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...character flaw that brings Presidents down is not a lack of conviction but, perhaps, too much of it. The one unpardonable sin is hubris. "Filegate has legs," insists Republican pollster Frank Luntz--not just because the White House seemed to think it could requisition 900 FBI files with impunity but because it initially dismissed Filegate as a "bureaucratic snafu." It sounded too much like, "We are too far ahead in the polls to give you an adequate explanation...
...know that Scott's a jerk because he's a Christian minister, which in this context is shorthand for hypocritical bastard. He's also deserving of ridicule because he refuses to have premarital sex with his dishy girlfriend Candice (India Landigran), even though, oddly, he seems to live in sin with her. Just to be even-handed, we know that Jane's a jerk because she berates her boyfriend for using styrofoam cups and uses pop-psych lingo, though in temperament she seems less like Oprah than Ilse, She-Wolf...
Homosexuality is an abominable crime to many Christians. It's also something scorned rather than celebrated throughout the history of Western civilization. Still, it's possible to hate the sin and love the sinner. Consider someone who harms himself through smoking or poor eating habits. One can criticize that person's lifestyle, suggest they modify that behavior and still extend them compassion and support...
...condemning the sin of homosexuality or publicly opposing samesex marriages. Say, "It may be true that the two individuals are just as committed as partners in heterosexual unions. But still, good intentions can lead to bad consequences, like undermining the concept of family or shredding the fabric of civil society. This is where I put my foot down...
...Homemade, the Waterbury, Vermont-based superpremium ice-cream maker that vaulted to prominence with its quirky management style and equally quirky flavors, including Chubby Hubby and Chunky Monkey. Ben and Jerry have made a very public effort to put the environment, politics and people before profits--an unpardonable sin in the canon of Wall Street and a style that worked so long as Baby Boomers were ignoring their fat intake and scarfing Cherry Garcia by the pint...