Today's occasion for a diary is a clever piece in Politico by Joshua Zeitz about recent Supreme Court decisions. Apparently, the ruling faction of the current Supreme Court believes in a doctrine called originalism, which argues that:

all statements in the constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding "at the time it was adopted".

I’m as liberal as all of you put together. Go to the mystical core of almost every religion and you get this: Help the poor; the suffering. Conduct yourself fairly and graciously.

I am totally not a religious person. But I find comfort in the thought that when religious sects support transgender people it opens the Constitutional right of freedom of (or from) religion for use by our side. I'm so tired of seeing that used only to claim a dubious freedom to discriminate.

The Church of England has "turned a corner" after its ruling body voted overwhelming in favour of welcoming transgender people, the vicar who brought the motion said.

Those dudes in the white sheets in Saudi Arabia, the ones ruling that country pretending to be king and princes and all that utter nonsense, are really pissing me off.

In July the General Synod of the Church of England will vote on creation of a special service to celebrate a transgender Christian's transition.

The controversial motion has dismayed traditionalists, who say the Bible teaches that gender is God-given.

I'm a little late on this...mainly because I didn't know about it until last night.

From the website:

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and AG Ken Paxton briefed "faith leaders" on SB6 at a Hyde Park Baptist Church event in Austin. The event was called by the "US Pastor Council".

The Winter Solstice this year is more meaningful than any of the 0ther 79 I have experienced. Having been a Roman Catholic until 21 and then a Born Again Evangelical for many years after that I slowly discovered that it was all fake. Now I see the Pagan influence in every aspect of this season's sham celebration of the birth of Christ.