Scrolling around...April 11, 2013

This bilious hatred and lack of respect for the dead is a disturbing new low in British life
...But even as I listened to these mostly measured speeches I could not get out of my mind the foul and disgusting things that have been said or written about her over recent days by comedians, politicians, pop stars, a few journalists (I regret to say) and ordinary people.

Never in modern times, and probably not in the entire history of these islands, has the demise of a public figure been greeted with such euphoria and wild expressions of hate. The death of Margaret Thatcher has revealed something very unpleasant, and rather unexpected, about our country...

In Pictures: Savage Islamic Attack on St. Mark Cathedral Allowed by Egyptian Forces
...To recap: After last Sunday’s St. Mark Cathedral funeral service for Egypt’s most recent Christian victims of jihad — including one man set aflame — gangs of Muslims attacked the Christian mourners, resulting in the deaths of two more Copts, including one shot through the heart. Hundreds of Christians retreated back into the cathedral — both to get out of harm’s way, and to protect their holiest site. They were trapped there all night, enduring projectile and firebomb attacks. State Security also opened fire on the cathedral, including through tear-gas.

Several Egyptian media outlets and newspapers, especially the popular Youm7, have published a variety of pictures showing mobs, if not terrorists, attacking the cathedral in front of absolutely indifferent, possibly approving, security forces. Some of these pictures...
$2.4 million worth of U.S. tear gas arrives in Egypt, Christians attacked

President Morsi must stop violence against Copts
...The Egyptian daily Al Masry al Youm filmed a video showing members of the riot police not taking any action against men throwing stones towards the cathedral. In some footage, the men are seen apparently telling the police to shoot tear gas at the cathedral walls, with the police appearing to comply...

IRS: We can read emails without warrant
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has claimed that agents do not need warrants to read people's emails, text messages and other private electronic communications, according to internal agency documents...

A further thought on the collective 'ownership' of children
By now, everyone has had an opportunity to be duly horrified by Melissa Harris-Perry's MSNBC video, in which she called for a "collective notion" of children, which can only be achieved if we "break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities."...
Yours, Mine, And Ours

Elderly Christian florist faces thousands in fines for refusing to provide flowers for gay ‘wedding’
...Her attorney has responded that Stutzman does not hate homosexuals. "This is about gay marriage, it’s not about a person being gay,” J.D. Bristol said. “She has a conscientious objection to homosexual marriage, not homosexuality."

The combination of legalizing same-sex “marriage” and odious “anti-discrimination” laws have faithful Christians saying their freedom of religion is being violated. And the court cases are piling up...