So says eHarmony CEO Neil Clark Warren in this CNBC video, in which he also laments the armed guards he was required to hire to protect himself from fellow Christians made furious by eHarmony’s attorney general-ordered site for same-sex couples. Thank you for the heads up, Towleroad.
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Southern Baptist Leader Calls Bigotry “The Heart and Soul of Scouting”
Crooks and Liars says: Dr. Richard Land, who is in charge of addressing social, moral, and ethical concerns as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, says that dropping the ban on gay members and LGBT leaders will be a “catastrophe” for the Boy Scouts of America because excluding homosexuals represents […]
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Are You Christian, Attractive, and Semi-Literate? Then Do We Have the “Audtion” for YOU!
Hot tipper Amy* sent this pic to our mailbox, depicting a billboard currently hanging on the east side of the Burnside Bridge. Now I’ve done a lot of theater, but have never been to an “audtion”—so naturally I was intrigued, and immediately went to the AMTC (Actors Models and Talent for Christ) website where I […]
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Alan de Botton’s Ten Commandments for Atheists
Writer Alan de Botton just released a list of Ten Commandments for Atheists, which is a flashy title for what boils down to a non-religiously based list of ways to be less of a dick to other people. I particularly like the entries for “humour” (BRITS!) and “politeness.” My favorite definition of “a sense of […]
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Mark Driscoll on President Obama’s Inauguration
Mars Hill Pastor Mark “God’s Tool” Driscoll tweeted about the inauguration this morning: Hey, Pastor Mark: Go fuck yourself. (Via Christian Nightmares.)
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Headline of the Day, Week, Month, Year, Decade
SF Chronicle: Sources: Cross-dressing meth priest liked sex in rectory And, oh, it gets better: The Catholic priest busted for allegedly dealing crystal meth was suspended after church officials discovered he was a cross-dresser who was having sex in the rectory at Bridgeport’s St. Augustine Cathedral. Monsignor Kevin Wallin was relieved of his duties in […]
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Let’s Go to Florida and “Passively Distribute” the Koran, the Book of Mormon, God Is Not Great, and The Joy of Gay Sex Inside Public High Schools and See How That Goes Over
Meanwhile in Florida: Orange County school leaders are allowing members of World Changers of Florida to passively distribute Bibles to students Wednesday…. Passive distribution means the group cannot have any contact with students and can’t even speak to them. The Bibles will be placed on an unattended table for distribution in a location where students […]
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Today in Very Logical Explanations, I’m Sure
GUYS! When you watch this NBC report about a priest who dials 911 because he’s trapped in a pair of handcuffs while wearing a leather mask and a gag in his mouth, please do not jump to conclusions! Look. There are all sorts of very logical reasons why this respected religious figure could’ve been caught […]
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The Book of Mormon Is as Great and as Funny as You’ve Heard It Is
Full disclosure: I’m not what you would call an “expert” when it comes to Broadway musicals. What I am (marginally) more of an expert on is (A) what it’s like to spend the first 18 years of one’s life as seemingly the only non-Mormon in the entirety of Salt Lake City, and (B) South Park. […]
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That Motherfucking Power-Hungry, Self-Aggrandized Bigot In the Stupid Fucking Hat Joins Twitter
And the pope has lots of followers… …but I’m one of them. Hard to say how many other folks, like me and Rob Delaney, are following the pope for shits and giggles. But some folks are following the pope because they’re still pretty pissed about all those raped kids: The first papal tweet has been […]
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Rick Warren: Homosexuality is Like Arsenic, Consensual Gay Sex Like Punching Someone In the Nose
I hope Rev. Asshole gets to give the invocation at President Obama’s second inauguration. (But it’s okay—Rick’s got gay friends. So he can’t be homophobic.)
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Judge Sentences Teenager to Ten Years of Church
ThinkProgress links to an interesting story from AllGov.com: [Tyler] Alred, 17, pled guilty to manslaughter after he drove his vehicle into a tree, killing a 16-year-old passenger, John Luke Dum. Alred had been drinking, but was not legally drunk. Because Alred was prosecuted as a youthful offender, Norman had more discretion in deciding the teen’s […]