Open Thread – 6/3/2010

Yesterday I kept up with comments and returning visits.  I also visited several blogs.  I should keep up today, but I’ve been sitting on Avatar from Net-Flix for several days now.  I think I’ll actually take the time to watch it.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today it took me 3:28.  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Fantasy Football:

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Short Takes:

From Think Progress: [Ted] Haggard announced that he would be opening a new, more inclusive church, St. James, that would be open to “gay, straight, bi, tall, short” members and would focus on “helping other people going through the most difficult times of their lives.” “I just want to help people,” he said.

Asked if his new church would take a position on homosexuality, Haggard said “we will take positions.” “I’m going to teach the bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse,” “but I don’t want to be a political activist.” Haggard explained that the church won’t advocate a specific public policy, but would instead “encourage” members to strive towards the ideal of biblical heterosexuality and monogamy.

I don’t think Pastor Ted realized that there is no “cure”.  If he were authentic, Haggard would accept people as is.  As a Christian, I support people striving to fulfill their own identity.  On the other hand, who knows what he’ll be doing below the water line in Ted’s baptistery.

From Washington Post: President Obama extended Wednesday a wider range of benefits to the same-sex partners of eligible federal workers, including access to medical treatment, relocation assistance, credit unions and fitness centers.

The move goes beyond a memo Obama signed last June, which permitted same-sex partners to use the government’s long-term-care insurance and other fringe benefits. The Office of Personnel Management said Tuesday that same-sex partners will become eligible for such insurance next month.

This is how it should be.

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