Christians, Jews, in soft moment, embrace Muslim bramblebush

A dozen people gather outside the Chattanooga Muslim temple Friday to express unity with Muslims worshiping inside the building. At left, the Rev. Carol Howard Merritt; center, the Rev. Brian Merritt. (Photo Beth Foster. See other photos on Facebook) By David Tulis A group of Christians, jews and secularists gathered for prayer and commiseration Friday […]

Davis’ interposition defies lawless authority; Republicans disappoint

Kim Davis, a good faith county clerk By Matt Trewhella Kim Davis and the other clerks in Kentucky who are defying an immoral and unconstitutional Supreme Court ruling are to be commended. Precious few magistrates in our nation have decided not to pay homage to the Supreme Court. The ruling is immoral because it impugns […]

Tulis yanks texts suggesting 10 ‘relators’ here could oust governor

I am retracting two essays on Tennessee’s relator statute, whose powers to remove high public officials from office are less than I asserted. (Photo David Tulis) By David Tulis I stand corrected in my coverage of Tennessee’s relator law in which I argued the statute allows 10 citizens to sue a governor or high official […]

UT gently prods ‘genderlessness’ onto tips of Tennesseans’ tongues

The University of Tennessee’s Pride Center seeks to bring common parlance into a phase of genderlessness. (Photo University of Tennessee) [Our text is not intended to create in your mind a spell of fun-making at those who “struggle over identity” or live outside the “gender binary” that is a corrupting influence from the physical world […]

In gay market bubble, ‘queer’ floats to top as phantom asset

Renahe Pride Center, this entity was formerly The OUTreach: LGBTQ+ & Ally Resource Center. (Photo UT Knoxville) By David Tulis State government’s university system is celebrating the claim of gay theory upon the rainbow, spreading under its banner a host of fruity programs affirming activists’ grip on reality. Knowing the lingual limitations of the taxpaying […]

Haslam, Slatery refuse to defend marriage; Womick demands protection

Gov. Bill Haslam By David Tulis Tennesseans have great reason to be dissatisfied — even angry — at high officials in state government. The fault is their lapse in government, their unwillingness to represent the interests of the people as regards marriage and the unborn. The first lapse occurred 32 years ago, in 1973, when […]

Pro-gay ‘discrimination’ city code update will crimp souls, ricochet

Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? — Matthew 7:16 By David Tulis The rainbow cult in city government wishes to toughen its discrimination bans, a move that is part of the gay lobby’s fastidious but dreary theory of American culture. That idea is for a caste system in culture, with the […]

The peril of marrying under state license vs. liberty of common law union

By Matt Trewhella Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license from the state in order to marry their future spouse. They do this unquestioningly. They do it because their pastor has told them to go get one, and besides, “everybody else gets one.” This essay […]

Passive, pessimistic city pulpits face invigorating conflict

By Bojidar Marinov / From Axe to the Root For anyone who has followed and understands the relationship between church leadership and civil government in the U.S. in the last 50 years, declarations of American pastors pledging civil disobedience in case the Supreme Court decides to favor sodomite “marriage” (like this one, for example, or […]

What county clerk Bill Knowles should have said

Phyllis Wood and Rhiannan Pierce obtained a statutory marriage Friday thanks to a complaint county clerk, Bill Knowles. (Photo wdef.com TV12) By David Tulis Hamilton County clerk Bill Knowles capitulated Friday after the federal high court issued an opinion overturning marriage and creating gay marriage as a national standard. Had God ordained Mr. Knowles to […]