Tag Archives: Tim Walz

Post Election Reflections

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

I didn’t like any of the three non-binding advisory questions on the ballot here in Illinois. The “Millionaire Tax” serves as a “gotcha” move by those who live with envy. And the Assisted Reproductive Healthcare Advisory Question is laden with controversy.

Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, David Frum, Donald Trump, Dr. George Barna, Election Integrity, Electoral College, Gavin Newsom, George Barna, Hugh Hewitt, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, L.A. Times, Millionaire Tax, Ray Ortlund, sex education, The Atlantic, the view, The Washington Post, Tim Walz, U.S. Supreme Court | Comments Off

The Trans Divide

Posted on April 18, 2023 by David E Smith

The world’s richest man has it right. Last Friday Elon Musk tweeted, “[a]ny parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.” Twenty years ago this would not have been a controversial statement. The general response would have been, “of course.” But today it is a position at the very edge of a massive chasm that exists between the left and the right. How did this happen, and why?

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Biden Administration, chemical mutilation, Children’s Hospital Association, Christopher Browning, church at Laodicea, church at Philadelphia, church at Thyatira, Elon Musk, Francis Foster, Gender reassignment surgery, H.R. 734, Hannah Arendt, hormone therapy, Jamie Reed, Jared Polis, Konstantin Kisin, Molly Kearney, Puberty blockers, Tim Walz, trans-affirming care, Transgender Clinic | Comments Off

The Bill of Rights is Not Dead Yet

Posted on June 8, 2020 by David E Smith

Until recently, several states—including Minnesota—declared that it was unlawful to engage in the free exercise of religion in groups of ten or more. When churches dared pursue legal recourse to correct that issue, politicians, pundits and journalists offered criticism. As one of the attorneys on the receiving end of that criticism on more than one occasion, it left me perplexed. “What’s the big deal?” they might say, “Why can’t churches just worship online?!

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Bill de Blasio, Bill of Rights, Cornovirus, COVID–19, First Amendment, freedom to worship, J.B. Pritzker, Jacob Frey, lock-down, Religious Liberty, Tim Walz | Comments Off