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As I said not that long ago, we remain at the trial balloon stage in the ongoing drama of the Vatican and gay seminarians. Over and over we have seen MSM reports that Rome was poised to release the long-awaited Congregation for Catholic Education document that is supposed to “ban” — or maybe not, or maybe just a little bit — the admission of homosexuals from seminaries.
I’m curious. I wonder if the trend covered in this story — “Youths in Rural U.S. Are Drawn To Military” — has anything to do with two other stories that I have tried to follow closely for this blog. I refer to the growing tensions among military chaplains and the growing tensions about religious expression at military academies.
I think GR contributors are using the word “ghost” way too often … despite the fact that it is Halloween season
As my colleagues here at GetReligion would tell you, about once a week or so I sent around a frustrated note on top of a news story or two linked to the conflict between the extremists that many now call Islamists and other religious believers, from Jews to Christians, from secular Muslims to Western Muslims.
Since I first saw clips of what is now becoming the first installment of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia last February, I maintained a level of skepticism as a means of protecting myself from disappointment. I was concerned that the film would deviate from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe‘s explicit Christian themes. I was afraid the directors and producers would deviate from the film’s original plot. I was also afraid that they would attempt to make the fourth installment of The Lord of the Rings.
Every now and then, major newspapers run articles that really don’t have strong news hooks, but it seems like the editors believe these articles state fundamental truths about American life. It’s like they are saying to their readers, “We think we just learned a fundamental truth about American life and we’d like to share it with you, so that you can be enlightened. Behold, here it is.”
Illegal narcotics, a 130-member church that likes to do those drugs and a Supreme Court with a history of restricting drugs all make for an interesting law/religion story that will certainly divide traditional political alliances in all sorts of interesting ways.
In Slate’s tradition of contrarianism, William Saletan argues that someone has indeed played the Catholic card in re Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court: President Bush and his fellow Republicans.
