Image depicted on the left is the Venus (female) symbol. Image depicted on the right is the Mars (male) symbol. (from here)

SB 868 Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action is awaiting Governor Ralph Northam’s signature. The title, since all discrimination is now supposedly awful, makes the bill sound great, but the idea is to make our government the arbiter of public morality. Don’t we all admire the high moral standards of politicians?

Since the bill is utterly foolish, The Family Foundation issued an action alert. They want everyone to hound Northam into amending the bill to protect churches and religious schools from this stupidity (see below). Personally, I think subject legislation needs to be fought on First Amendment grounds to protect EVERYONE’S freedom of religion. So, I don’t think asking for an exemption makes sense. Instead, I think Christians need to practice civil disobedience and…

Model for Introspection by the sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder (1870-1945). Photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son (from here (en.wikipedia.org))

WHY DON’T WE TAKE THE TIME TO THINK?

It is one of the chronic complaints of our era. “I have no time to think!” Supposedly, we are too busy, but that does not seem to be true. The truth seems to be that we are too busy keeping busy. Why? Consider this excerpt from No Time to Think  (nytimes.com).

“We had noted how wedded to our devices we all seem to be and that people seem to find any excuse they can to keep busy,” said Timothy Wilson, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia and lead author of the study. “No one had done a simple study letting people go off on their own and think.”

The results surprised him and have created a stir in the…