A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

Gulp.

By quinersdiner | October 8, 2014

Fake Muslims?

By quinersdiner | October 8, 2014

A Muslim is mad.

She didn’t like the cartoon I posted on this blog.

“Yes, there are bad Muslims.

Yes, there are also bad Christians.

Yes, there are also bad Jews.”

You see the direction this is going in. Moral equivalency. Muslims, Christians, and Jews are all bad…

Obama leadership: take credit and pass the buck

By quinersdiner | October 7, 2014

This is Down Syndrome Awareness Month

By quinersdiner | October 7, 2014

The operating principle, according to the USA editorial board, is that imperfection is an especially good reason to end a human life, that human life is disposable if he or she is unwanted because of physical flaws.

The Democratic Party supports the principle. Texas Democratic candidate for Governor, Wendy Davis, is leading the charge in the Lone Star state to keep the genocidal practice of late term abortion alive.

Genocidal? Yes, genocidal…

Whoops

By quinersdiner | October 7, 2014

Porn vs faith-based art: which will you support?

By quinersdiner | October 7, 2014

Let me direct: I need your help.

Will you support my Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign? I am trying to raise $15,000 by October 26th to fund my new musical, “The Wedding at Cana.” There are only 19 days left to hit our goal.

Let us gut the first amendment

By quinersdiner | October 6, 2014

I’m re-running this blogpost from two years ago because of a response that came in today from a contentious Muslim. Check back tomorrow for her angry comment and my response.

God works in mysterious ways

By quinersdiner | October 5, 2014

What is the sex act?

By quinersdiner | October 4, 2014

Flannery O’Connor was a great American writer and essayist who died 50 years ago.images
The never-married Ms. O’Connor was also a staunch Catholic…

Would you chop off a head over a football penalty?

By quinersdiner | October 4, 2014

“I’m a Catholic; I know that islam is not the way, but when you can get an apparent muslim to tell you that his religion fosters raving, homicidal lunatics — at the drop of a hat, or a penalty flag — that’s quite a thing.”

Des Moines Register publishes Quiner!

By quinersdiner | October 4, 2014

[This piece appeared in the Des Moines Register this morning.] THE DAY THE POPE CAME TO IOWA By Tom Quiner “Look at all those people down there!” said Pope John II from his helicopter. He saw long, winding rows of people in the fields at Living History Farms below. “They must be standing in line for confession.” “Ahh, no Your Holiness,” said his aide, “I think they’re waiting in line for…

The battle of football prayers

By quinersdiner | October 3, 2014

“The penalty is another example of America’s religious bias.” “Freedom of expression and religion are important tenets of American life. But in an age when corporations have the right to impose what they call Christian values on their secular work force, we should wonder if a Muslim boss would be granted the same permission. Considering the move of some states to ‘ban’ shariah law, we can probably guess the answer to that.” — Erika Stutzman, Daily Camera, Oct. 1, 2014.