I’d not heard of Dave Buehner until a few weeks ago, when Right Wing Watch began reporting on the contents of the show he does with Kevin Swanson, Generations Radio. But he’s making a strong case for inclusion in the Westboro Baptist Church. First he says that homosexuality = cannibalism, now he says the government …
Category Archive: Religious Barbarism
Jan 16 2013
Roy Moore Sworn In as Alabama Chief Justice
Unabashed theocrat Roy Moore was sworn in as the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for a second time last week, nine years after he was removed from that same office for refusing a federal court order to remove a huge Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse that he had installed.
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Jan 07 2013
UPDATED: Saudi Cleric Okays Gang Rape of Syrian Women
Update: Alternet has retracted this story, as it turned out to be a hoax. Alternet reports that an influential Saudi imam who is closely tied to jihadist groups worldwide has issued an edict endorsing temporary “intercourse marriages” to allow opposition fighters in Syria to each have their turn having sex with any Syrian woman over …
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Dec 31 2012
Saudi Man Faces Death Penalty for Apostasy
In yet another example of religious barbarism crushing freedom of speech and thought, a man in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty for setting up a website for people to discuss their views on religion. Human Rights Watch has the story and is calling for the man’s release:
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Dec 19 2012
Wingnut: Murdering Kids is Good for Them
There have been a lot of appalling responses to the tragic school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. We’ve had numerous wingnuts use the tired old “this is what happens when you kick God out of schools” bullshit. But this one, posted to Facebook by a guy named John Rennard, may be the worst:
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Dec 17 2012
Egyptian Atheist Convicted of Blasphemy
To no one’s surprise, the fascist government in Egypt has convicted Albert Saber of blasphemy for denying the existence of God and allegedly linking to a blasphemous video on Facebook. He’s been sentenced to three years in prison and is planning to appeal.
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Dec 17 2012
Lively Endorses Life Imprisonment for Gay People
There are reports out of Uganda that say the infamous “kill the gays” bill has been amended so that it “only” contains provisions for life imprisonment for gay people (and possibly their allies). Fanatical bigot Scott Lively thinks that’s just a lovely idea because — shocker! — the Bible say so:
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Dec 14 2012
Plaintiffs in Ten Commandments Case Allowed Anonymity
The names of students and their parents who filed a lawsuit against a school in New Kensington, Pennsylvania over a Ten Commandments monument at the high school there will be allowed to retain their anonymity after a federal judge granted their motion to do so.
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Dec 13 2012
Scott Lively’s Mafia God
Deranged bigot Scott Lively has already praised God for an explosion that destroyed a strip club and injured 18 people, most of whom were firefighters and other public servants. Now he’s detected yet another reason why his violent imaginary friend did it: To stop a casino.
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Nov 30 2012
Islamic Militia to Murder 12 Gay Men in Libya
This is a very disturbing but hardly surprising story. In Libya, one of the many reactionary Islamic militias has kidnapped a bunch of men they say are gay and plan to mutilate and kill them in the name of Allah. Because being gay is way more immoral than mutilation and murder.
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Nov 29 2012
Lively: Praise God for Strip Club Explosion
Last week a massive explosion in Springfield, Massachusetts leveled a strip club and injured 18 people, most of them firefighters, police officers and gas company workers. Unhinged lunatic and arch-bigot Scott Lively wants you to know that he is responsible for it because he prayed to God for this to happen:
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Nov 24 2012
Pakistan Drops Blasphemy Case Against Rimsha
Charges have finally been dropped against Rimsha, a 14 year old Christian girl with a mental disability who was arrested for blasphemy after falsely being accused of burning pages of the Quran by an imam who tried to frame her. The BBC reports:
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Nov 21 2012
Another Blasphemy Charge in Greece
Once again we have evidence that support for blasphemy laws is not limited only to Muslims or Muslim-dominated countries. Greece has canceled a performance of a Terrence McNally play and filed charges against those involved in the production for insulting religion.
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Nov 20 2012
The Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill: Worse Than You Thought
Jim Burroway has a long and very detailed article about the Ugandan “kill the gays” bill, which could be voted on this week. He explains why the claim being repeated by so many Christian right types in this country that the bill no longer contains the death penalty is false:
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Nov 16 2012
Islamists Want to Destroy Pyramids
The utter madness of Islamic fundamentalists doesn’t seem to have any limit at all. Now a group of Islamists in Egypt wants to destroy the famous pyramids of that country, some of the most incredible ancient artifacts in all of human history.
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