Shut Your Pie Hole and Go Home

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/05/19/jennifer-knapp-chely-losing-conservative-fans-coming-lesbians/?test=faces Let me get something across to all you readers out there. If a Christian artist "comes out", their album sales are going to be affected, end of story. I have long been a fan of Jennifer Knapp. I remember seeing her in concert more than 10 years ago - she was on stage sitting on a bar stool just her and her guitar. It was incredible. She has an amazing voice, and is incredibly talented. Will I allow my son to listen to her music? No. The fact of the matter is... the words "lesbian" and "Christian" do not coincide. I'm not necessarily saying that homosexuals cannot be saved and cannot be Christians. This is not what I mean. But when someone out there is promoting themselves as a homosexual Christian artist, I'm not going to be a fan, nor will I allow it into my home. I imagine the majority of conservative Christians feel t

Mentally disabled man flew with store card ID As a frequent long-distance flyer, I just don't understand how someone was allowed to board a plane with only a VISA and a Costco card as ID.  Really?  Nothing to verify his citizenship, real name, place of birth, address?  I've never flown anywhere without presenting at the very least my valid passport!  Apparently Doug Tiedeman isn't the only on in this situation operating at the mental capacity of a 12-year-old.  The difference is that Mr. Tiedeman cannot help his condition, the person who checked him in can. I suppose that now when someone asks me for a piece of ID, that I can present my Costco card.  It doesn't matter that the blurry, black and white picture on the back doesn't look a thing like me, the card has absolutely no personal information on it but my name and the only date on it is the date I got my initial membership.  Heck, I know people who have borrowed other people's Costco cards and had no prob

Bullies force 5-year-old off school bus Less than a month ago, people across Canada donned their pink shirts to bring awareness to the growing issue of bullying.  Apparently making people aware of the issue does nothing at all to solve the issue. My heart goes out to little Ryan and his family.  I can't imagine what that family has already gone through with their boy, let alone have to deal with insensitive kids and their ignorant parents. The state of parents in our country these days is a topic that I've heard come up several times over the past couple of days and I can't help but agree with some of the commenters regarding this article. ottawamum said, " The Prairie South School Division should be ashamed of themselves. CBC should provide the names of the school principal, bus driver, board of directors for the school and the bullies themselves. They do not deserve privacy and certainly not the protection they refused to provide for little Ryan. The adults sh

Banff booze banned for long weekend Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks have banned alcohol for the May long weekend! Anyone who has the audacity to open their pie holes over this one needs to shut your pie hole and go home.  If you can't have a good time on a long weekend without booze, you've got bigger issues at hand and should seek help rather than an ammendment to the ban. It's about time some people in our country started promoting a good time that does not include the consumption mind-altering drugs and drinks. Besides, isn't camping supposed to be a family kind of thing?  I'd personally find it difficult to have a good time with my family if the bone-heads at the next site over were too wasted to keep their party contained.  If you want to drink, stay at home or go to a bar.  Those are places where it's acceptable to indulge.  But camping?  Come on and grow up.  Let the families have a good time without the drunks ruining it.  Frankly, I'

A Jesus Christ cartoon is in development at Comedy Central .  "JC is a playful take on religion and society with a sprinkle of dumb.”  This comment makes me wonder just how many Christians and biblical scholars are involved in the creation of this show.  My guess is a big, fat 0. I personally believe that Comedy Central has already gone too far.  I thought cartoons were supposed to be for kids.  Since when is animation R rated?  Apparently clean humour is no longer appreciated. While I appreciate good humour like any real Canadian, I take offense as a Christian when non-believers take all respect and honour away from my Saviour.  I have no doubts that God loves to laugh, the Bible speaks often of the joy of the Father.  I can only imagine Jesus laughing and joking around with his disciples, but to place God in the role of an apathetic, video-gaming father?  That's offensive.  That's disrespect. I'm all for promoting Christianity in as many forms as possible, but

After reading an article on the education of black kids in America, I got to thinking about the education on minorities in Canada - specifically aboriginals.  It is my understanding that anyone with a registered treaty number is entitled to a university education at any public post-secondary school in the country without paying a penny of tuition.  I wonder just how many people take advantage of this opportunity and how many people without a treaty number would give just about anything to gain such an advantage. My proposition is this:  for every registered aboriginal who does not take advantage of a free post-secondary education within a year of graduating high school, award a full-ride scholarship to a young person whose family is on welfare.  This could accomplish two things:  1) more aboriginals would take advantage of furthering their education and/or 2) more financially insecure families could send their young people to university. If everyone plays nice, co-operates and sta

National Day of Prayer goes on despite ruling "America was birthed in prayer and founded on the God of the Bible, on his biblical principles and on his moral values," Day of Prayer organizer Shirley Dobson said. Thank God for people who still have faith and morals!  God bless Shirley Dobson and Rev. Franklin Graham.  Even though the US Army rescinded its invitation to Rev. Graham, I am beyond overjoyed that he refused to back down or apologize for his comments against Islam. Why is it that Muslims can speak out against Christianity and it's call free speech, but when Christians speak out against Muslims, it's called hate speech? It saddens me that the President of the United States does not see the importance of participating in the National Day of Prayer.  Presidents before Obama took seriously counsel from various Christian leaders within the country.  I may not be American, but as Canadians, we feel strongy the effects of our southern neighbour. "In