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...Nobody likes to be accused of prooftexting, but in a soundbite culture, it's hard to resist - so darn tasty. Here's a typical exchange: Opponents of gay marriage cite Leviticus 18:22: "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. It is an abomination." They also like Romans 1:26-7: "For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions... the men... committing shameless acts with men." But gay marriage defenders note that Leviticus also orders the faithful to stone mouthy children to death, and that the "dishonorable passions" passage can be read to equate...
...that we're able to balance and combine everything," says 23-year-old vocalist and keyboard player Armi Millare. "We would get bored if we got stuck within a certain style." She, along with guitarist Carlos Tañada, 25, bassist Paul Yap, 25, and drummer Ean Mayor, 23, cite eclectic musical reference points, from the fey electronica of Zero 7 to the studied cool of David Sylvian. It makes for music that manages to be both thoughtful and sensual. "A band like this doesn't come around more than once in every 10 years," says Rock Drilon, founder...
Some of this receptivity may reflect biblical viability. On immigration (as opposed to, say, gay marriage) it is liberals who get to cite specific verses to sanction their cause, while anti-immigration conservatives must fall back on a "sense" of Scripture. "In the Old Testament, God speaks of being the God of the aliens about 103 times. That's a lot," says Paul Lim, a Vanderbilt University Divinity School professor writing a book on the theology of immigration. The New Testament, he notes, features not just Jesus' famous criterion for the saved--"I was a stranger, and you welcomed...
...elsewhere, the local diocese has essentially shouldered all of the administrative blame - and taken the financial hit - for the priest perpetrators and the bishops who failed to prevent their crimes, with no reference or responsibility assigned to the hierarchy in Rome. Still, victims' lawsuits frequently cite the Holy See, the Vatican-based juridical headquarters of the 1.1 billion-strong Catholic Church, and the Pope himself...
...Pricing aside, why has the country's art output suddenly become so attractive? There hasn't been an explosion of art colleges; nor has the country been seized with the kind of sweeping social movement that inspires fresh outbursts of radical art. Instead, experts cite external influences. "Artists are better because they are more exposed to international art," explains Amir Sidharta of Sidharta Auctioneer. "Traveling abroad has helped many Indonesian artists develop their identities and own way of painting." The resulting work appeals to both domestic collectors in search of something new, and overseas buyers seeking work with reference points...