Tag Archives: After the Ball

Satan is Beginning to Show His Hand More Clearly

Posted on February 9, 2023 by David E Smith

It’s as if Satan is coming out in full force, red tights and all – if not literally, then metaphorically. What else can be said of the performance of “Unholy” at the Grammy Awards this past Sunday night?

Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Media Watch | Tagged After the Ball, drag queens, GRAMMY Awards, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, Shout Your Abortion | Comments Off

Yea, Though I Walk Through The Uncanny Valley

Posted on May 18, 2020 by David E Smith

Recently, as I perused the social media headlines about the present plague year, I came across a news item whose image featured the governor of Pennsylvania and his secretary of health, Dr. Rachel Levine, who is, in fact, a man. It struck me because the news was not about Dr. Levine's chimeric redefinition. The presentation of such an incongruity--an appointed official whose gender LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) is only slightly more convincing than that of Corporal Maxwell Klinger--without the slightest batting of an eyelash, is the whole game in a nutshell.

Posted in Faith, Sexuality | Tagged After the Ball, Corporal Maxwell Klinger, Dr. Rachel Levine, gender LARP, Hunter Madsen, Marshall Kirk‎, NuThink | Comments Off

It’s All Queer, All Year

Posted on June 25, 2019 by David E Smith

What if I told you that a community of American citizens who are defined by a set of subjective, self-disclosed, and self-defined characteristics and personal behaviors have designated at least 163 days of the calendar year to national and international observances honoring their choices? What if I also told you that the group made up only a fraction of the U.S. population? What would you think?

You would probably have two questions: who are these people and what gives?

“These people” are members of the LGBTQ+ syndicate and we’re right in the middle of their annual “LGBT Pride Month.” If …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Aaron and Melissa Klein, After the Ball, Albert Mohler, Ally Week, and Biphobia, Aromantic Awareness Week, Asexuality Awareness Week, Barronelle Stutzman, Bisexual Awareness Week, Bisexual Health Awareness Month, Celebrate Bisexuality Day, Chai Feldblum, Day of Silence, Harvey Milk Day, International Day Against Homophobia, International Drag Day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, International Lesbian Day, International Non-Binary People's Day, International Stand Up to Bullying Day, International Transgender Day of Visibility, Intersex Awareness Day, Intersex Day of Remembrance (or Intersex Solidarity Day), Jack Phillips, Jr., Lesbian Visibility Day, LGBT History Month, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National Coming Out Day, National GLBT Health Awareness Week, No Name-Calling Week, Pan Pride Day, Pan Visibility Day, Pride month, Pulse Night of Remembrance, Spirit Day, Trans Parent Day, Transgender Awareness Week, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transphobia, World AIDS Day, Zero Discrimination Day | Comments Off