CNN: Ted Haggard, the megachurch pastor and former National Association of Evangelicals chief whose career was undone by a gay prostitution and drugs scandal in 2006, is expected to talk about the next step in his career Wednesday. With his family by his side at his Colorado Springs home, Haggard is expected to a make […]
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Trick Question!
The NYT reports on the Catholic Church’s efforts to keep out the gays and the kiddie rapists: Every job interview has its awkward moments, but in recent years, the standard interview for men seeking a life in the Roman Catholic priesthood has made the awkward moment a requirement. “When was the last time you had […]
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Today in Catholicism
To quote my mother: “It’s like they’re trying to make Lutherans of us all.” Sister Margaret was a senior administrator of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix. A 27-year-old mother of four arrived late last year, in her third month of pregnancy. According to local news reports and accounts from the hospital and some of its […]
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The Pocket Altar Boy
I was in NYC last week—for reasons I won’t go into—and dropped by the SoHo branch of Babeland, the Seattle-spawned, continent-straddling sex-toy empire. A member of Babeland’s knowledgeable staff, the lovely and talented Pam, was excited to introduce me to a new and very popular sex toy: The Sqweel. The Sqweel isn’t just giving copy […]
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“Being Hated Pays My Bills”: An Exclusive Interview with Spencer Pratt
This Friday Matt “The Law” Lindland, Olympic wrestler and former Republican nominee for the House of Representatives, will be facing off in the Rose Garden against “King” Kevin Casey. Casey is an up-and-coming fighter in the MMA (mixed martial arts) who earned a brown belt under Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend, Rickson Gracie. Exuding extreme intensity over […]
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The Pope Is Projecting
The pope who ignored, facilitated, collaborated, in general lent a hand to mass child rape—that very same pope—had this to say about my marriage this afternoon: Pope Benedict XVI yesterday condemned gay marriage and abortion as “among the most insidious and dangerous challenges” to society. Speaking on a visit to Portugal, which is preparing to […]
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Words of Wisdom from Tea Party Jesus
Quote from Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee Thank you, Tea Party Jesus! (Much more TPJ here!)
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Never Been Kissed: The Plight of the Horny Christian Teen
Big tip o’ the hat to Blogtown Tipper Jay for turning me on to this heeelarious Christian video which pressures teens to wait until they’re married to kiss. LET ME REPEAT THAT. This video advises kids to not even kiss until their wedding day. Unless of course, by “kiss” they mean “fellatio.” I’m sure that’s […]
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George Rekers Lifts His Own Luggage
Via of the Miami New Times: Alert readers will recall that yesterday Rekers, the now-disgraced co-founder of the Family Research Council, claimed he hired Geo—seen on the right—to accompany him to Europe for ten days because Rekers recently underwent surgery and he needed someone to “lift his luggage.” It would appear from the photo, however, […]
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Whatever Lifts Your Luggage, George
ROTFLMAO, as the kids say/said. George Rekers explains what he was doing in Europe for ten days with a male escort he hired on Rentboy.com: he was attempting to cure him—the escort—of his homosexuality. Like John the Baptist and Jesus, I have a loving Christian ministry to homosexuals and prostitutes in which I share the […]
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They Like To Gripe About Mean Atheists…
…but nobody does religious intolerance quite as well as the religious. Students at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University to Glenn Beck: “You’re the wrong kind of crazy!” Steve McConkey, founder of the apologetics ministry 4 Winds, believes the university is sending a dangerous message by allowing Beck to speak at the ceremony. “We believe that…Christians, at […]
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The Pope Is Really Very Seriously Thinking About Maybe Someday Kinda Sorta Apologizing To All Those Kids His Priests Raped (Some With His Help)
MSNBC: Vatican: Pope may apologize for abuse by priests Pope Benedict XVI may issue a mea culpa for the church’s handling of clerical sexual abuse cases when he attends a meeting of the world’s clergy in June, the Vatican official in charge of handling abuse cases said. He may apologize? You mean he hasn’t already? […]