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Why Sherry Marquez, as a Christian, should treat Muslims in Lancaster, Ca. as her friends
Below is an excerpt from an 1842 speech made by Abraham Lincoln to the Washington Temperance Society. It’s why I think that Lancaster city councilwoman, Sherry Marquez, should make a real effort to befriend the Muslim members of her community, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Antelope Valley Press, Christians, friendship, God, Islam, Jesus, life, muhammad, Muslims, Politics, sherry marquez
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Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, California: “A true Christian community is one that will welcome anyone of faith.”
After Lancaster mayor R. Rex Parris claimed that he was “growing a Christian community,” he then seemingly backtracked. But on March 1, 2010 the mayor was once again quoted in the local paper, the Antelope Valley Press, alluding to Lancaster as a … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, Antelope Valley Press, atheism, atheist, Christianity, doubt, God, Jesus, people of doubt, person of doubt, r. rex parris
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Lancaster, California: A City without a Bookstore
Lancaster, California’s only general purpose bookstore—serving a city of close to 200,000 people—closed a couple of weeks ago. It was a Waldenbooks, and, ironically, it shut down within about a week of the city’s mayor—R. Rex Parris—making this comment to a gathering of 160 … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley Press, books, bookstores, Christianity, Henry David Thoreau, Jesus, John Calvin, r. rex parris, reading, thoreau, walden, waldenbooks
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Mayor R. Rex Parris decides that Lancaster is not a Christian city afterall—but atheists and agnostics are not on his apology list
In a startling reversal, the mayor of Lancaster, California—R. Rex Parris—held an interfaith press conference to walk back this comment, which he made twelve days previous to a gathering of 160 people: We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, Antelope Valley Press, atheism, atheists, books, bookstores, Christianity, God, Islam, Jesus, r. rex parris, sherry marquez
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Rick Schlosser and Lawrence Swaim on Sherry Marquez’s Inane Demonization of All Muslims
The true nature of Islam is on display in the murder trial of a Muslim man in New York who beheaded his wife? That’s the essentialist conclusion of an elected Republican official in Southern California: Lancaster councilwoman Sherry Marquez. Here’s how … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley Press, bigotry, California, Cat Stevens, Christianity, fundamentalism, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, sherry marquez
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BBC Chef Gordon Ramsey Was in Our House!
Metaphorically, so to speak. My wife (who is British) and I love to watch Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, and it turns out that The BBC’s uber-chef was in our town (in California) trying to shape up one of our local restaurants. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley, Antelope Valley Press, cooking, food, gordon ramsey, Lancaster, Lancaster California, palmdale, restaurants
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Gay Marriage Terror Alert: California Pastor Says Gay Marriage Portends “the Dismantling of Western Civilization”
Conservative clergy members throughout California appear to be attempting to mount a formidable organizational pushback against gay marriage in California, and turning the rhetorical volume up to HIGH. Gay marriage represents “the dismantling of Western Civilization,” my local paper, the Antelope Valley … Continue reading
Pastor Michael Alexander: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
An anti-gay rights pastor in my local area seems to be auditioning for the lead role of John the Baptist in the ongoing drama of gay marriage in California. He has manage to get quoted in not just the Antelope Valley … Continue reading
Calling Sigmund Freud
I live in California where gay marriage is, at least for the moment, legal. In my local newspaper I noticed an article about some local pastors protesting outside the city clerk’s office, and holding up signs with Bible verses, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley Press, bigotry toward gays, fundamentalism, gay marriage, Judgement will come to California, Pastor Michael Alexander, quoting the bible against gay people, Red Lobster restaurant, repressed homosexuality, Sigmund Freud, the problem of suffering
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