so that a man knows which couples are married in a Christian sense and which are not.” – C.S. Lewis, “Mere Christianity.” I’ve cited this passage before, but it’s worth citing again in the days before the Federal Marriage Amendment vote. It comes from a Christianity that sees a critical distinction between church and state, that respects the rights of unbelievers, cares about minorities, and seeks to keep faith free from politicization. What a contrast with the religious right of this new millennium. My anger at them is not simply because of their contempt for gay people, but because of their corruption of Christianity.
The Dish 