Let’s make a deal: give us our full civil equality—repeal DOMA, let us marry legally in all fifty states, end DADT, pass ENDA, stop torturing gay kids to death—and we’ll let you have your fucking rainbows back.
Religion
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Christmas, Pope Come Early at Vatican
Um… I think Benedict wishes he was that carpet. (Via Sullivan.)
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Nativity Camel Crushes Church-Goers, and… STOP LAUGHING YOU GUYS!
This is not nearly enough payback for the centuries of war, hatred, and homophobia that Christianity has fostered…BUT OH, BOY! IT’S A START!! Via
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Conservative Christians Are Always Saying That If We Allow Gay Marriage and Let Gays and Lesbians Serve Openly In the Military Then One Day Everyone Will Be Gay and Then the Human Race Will Go Exinct
Looks like they don’t need to worry about that anymore—thanks to science! Using stem cell technology, reproductive scientists in Texas, led by Dr. Richard R. Berhringer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, have produced male and female mice from two fathers…. The achievement of two-father offspring in a species of mammal could be a step […]
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Christianity Today
No to Harry Potter, yes to M-16s: The Salvation Army says it refuses to distribute Harry Potter and Twilight toys collected for needy children because they’re incompatible with the charity’s Christian beliefs. The policy has alarmed a Calgarian who volunteered to sift through a southeast warehouse full of unused, donated items and was alarmed when […]
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“What is Islam?” Class Pulled at Lane Community College
kval.com On Monday, Lane Community College (LCC) in Eugene canceled a winter term, non-credit course called “What is Islam?” that was designed and to be taught by community member Barry Sommer. In a statement issued Monday, LCC administrators said that Sommer’s class “reached the attention of administration after a phone call from a local television […]
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Kentucky’s Batshit “Creation Museum” Is Subsidized By Taxpayers
And now the same douchebags behind the Creation Museum are seeking taxpayer handouts to build a giant fucking replica of Noah’s Fucking Ark. Setting aside the whole separation-of-church-and-state thang for a second: Are any deficit-and-earmark-hatin’ teabaggers going to object to this project?
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O They Will Know We Are Christians…
…by our emails: Seriously, you fucking piece of shit. I don’t care if gay kids kill themselves. I’m glad they kill themselves. I don’t like gay people. Homosexuality is fucking stupid and is an evolutionary dead end. These people are sick in the head and they either need to get help or fuck off and […]
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Former High-Ranking Catholic Theologian: Church Overrun With Homosexual Homophobes
Der Spiegel posts a fascinating interview with former Catholic theologian David Berger: Berger: Ever since Pope Benedict XVI, at the latest, you have to be anti-modern to have a career in the Catholic Church. I criticized the relatively progressive theology and left-wing church policy of Karl Rahner. That is how people noticed me. Because I […]
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How Daniel Baldwin Stole Christmas: An Anti-Atheist Message Movie
In more news about Evangelical Christian pop-culture ephemera, the same friend who turned me on to WinterBand also hipped me to a movie I think you should all know about. I personally never get tired of the “Happy Holidays” vs. “Merry Christmas” debate. Some may say it’s a silly argument over semantics but I, like […]
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Pentecostal Rock Band Saves Souls Via Virtual World Tour
Everyone knows there’s a certain father/son team that is revered above all others by true followers of the Christian faith. I am, of course, talking about Bro. Steve Winter and his son Philip, the guitarist and drummer for WinterBand, the rockin-est Apostolic Pentecostal Christian blues/metal band around! To give you a taste of Bro. Steve […]
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Meet the Possible New Head of the Energy and Commerce Committee
It might be John Shimkus (R-IL). Keep in mind that the Energy and Commerce Committee plays a key role in determining our government’s climate policy. Rep. Shimkus believes that climate change isn’t a problem because God said he wouldn’t destroy the Earth. Shumkus believes the Bible “is the infallible word of God” and so we […]