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Inside The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes’ stunning fairytale wedding
The Wanted star Nathan Sykes has shared the first pictures from his wedding to Charlotte Burke, which took…
#NewsBeep #News #Celebrities #Entertainment #JayMcGuiness #MarriedatFirstSight #MaxGeorge #TheWanted #TomParker #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://blogmagazine2025.blogspot.com/2025/06/kelsey-parker-reveals-heartbreaking_23.html
#KelseyParker #TomParker #LifeAfterLoss #GriefJourney #HeartbreakingTruth #StrengthThroughSadness #HealingAfterLoss #CelebrityNews #KelseySpeaks #TomParkerTribute #InTheSpotlight #MentalHealthMatters #LoveAndLoss #WidowLife #RealityOfGrief #FamousButHuman #EmotionalReveal #TrendingNow #BlogBuzz2025 #PopCultureNews #ViralUpdate #InspiringThroughPain #TrueStrength #BreakingStory #HeartfeltMoment -
"If there is a silver lining from this ruling out of Alabama, it’s that people are waking up to the radical Christian worldview that has infected right-wing politics and the judiciary…and the threat it poses to our nation."
~ Todd Beeton
#Alabama #theocracy #dominionism #TomParker #Republicans
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/seven-mountains-mandate-parker-johnson
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Parker et al. intend to impose those ancient, pre-modern, pre-scientific, misogynistic authority figures —by way of highly selected texts — on all of us, and to claim that these highly selected texts represent "the" tradition set in stone for all eternity. Take it or leave it. "The" tradition says. And law now says, as it cites these authorities.
Reject this and call it nonsense, and you're rejecting God and calling down "His" wrath.
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So OF COURSE Alabama judge Parker would be a fanboy of Thomas Aquinas, since what he and his party want to do with their attacks on abortion and IVF and, in all likelihood soon, contraception, is to control women.
What Parker et al. are about is finding ancient authorities imbued with patriarchal, pre-scientific assumptions, to impose as "the" authorities on 21st-century thinking about human reproduction.
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• In pregnancy, a woman is merely an incubator for what really matters in the process of reproduction, the "little man" that the male, as the active agent of reproduction, places in the passive receptacle provided by the female.
• Sperm, what happens to it, where it goes, what it does, whether its potential to create life is respected, is supreme in this sexual ethical system. Males count supremely. Women are…just there.
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• Hovering in the background of this thinking is the assumption — here Aquinas is indebted to Aristotle, who knew nothing much about the actual biological facts of reproduction — that sperm is sacred. Sperm is life itself, in this way of thinking. Wasting sperm militates against life itself.
• Aristotle and Aquinas thought that reproduction involves the penis placing in the passive receptacle of the womb a "little man," a homunculus.
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• Therefore anything — anything at all — that interferes with the "natural" purpose of human reproduction is deeply sinful. Whether that "anything" be masturbation, homosexual sex, contraception, coitus interruptus: anything.
• With this line of reasoning, Aquinas taught that for a man to rape a woman is less sinful than for a man to masturbate. Rape at least does not thwart the "natural" purpose of sexuality, while masturbation does.
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• Aquinas' neoscholastic theology was long the foundation of Catholic theology in general.
• Aquinas' natural-law theology, which draws heavily on the philosophy of Aristotle (and on Aristotle's biological assumptions), remains foundational for official Catholic teaching about sexual morality.
• This theology teaches that "nature" demonstrates, if we think about it, that the purpose of sexual intercourse is reproduction.
#ThomasAquinas #TomParker #Alabama #IVF #reproduction #embryos
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In addition to a 17th-century Dutch theologian (Petrus van Mastricht) and the King James bible, one of the authorities cited by Alabama chief justice Parker in his ruling on IVF is the medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas. Parker's ruling cites Aquinas six times.
