Today's Cultural Warfare Update

National Review: "Consumerism" and "relativism" are "just as dangerous as the totalitarianism of the East: it's just as easy to forget about God while dancing to an iPod while marching in a Hitler Youth Rally;"

Kansas senator threatens DC with retaliation if it recognises gay unions;

Thursday's Family News in Focus;

Concerned Women for America reports that Magellian has reinstated the virulently anti-gay "reparative therapist" advocate Warren Throckmorton - he's also a regular CWFA contributor;

CWFA decries UN effort by New Zealand, Canada, and Brazil to add support for recognising the rights of GBLT people;

California Democratic Party convention endorses resolution calling for marriage rights;

Another TVC news article/action item on judges;

Friday's Family News in Focus;

Plug for "Justice Sunday," the big churchcast this Sunday afternoon. Also grouped with it are more stories on the need to change the Senate filibuster rules.

Soulforce is planning an event at Focus on the Family;

LA Times article on the Texas effort to ban foster care by gayfolk;

Canada makes morning-after/emergency BCP available over the counter;

Complaints of anti-semitism and other forms of religious harassment by fundamentalists at the Air Force Academy investigated;

Seattle Times article on defeat of Washington State basic civil rights bill as "socially moderate" eastside Republicans vote in party lockstep.


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Kung Fu Hustle made me laugh harder than I've ever laughed in a theatre in the history of me laughing in theatres. Go see it. annathepiper and I went with spazzkat, kathrynt, kingchiron, llachglin, and jiapa.

In other news, Woodhall apparently rolls up its sidewalks at 4pm. Pack'a monks, apparently. Also, I never dropped below 2,4th gear on the way home, which is why I made it in around 50 minutes. Maybe less. I think that means I averaged 10mph or so, which for me, is the Zum! So miles today: 16
Miles out of Hobbiton: 52.35
Miles to Rivendell: 405.65