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The much-publicized case of Ms. Kimberly Jean Bailey Davis (Ms. Kim Davis) the elected country clerk for Rowan County, KY intrigues me on several levels. Ms. Davis defied an order from Judge David L. Bunning of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky that she issue marriage licenses to same gender couples. ThisRead more

Most mornings, our bedside Bose clock radio sounds an alarm ten minutes before the time I wanted, the night before, to get out of bed. This interval allows my brain and body to communicate over the prospect of arising. Often this dialog takes the following format: Brain to Body: “Get up, you’ve spent too muchRead more

Full disclosure: I am a Judeo-Christian who struggles to profess, witness to, and worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; and I also wrestle with how to serve all my brothers and sisters in imitation of Christ. In the political arena, my politics are those of Jesus Christ resurrected. I think of God as aRead more

I rejoice with my Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters now that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has ruled same sex marriage is a Constitutional right applicable to all states within our country. Legal scholars, as well as those among us not trained in the law, may debateRead more

My family owned a tailor shop in LaGrange, GA. My paternal grandfather, “Daddy Mike” Frosolono opened the shop in the 1920s. My father, Cecil Frosolono, and my paternal grandmother, “Mama Ruth” Frosolono, worked in the shop until after Daddy Mike retired and Cecil died in 1963. Subsequent to Cecil’s death, the family closed the shop.Read more

Why do so many American Christians feel they are being persecuted as a result of the current furor over same sex marriage? The fervent “religious” opposition to same sex marriage and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) persons in general reminds me of the trauma this country went through as a result of rulings fromRead more

My good friend and highly valued former colleague at the old Burroughs-Wellcome pharmaceutical company, Richard Fleck, suggested I could have said a lot more in my previous blog post—Same Sex Marriage: Why The Fuss In Alabama? Rick particularly and rightfully pointed out that I could have invoked Amendment 14, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution:Read more

The controversy over same sex marriage in some jurisdictions, as illustrated by recent events in Alabama with Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court Roy Moore leading the opposition, perplexes but does not surprise me. We need to remember that Justice Moore was previously removed from his position as Chief Justice because he refused aRead more