This week's blogburst was a good article, but I got a kick out of another story posted there earlier, so I will post both here.

For brevity, here are the links for each one, which I will post in full below.

Enjoy.

ACLU Should Lose Its Tax Exempt Status

and

Thomas More Law Center Confronts ACLU Over Berkley, Michigan Nativity Display

***First*** 

ACLU Should Lose Its Tax Exempt Status

Huge thanks to Greg Tinti of the Political Pitbull for the video!

Imagine if a Church used the power of its tax exemption as a lever towards political campaigns. Can you imagine the outrage from groups like the ACLU if a Church used its tax exempt donations to create political ads opposing candidates that did not adhere to certain “American values” as interpreted by that Church? What if a Christian Religious organization were to use its official title to oppose certain political issues such as abortion?

We don’t have to imagine, the ACLU’s history shows us. They would challenge that Church’s tax exempt status.

However the ACLU’s official policy goes even further. In the ACLU’s eyes a Church doesn’t even have to be politically involved to deserve having its tax exempt status stripped.

Last month I debated (in comments and a blog) KIRO Radio (710 am) producer Tina Nole.

Ms Nole it seems had some contentious opinions about rape and terrorism which I took to task to a degree.

Read it here. 

She responded  to me a while back and I have been debating rebutting her response.  The problem was that her response was mostly simple contradiction and restatement of her arguments, while mostly ignoring my points, so I really didn't see the point.  Beating dead horses and all that.

I heard her on the radio though and she was again going after those evil men in our society.  This time their crime was making disrespectful comments towards pretty girls.

Granted, I agree with her fundamental premise, that a woman who is wearing a low cut blouse or some other flattering clothing has not given every Lenny and Squiggy on the planet permission or license to make disgusting noises or lewd comments.

But again she took it to such lengths that any reasonable hope of making a point was lost in the rhetoric and exaggerations.

In that, a toast to Tina.  At least you are consistent. 

Well a news item I read today, also made me think of Ms Nole, as it dealt with date rape.

It goes like this:

A baby is found abandoned in a trash can in 1995.  A tragedy we all can agree on.  The mother was finally identified, and her story was surprisingly sympathetic.

19 years old, she was a victim of date rape.  (AHA! says Tina....)

In November 1995, Davis left her daughter in a trash bin at Ohio Dominican College, where she was a student. The girl survived, and Davis was convicted of child endangering.

She wrote "Sacred Womb" and formed Second Chance of Life, a nonprofit group aimed at preventing teen pregnancies and providing alternatives for young mothers who don't want to keep their babies.

Her work led to appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "20/20."