Fred Deutsch’s potty bill is one expression of the Christian right’s persecution complex, their sure sense that they are fighting evildoers (in this case, those darned transgender children who don’t respect…
Tag: religion
Muslim terrorists (I’d add the adjective radical, but isn’t that redundant with terrorist?) killed 130 people and wounded 358 in Paris on November 13. Muslim terrorists killed…
Only 15.5% of Mitchell’s electorate voted yesterday in favor of building an $8-million indoor pool. But since only 28.5% of Mitchell’s electorate came to the polls, that was enough…
The Mitchell Daily Republic publishes the findings of its survey of local churches on gay marriage. Out of 35 churches contacted, only 22 responded. Nineteen said nope, they won’t perform…
Governor Dennis Daugaard is taking no stance on whether South Dakota should accept Syrian refugees, perhaps wisely, since states have no authority in determining who can cross…
A friend sends an image from the Family Heritage Alliance’s latest medicine show that should turn the stomach of all patriots: Right-wing “family values” distractors…
It should be another exciting day at the state Water Management Board meeting today in Pierre. At 1 p.m., the board again takes up the application from the fundamentalist (read “polygamist”)…
Good grief: we’re headed for a 2016 Legislative Session dedicated to the distraction of abortion politics. So signals new South Dakota Right to Life president and District 4…
The Supreme Court of the United States yesterday refused to block a lower court order that Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis issue marriage licenses…
Sorry, no SkepDakota videos! Opportunities for enriching one-on-one conversations arose, and I couldn’t pass that up. Three friends, six hours—entirely worth the journalistic sacrifice. Thank you, dear friends, for…