Wow. Only a few months after the national board of the Boy Scouts of America reiterated its discrimination policy against gay and atheist scouts and troop leaders, and less than a week after forcing one local council to change its policy, now it’s being reported that the board could vote as early as next week …
Monthly Archive: January 2013
Jan 31 2013
A Friend Comes Out, In a Manner of Speaking
A few months ago, in the wake of Todd Akin’s disgusting statements, I published an essay written by a friend about rape, abortion and difficult choices. Her name was not revealed, at her request, but I thought the message was important and needed to be put out there. She has now decided to go public …
Jan 31 2013
Georgia Legislator Repeats Barton Nonsense
Georgia state Sen. Barry Loudermilk went on TBN and repeated David Barton’s ridiculous lie that the founding fathers based the entire American government on the Bible. The three branches of government, he says, comes from Isiah 33:22, which says the exact opposite, “the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is …
Jan 31 2013
Jackson: God is ‘Taking Out’ Fake Christians After Election
As Right Wing Watch notes, Bishop Harry Jackson before the election predicted that Obama would lose because “black and Hispanic Christians will put Romney ahead.” Oops. Obama received the overwhelming support of black and Hispanic voters. So now he has a new explanation: God is going to “take out” those Christians who are part of …
Jan 31 2013
Major Corporations Call for DOMA Repeal
The Human Rights Campaign has announced the formation of a new business coalition that is calling for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. Interestingly, the list of companies includes Marriott, which is owned by Mormons who have long supported the Republican party (in fact, Mitt Romney is on their board of directors).
Jan 31 2013
Nevada Republican Pleads Guilty to Voter Fraud
A Republican from Las Vegas who tried to vote twice in the November election has reached a plea deal to pay a pretty big fine. She claims she was just trying to illustrate how easy it was to commit voter fraud, but the fact that she was denied a ballot the second time kind of …
Jan 31 2013
Bolger Open to Election Rigging Scheme
Rep. Jase Bolger is the speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives and he is about equal parts ruthlessly partisan and unethical. And while some other Republican legislators have spoken out against an election rigging scheme being considered in several states, including Michigan, he’s making terrible arguments in its favor:
Jan 31 2013
GOP Congressman Offers Bizarre Constitutional Amendment
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), one of the Republican congressmen swept into office by the Tea Party movement in 2010, might want to read that constitution he claims to revere so much. He’s proposing a constitutional amendment that allows the impeachment of the president if the budget is not balanced.
Jan 31 2013
Christian Pastor Sentenced in Iran
Iran has sentenced Iranian-American Christian minister Saeed Abedini to eight years in prison, prompting the U.S. State Department to issue a strong condemnation of that action. Abedini was born in Iran and converted from Islam to Christianity, then came to the U.S. and became an American citizen. He has gone back to Iran many times …
Jan 31 2013
Religious Belief and Public Policy
Unfortunately, we had an example last week of the Democrats doing what the Republicans have long done, using religion to support their public policy. Sen. Dianne Feinstein held a press conference to announce her gun control proposals and opened it with a prayer:
Jan 31 2013
Farah Goes ‘Beyond the Tea Party’
Joseph Farah, founder of the Worldnutdaily, has a column about the need to go beyond the Tea Party and to take collective action against what he views as President Obama’s tyrannical rule. To no one’s surprise, he seems to be arguing more with the Obama in his head than the real Obama:
Jan 31 2013
America’s Most ‘Bible-Minded’ Cities
The American Bible Society has released a list of the nation’s most “Bible-minded” cities, based on polling about how often people read the Bible and whether they believe the Bible to be the word of God. I don’t think anyone will find many surprises on the list.
Jan 30 2013
Enyart Settles Trademark Infringement Suit With NPR
Bob Enyart, who is a true wingnut’s wingnut, has settled a trademark infringement suit filed by NPR over the name of his radio show. Enyart called his show Real Science Friday and NPR sued him for infringing on their trademark for the Science Friday show. He’s now renamed his show Real Science Radio to settle …
Jan 30 2013
Santorum’s ‘Pro-Life’ Propaganda
Former senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s latest column at the Worldnutdaily is about the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade and the March for Life. Unsurprisingly, it contains some seriously slanted rhetoric on the subject.
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