There were 18 cases this term decided by five-member majorities (17 were 5-to-4 decisions and one, the Pledge of Allegiance case, was 5 to 3 but would surely have been 5 to 4 had Justice Scalia participated; he would certainly have agreed with Chief Justice Rehnquist, in the minority, that the court should rule that "under God" posed no constitutional problem).
The boy behind (what was he staring at?) looks like he's never seen the transvestite son of God posing in front of a crucified skeleton before.
There they were, monkey gods and winged gods, sleeping gods and praying gods, posed around the ornate onion-domed towers of the Sri Ranganatha Temple, awaiting consecration.
Thetis Saw one of her son and Patroclus (his "Friend" was how she'd introduced him to the Gods) posing by a Prospect Park elm tree, Achilles puffing out his cheeks, his arm Around Patroclus' waist.
We thought this sort of thinking died out, after it became apparent that HIV doesn't actually discriminate by sexuality, isn't actually a judgment sent from God, and poses far more of a global problem for those engaging in unprotected straight sex than gay sex.
Saint Laurent made a splash last week when a photo leaked of goth god Marilyn Manson posing for the designer's new ad campaign.
In the poem Vafþrúðnismál, collected in the Poetic Edda, the god Odin poses a question to the jötunn Vafþrúðnir, asking who among mankind will survive when the winter at the end of the world Fimbulvetr occurs.
In another studio, some years previously, John had stuck up a photo of Liverpool footballer Kenny Dalglish, with a handwritten caption: "God, an informal pose".
Xenophanes appears to have been particularly interested in identifying and discouraging conduct that failed to pay due honor to the gods or posed a risk to the stability and well-being of the city (or perhaps both).
Mike: It's an Emma Peel look with a school second XI hockey pose – and God love her for that….
