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God and democracy

Posted on January 19, 2016 by David S. Meyer

The Occupation at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge continues at this writing, and whatever local authorities and the FBI are doing to end the moment isn’t obvious or clear to those of us watching from afar. If there’s a plan, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ammon Bundy, Brand Thornton, Cliven Bundy, Constitution, Dorothy Day, Eleanor McMullen, God, guns, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, nativism, nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street, religion, Scott Carrier | 5 Comments

Jailing Kim Davis and creating a cause

Posted on September 5, 2015 by David S. Meyer

I’ll still stand by yesterday’s guess, that the rally round imprisoned county clerk Kim Davis will be relatively small and relatively brief. But today, The Daily News reports that roughly 200 supporters rallied in Grayson, Kentucky to protest her imprisonment. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10 commandments, Alabama, Bible, Constitution, David Bunning, gay marriage, George Wallace, jail, Kentucky, Kim Davis, law, Mike Huckabee, religion, Rowan County, Roy Moore, Southern Poverty Law Center, Supreme Court | Leave a comment

Martyrs, heroes, and the government

Posted on September 4, 2015 by David S. Meyer

Social conservatives opposed to gay marriage have to decide what to do with Kim Davis, now sitting in a jail cell because she refused to issue marriage licenses–to anyone. She also refused to authorize anyone else in her office to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bible, Bill of Rights, Constitution, contempt of court, David L. Bunning, Democrat, Dorothy Day, gay rights, government, guns, judges, Kentucky, Kim Davis, law, marriage, Martin Luther King, Megan Rice, Mike Huckabee, Quakers, religion, Republican, slavery, Supreme Court, Ted Cruz | 1 Comment

Climate activists: Habemus papem

Posted on June 18, 2015 by David S. Meyer

Pope Francis’s encyclical on the moral necessity of protecting the earth is out. You can read “On Care for Our Common Home” here (in English; translations in many other languages are readily available–but I couldn’t find the Latin version). The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, climate change, death penalty, encyclical, environmentalists, gay, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Newt Gingrich, nuclear weapons, Pope Francis, poverty, religion, Rick Santorum, Scott Walker, Supreme Court, Ted Cruz | Leave a comment

Passover 2014; telling the story

Posted on April 14, 2014 by David S. Meyer

It’s Passover; the first seder is tonight, and I thought it was worth writing something about story-telling and ritual. I learned that I already had (pasted below). The stories we tell about the past affect how we see the present … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged culture, family, narrative, obligation, Passover, religion, seder, stories, The Everlasting Gospel, universalism, William Blake | Leave a comment

Social movements, governance, democracy, and Egypt

Posted on July 4, 2013 by David S. Meyer

What are we to make of the military coup that the military refuses to call a coup in Egypt? I’m generally ready to cheer the departure of an unpopular putative theocrat, but quite suspicious of the military deposing elected officials … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arab Spring, coup d'etat, democracy, Egypt, governance, Hosni Mubarak, military, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Occupy, religion, Syria, Tahrir Square, Zuccotti Park | 1 Comment

Just another Moral Monday

Posted on June 17, 2013 by David S. Meyer

Democrats and liberals have been losing in North Carolina. Democrats lost control of both houses of the legislature in 2010, but Republican legislative efforts were slowed by Democratic Governor Bev Perdue. In 2012, Republican Pat McCrory soundly defeated Perdue’s lieutenant … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bev Perdue, civil disobedience, death penalty, environmentalism, labor, Moral Monday, NAACP, nonviolence, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, religion, taxes, Thom Goolsbee, vigil, William Barber | 4 Comments

Arab Fall

Posted on September 16, 2012 by David S. Meyer

To paraphrase the old Boston politician, revolution ain’t beanbag. The wave of revolutionary action across the Middle East and North Africa about a year and a half ago captured the imagination of democratic reformers around the world. But it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American revolution, Arab Spring, Egypt, Libya, religion, violence | 1 Comment

Boycott everything!

Posted on August 2, 2012 by David S. Meyer

Chick-Fil-A had a good day yesterday, as supporters of president Dan Cathy’s* stance in support of “traditional” marriage lined up to buy chicken sandwiches. Radio host and one-time Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee had urged his audience to stand up for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged boycott, Cheerios, Chick-Fil-A, chicken, Christian, countermovements, gay marriage, GLBT, Home Depot, markets, Mike Huckabee, Pat Dollard, religion, Rush Limbaugh, Starbucks | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: religion

God and democracy

Jailing Kim Davis and creating a cause

Martyrs, heroes, and the government

Climate activists: Habemus papem

Passover 2014; telling the story

Social movements, governance, democracy, and Egypt

Just another Moral Monday

Arab Fall

Boycott everything!

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