For today’s awesomeness, I joined literary-stuff blogger http://blog.nathanbransford.com/ who is pledging $1 for every comment on his blog, giving it to the charity http://www.heifer.org/. Any charity that gives people a goat* is one I like. I’ll be giving $1 for every blog comment from this instant until Christmas Eve (up to $500, to be paid inContinue reading “#248: Heifer, anyone?”
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Muslim Headshawl
I am a Muslim. Nine years ago I stayed at a Muslim boarding school in Indonesia. While I was there I wore a head covering (jilbab, in Indonesian), joined a religious fast, and avoided physical contact with boys.* None of that was required, and the girls I stayed with were constantly urging me to take offContinue reading “Muslim Headshawl”
For the Bible tells me so: What the Bible actually says about homosexuality
So if you’re the kind of person who asks, “What Would Jesus Do?” about gay people, the answer is apparently, “Crash on their couch indefinitely, and help yourself to whatever’s in the fridge.”