What an amazing friend Debra Tieleman is.
She has stood by and fought for a Canadian woman imprisoned in Mexico, finally drawing national attention to the desperate plight of Brenda Martin. 
13 Canadians are in Mexican jails, 1 million Canadians visit Mexico every year.  According to Foreign Affairs, thousands of Canadians are in foreign jails, most in the US, the [...]

James Dobson (Focus on the Family) laments the passing of US religious right leaders.
Quite. Whatever will God do without them?

On March 7, the US Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund  put up  a bizarre screed on YouTube from an Oklahoma State Representative called, “I’m listening.”
The three minute audio/video has been viewed over 8 hundred thousand times. It’s jaw-dropping, and it is difficult to understand how voters can be so desensitized to this kind of speech and behavior from an elected official.
Kern is the state [...]

The former editor of defunct Western Standard, lawyer, Ezra Levant  leaked a proof copy of the Like a Rock: The Chuck Cadman Story.
As a lawyer, Ezra Levant should have known better when he posted a complete electronic version of Like a Rock: The Chuck Cadman Story lifted from a proof copy of the book, says Howard [...]

The seven mortal sins defined by The Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century.
Lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride
No particular order. Sin in the Roman Catholic Church is divided into mortal and venial. Mortal sin unconfessed and not addressed with penitence damns you to hell forever.
The seven virtues.
Chastity, abstinence, temperance, diligence, patience, kindness and humility
No [...]

Rhys at Backburner: Why I don’t like your blog.
IMonk: 10 reasons I won’t read your blog
 Hmmm.
My blog beefs are  less about content and more about presentation. 
1) When I go to a blog that has more ads on it than posts, I’m not likely to return.
Poor design, tech cute, and ads running amok smells of desperation and clutter, like the junk drawer six months after I [...]

Ottawa Archbishop wants to deny communion to some Catholic politicians
10 worst countries for women to live (and die) in
Ian Brodie, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff
Peter Worthington asks some questions
David Aiken CTV Politics Blog
Philosophy professor on John Corvino on three problems with ex-gay (reparative therapy) ‘ministries.
Fort Worth Broadway Baptist Church which has been embroiled in controversy for some time [...]

A bit of a clean up.
For the mad priest, the BDBO brick of the weekend.:^)