As someone with an M.A. and Ph.D. in historical theology — from a Catholic university — I know a little about Aquinas. Here are some salient points:
#ThomasAquinas #TomParker #Alabama #IVF #reproduction #embryos
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#TomParker added in the #QAnon interview that the country’s original form of govt was based on the #Bible, a common view of supporters of the #SevenMountainMandate, & that its #laws should reflect that. Scholars criticize that interpretation….
Still, Parker’s support for the movement is not new.
“The very God of Holy Scriptures, the Creator, is the source of #law, life, & liberty,” he said in 2005 on his FIRST DAY as an #Alabama *justice*. -
The day the #Alabama SC released its #embryo decision & Parker’s concurrent ruling, the chief justice said in an online broadcast that “God created government” & that #Christians should take it back from the “possession” of *others*.
The comments came during an interview w/ #QAnon supporter #JohnnyEnlow, author of “The Seven Mountain Prophecy.” Enlow describes #TomParker as a “true pioneer” of the movement, while Parker thanked Enlow for promoting the #SevenMountainMandate. -
#TomParker has often expressed support for the #SevenMountainMandate, a theory that #conservative #Christians in #America should use #fundamentalist beliefs to influence & run #government, #education & #media, among 7 key areas of life. Its supporters have sought to restrict #ReproductiveCare while allowing #discrimination of #LGBTQ+ people for #religious beliefs.
#Alabama #IVF #law #evangelism #ChristianNationalism #MaleSupremacy #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy #ReproductiveRights
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#TomParker also wrote that #Roe was wrong in arguing that states couldn’t #ban #abortions before #viability.
#Mississippi cited that line of reasoning in its case to challenge Roe at #SCOTUS, a move his supporters say helped pave the way for Roe’s fall in 2022.
#Alabama #IVF #law #evangelism #ChristianNationalism #MaleSupremacy #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy #ReproductiveRights #Theocracy
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#Alabama #justice who quoted #Bible in #IVF case
…in nearly 20 yrs on the bench…[Chief Justice #TomParker] has repeatedly invoked religion…laying groundwork to overturn #RoeVWade.
Parker has also openly criticized other judges for not sufficiently considering #religion in rulings & has expressed support for the theory known as the #SevenMountainMandate which calls for #conservative #Christians to run the #government & broadly influence #American life.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/24/alabama-chief-justice-tom-parker-ivf/ -
The people of #Alabama, he said, decided all this was #PublicPolicy.
“It is as if the People of Alabama took what was spoken of the prophet Jeremiah & applied it to every unborn person in this state: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, Before you were born I sanctified you.’”
Did I say it wasn’t a sermon? It was definitely a sermon.
#law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
#Alabama #law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
#Alabama #law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
#Alabama #law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
#Alabama #law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
#Alabama #law #ReproductiveRights #IVF #Religion #Theocracy #MaleSupremacy #TomParker #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
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From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html -
From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html -
From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html -
From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html -
From the incomparable #JohnArchibald:
#Alabama Supreme Court is a #theocracy
#AlabamaSupremeCourt chief justice #TomParker was downright gleeful.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
#law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianMaleSupremacy
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/archibald-alabama-supreme-court-is-a-theocracy.html -
#Evangelical #Christians ignoring or openly opposing the (supposed) separation of church and state in the U.S. is nothing new. But this particular Christian, #TomParker, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of #Alabama. And this same justice ruled this week that frozen #embryos are "extrauterine children".
