Allow me to jump in with a quick post about the reactions to yesterday’s “Are faithful dads creepy or what?”
Return of the creepy traditionalists
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Are faithful dads creepy or what?
A long, long time ago — so long ago that it predates the creation of my tmatt.net archives — I wrote a column about the birth of the “True Love Waits” movement, an attempt by the Southern Baptist Convention and conservative Christians in a host of other churches to urge teens and young adults to save sex for marriage.
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Evangelicals in the mist
Eight years ago, more than 60 percent of California voters banned same sex marriage. It was this majority vote that was overturned by the California Supreme Court.
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Hagee does that apology thing
What we have here is a classic example of a valuable Beltway skill — the non-apology apology. Basically, the person in the news says, “I am very sorry that you were offended by something that you thought that I said, when I really said something else.”
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True tolerance on Godbeat
Every reader of GetReligion should hurry over to the Columbia Journalism Review and read Tim Townsend’s comprehensive essay about the religion beat titled “Love Thy Neighbor.” I can think of no better window into the world of journalism in general and religion reporting in particular than this article.
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Expelled: No media coverage allowed
Ever since I saw the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed last month, I’ve been waiting for some mainstream media coverage of the film. Other than surprisingly few reviews — some by reviewers who didn’t bother to actually watch the film — I haven’t really seen anything.
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B16: Pope's pallium (and red shoes)
Major props to Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post for a wonderful story on the front page of yesterday’s Style section analyzing the significance of Pope Benedict XVI’s papal garments.
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T.D. Jakes vs. CNN, online
It is a blunt, stinging attack, linking one of the most popular voices in the contemporary black church with the ultimate symbol of black courage and sacrifice.
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A large life in Christian education
I do not know if there are any religion writers left at the Los Angeles Times, but I hope that there is someone there on the beat. Someone needs to write a news feature about the death of one of the most interesting Christian educators of the late 20th century.
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