Birmingham Blues

UPDATE: Thanks to Helen (see her comments below) for pointing out a story in the Decatur Daily. A nursing mother has been arrested and separated from her 9-month-old baby because the authorities are looking for her brother.
Apparently local area police are really concerned about gang activity, especially in Hoover, Alabaster, and [...]

UPDATE: Bethany Christian Services of Mississippi has reconsidered its policy of discrimination against Catholics. The Board voted to accept any Christian applicants, including Catholics, who will sign Bethany’s statement of faith.
“In accepting applications for adoption, all Christians who are in agreement with our agency statement of faith are welcome applicants to the [...]

Wow! The Bush administration is being up front about its reasons for rushing the announcement of John Roberts for Supreme Court justice.
Bush originally had planned to announce a replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on July 26 or 27, just before his planned July 28 departure for a month-long vacation at his Crawford, [...]

UPDATE: The city of Montgomery has survived the “invasion” of the Gay Pride Festival. In fact, the Montgomery Advertiser had a really nice article covering the weekend’s events. And there’s not a single picture of a guy in garish makeup and big hair. It just didn’t live up to the Christian [...]

Those of you who make the drive up I-65 from Montgomery to Birmingham are quite familiar with the billboard that reads, “Go to Church or the Devil Will Get You”. It’s been a fixture there as long as I can remember. But now the sign has been replaced with “We Love Lucy”, indicating [...]

So the Birmingham News has a story today celebrating the city’s most famous madam, with pictures of the whorehouse and everything. As you might guess, the house is no longer operating. The madam, of course, had a heart of gold, going into prostitution to provide for her sisters, nursing the sick during a [...]

It’s official. Another white Christian male, John Roberts, for the Supreme Court. And one who thinks Operation Rescue is worthy of support. I’m pretty confident that most people in this country are like me, preferring abortion to be safe, legal, and rare. I don’t want a Supreme Court justice who [...]

Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog pointed me to this story in the Hattiesburg American. It seems that the Mississippi branches of Bethany Christian Services adoption agency won’t consider applications from Catholics. Sandy and Robert Steadman of Jackson received a letter from Bethany on July 8, turning down their [...]

It looks like the Texas Music Educators Association is worried about promoting homosexuality within public school choirs. According to the Los Angeles Times, boys will no longer be able to try out for soprano or alto parts and girls will no longer be able to sing tenor or bass, no matter what their natural [...]

Okay, I confess. I love Tiger Woods. He is just about the most amazing athlete I’ve ever seen. He embodies all the good results of discipline and focus. He’s quite easy on the eyes. And it looks like he’s about to win the British Open again. I will enjoy [...]