And so our "democracy" speeds further toward theocracy...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-justice-embryos-biblical-seven-mountains-rcna139969
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#Alabama #SupremeCourt #Justice Who #Ruled That #Embryos Are ‘#Children’ Appeared On #QAnon #Conspiracist's #show
#ChiefJustice #TomParker indicated on the #show he was a proponent of the “#SevenMountainsMandate,” an #explicitly #theocratic #doctrine at the heart of #Christiannationalism (#Fascism)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-parker-alabama-ivf-embryo_n_65d7ea34e4b0cc1f2f7b3e26
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#Alabama #SupremeCourt #Justice Who #Ruled That #Embryos Are ‘#Children’ Appeared On #QAnon #Conspiracist's #show
#ChiefJustice #TomParker indicated on the #show he was a proponent of the “#SevenMountainsMandate,” an #explicitly #theocratic #doctrine at the heart of #Christiannationalism (#Fascism)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-parker-alabama-ivf-embryo_n_65d7ea34e4b0cc1f2f7b3e26
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#Alabama #SupremeCourt #Justice Who #Ruled That #Embryos Are ‘#Children’ Appeared On #QAnon #Conspiracist's #show
#ChiefJustice #TomParker indicated on the #show he was a proponent of the “#SevenMountainsMandate,” an #explicitly #theocratic #doctrine at the heart of #Christiannationalism (#Fascism)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-parker-alabama-ivf-embryo_n_65d7ea34e4b0cc1f2f7b3e26
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#Alabama #SupremeCourt #Justice Who #Ruled That #Embryos Are ‘#Children’ Appeared On #QAnon #Conspiracist's #show
#ChiefJustice #TomParker indicated on the #show he was a proponent of the “#SevenMountainsMandate,” an #explicitly #theocratic #doctrine at the heart of #Christiannationalism (#Fascism)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-parker-alabama-ivf-embryo_n_65d7ea34e4b0cc1f2f7b3e26
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#Alabama #SupremeCourt #Justice Who #Ruled That #Embryos Are ‘#Children’ Appeared On #QAnon #Conspiracist's #show
#ChiefJustice #TomParker indicated on the #show he was a proponent of the “#SevenMountainsMandate,” an #explicitly #theocratic #doctrine at the heart of #Christiannationalism (#Fascism)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-parker-alabama-ivf-embryo_n_65d7ea34e4b0cc1f2f7b3e26
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#Alabama #justice who #ruled #embryos are #people says #American #law should be rooted in #Christian #beliefs
#TomParker, #chiefjustice of the #Alabama #SupremeCourt, expressed his #support for the #SevenMountainsMandate, a once-#fringe #philosophy that calls on #evangelical #Christians to #reshape #American #law and #society based on their #hateful #beliefs.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-justice-embryos-biblical-seven-mountains-rcna139969
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#Alabama #justice who #ruled #embryos are #people says #American #law should be rooted in #Christian #beliefs
#TomParker, #chiefjustice of the #Alabama #SupremeCourt, expressed his #support for the #SevenMountainsMandate, a once-#fringe #philosophy that calls on #evangelical #Christians to #reshape #American #law and #society based on their #hateful #beliefs.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-justice-embryos-biblical-seven-mountains-rcna139969
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#Alabama #justice who #ruled #embryos are #people says #American #law should be rooted in #Christian #beliefs
#TomParker, #chiefjustice of the #Alabama #SupremeCourt, expressed his #support for the #SevenMountainsMandate, a once-#fringe #philosophy that calls on #evangelical #Christians to #reshape #American #law and #society based on their #hateful #beliefs.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-justice-embryos-biblical-seven-mountains-rcna139969
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#Alabama #justice who #ruled #embryos are #people says #American #law should be rooted in #Christian #beliefs
#TomParker, #chiefjustice of the #Alabama #SupremeCourt, expressed his #support for the #SevenMountainsMandate, a once-#fringe #philosophy that calls on #evangelical #Christians to #reshape #American #law and #society based on their #hateful #beliefs.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-justice-embryos-biblical-seven-mountains-rcna139969
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#Alabama #justice who #ruled #embryos are #people says #American #law should be rooted in #Christian #beliefs
#TomParker, #chiefjustice of the #Alabama #SupremeCourt, expressed his #support for the #SevenMountainsMandate, a once-#fringe #philosophy that calls on #evangelical #Christians to #reshape #American #law and #society based on their #hateful #beliefs.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alabama-justice-embryos-biblical-seven-mountains-rcna139969