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by Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

A new chapter in America’s moral revolution came today as Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio withdrew from giving the benediction at President Obama’s second inaugural ceremony. In a statement released to the White House and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Giglio said that he withdrew because of the furor that emerged yesterday after a liberal watchdog group revealed that almost 20 years ago he had preached a sermon in which he had stated that homosexuality is a sin and that the “only way out of a homosexual lifestyle … is through the healing power of Jesus.”

In other words, a Christian pastor has been effectively disinvited from delivering an inaugural prayer because he believes and teaches Christian truth.

( Read the rest at Crosswalk.com )

"Ultimately, even though I think the company has some serious issues that they must address, I like Livejournal. I like the platform itself, most of my friends are on it, and I'm not at all morally opposed to getting rid of the chan. It's the method and Livejournal's piss-poor customer service, the fact that Livejournal staffers have been patronizing and rude to their customers, and a general sense of Livejournal not getting the big picture that has left me very irritated."

You can read the whole article here, but Cygnet has basically crystallized my feelings about the whole mess, even a short blurb about the less-than-stellar side (the *facepalm* side) of fandom everyone is ignoring in this time of fannish-solidarity.