Rights and Wrongs

Separation Of Church And State Should Work Both Ways

Posted in Gods and Monsters, Rights and Wrongs on December 31st, 2008 by Chris Berry – 3 Comments

The battle between gay rights supporters and defenders of traditional marriage took a bizarre twist this week. The New Jersey State Division On Civil Rights ruled that a lesbian couple could proceed with their discrimination complaint against the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, for refusing to allow the couple to hold a civil union ceremony [...]

Do The Election Results Indicate Tolerance Or Hypocrisy?

Posted in Elections and Voting, Rights and Wrongs on November 6th, 2008 by Chris Berry – Be the first to comment

While the election of our first black president is a historic event that would seem to indicate we are becoming more tolerant as a society, the passage of ballot initiatives in 3 states banning same-sex marriage tells a very different story. Voters in California, Florida and Arizona all passed constitutional amendments that define marriage as [...]

Education Is A Lifelong Process, Not A Birthright

Posted in Jobs and Careers, Rights and Wrongs on June 12th, 2008 by Chris Berry – 3 Comments

Inventing new rights has always been a favorite pastime of liberal politicians, and Senator Obama recently pulled a new one out of his hat when he declared that a college education was the birthright of every American citizen. This proposition is absurd on so many levels that it is impossible to refute them all. I [...]

Healthcare Is Not A Right

Posted in Healthcare, Rights and Wrongs on March 25th, 2008 by Chris Berry – Be the first to comment

With every new presidential election cycle, the debate over healthcare returns to the front burner of American politics. There is no question that we have major problems with the delivery of healthcare services to the uninsured and underinsured among us. A host of complex factors contribute to the problem, not the least of which are [...]