
10.14.2006
Baylor v. Texas Tonight

Fascinating

Sex. Religion and Law
There was a story in the DMN about a lawsuit filed by a former pre-school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Dallas.
Quick facts: She gets pregnant while unmarried and then, according to a lawsuit, a meeting was called by her employer where she was asked questions of “Were you a virgin when you had sex with the child’s father?” and “Why can’t you just get married to the child’s father?” She also alleges that at another meeting, the human resources director told her that “she was not living a Christian lifestyle” and that she would have to sign a statement agreeing not to have premarital sex if she wanted to keep her job.
The church was going to let her go but finally let her stay as a part time employee. There are laws prohibiting the discrimination against pregnant women, so she sues.
My (irrelevant) take on the matter: I don't have any problem with the church's actions at all. This is the "other side" of the much hated "Separation of Church and State" doctrine. Just like the government shouldn't require prayer in school, it also should not interfere by reviewing what standards a church uses in the matters of hiring and firing. And Texas courts routinely back out of church related suits - it's called the "Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine."
Lots of "doctrines" in the law.
Lightening Never Strikes Twice . . . Or Does It?

10.13.2006
Bab's F Bomb
Even the straight laced Today Show informed me this week that Barbara Streisand dropped an F Bomb in her concert this week. Apparantly she was going on an anti-George Bush rant when a fan yelled at her to shut up and sing.
And then she dropped The Bad Word.
Someone had a video camera. Someone put it on youtube here. (Warning: It contains a bad . . . oh, you know.)
"They're All White Up"
Crazy Football Stat

Borat
"Ghetto Fabulous"

Really Cool or Really Sad

10.12.2006
Katie Couric's . . .
. . . proposed "sign offs" for her new gig on the CBS Evening News. (As seen on David Letterman last night.)
31 seconds and well worth it. (And that last one strangely turned me on.)
Entertainingly Painful


MADD

Drug Lair?

Bulls - Eagles

Good Night and Good Luck

Sports, Planes, and Death
Famous sports people that died in plane crashes (I didn't know of):
Knute Rockne, Notre Dame coach, 1931
Rocky Marciano, Boxer, 1969
Rex Dockery, former Tech coach, 1983
Brook Berringer, great Nebraska QB, 1996 (I must have forgotten this)
Marshall football team, 43 players, 1970
Ethnic Diversity 101
A curious Blog reader brought to my attention that the web site of the local Republicans has a link for "contact information" for all of the fall candidates. On that link (a pdf file), you get to see the basic information for the candidates - the normal junk - with the exception of the very interesting category of "ethnicity."
Why is that on there?
(And the sheet even lets you know "AE" stands for "American European".)
10.11.2006
Paris Hilton Pumps Gas
I Don't Do Traffic Reports
But it looks like 114 at the Denton/Wise County line is completely shut down and will stay that way until 7:00 p.m. (If I'm wrong, blame WBAP.)
News You May Already Know
Amen

Although Your Chances Of Getting Killed Remain The Same (Or Slightly Higher)

"Lost" Thoughts

10.10.2006
Channel 5 News

A Second One? That's A Little Nerve Racking.

Poddy Humor

Who Sued Kroger? And Won? Until . . .

Let's Get A Little Sappy
10.09.2006
Sports Illustrated's "Cheerleader Of The Week"

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