Just when I thought I couldn't lose much more faith in the justice system, the Washington Post published an article about the mistakes and outright falsifications made by DNA labs ( Read more... )

Since the Washington Post site requires registration, I'm copying the letters to the editor here for your viewing pleasure.

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Pretty good editorial on the topic. Robert Rigby Jr. does a great job here explaining the problems with the "ex-gay" approach and also refuting Steve Hunt's claim that schools are currently promoting a "pro-gay" agenda.

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I am abandoning the debate on gay rights, which is still running on Robyrt ’s journal.  I’m not abandoning it because I  think I’m wrong, or I don’t think it’s important, or because I feel in any way intimidated by the “points” made by the other side.  Rather I feel that I’ve said everything I have to say, several times in fact, and my responses to ( Read more... )

In the Washington Post this morning there's an article about a school board member sending a letter to all Fairfax County principals urging them to distribute anti-gay information, and allow anti-gay speakers ( Read more... )

National Geographic came yesterday and it says 44 percent of Americans believe in creation instead of evolution, according to the literal words of the bible. Something like 37 percent believe that God initiated some kind of evolution and it followed the basic idea of the bible creation story, ie first the animals, then the people. And only about ( Read more... )