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The moment the tornado hit Oklahoma on Monday, you knew it was only a matter of time before some wingnut informed us of why God was sending such destruction. The gays always seem to get the blame, of course, especially from Fred Phelps. But he blames it on a specific person: Read more

Matt Barber believes in a literal interpretation of Genesis, including that entirely fictitious global flood and Noah’s ark and all that nonsense. And he says Satan is the one pushing equality for gay people in order to send us back to the days of Noah that never happened: Read more

That’s what Wolf Blitzer said to a woman who survived the tornado in Oklahoma: “You have to thank the lord, right? Do you thank the lord?” The woman informed him that she is an atheist. And no, you don’t. If you’re going to thank God for one person remaining safe, don’t you also have to blame God for all the people who died? I just don’t understand why anyone takes comfort in the idea that God is deciding who lives and who dies during natural disasters. That’s not comforting, it’s horrifying. It’s also completely nonsensical. Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives have now voted 37 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, not one of which has had the slightest effect at all. But Rep. Michele Bachmann has faith that God is going to answer their prayers and bring a miracle to make Obama repudiate his own law. Read more

We’ve already seen the rank hypocrisy of Republican legislators who repeatedly claimed that the stimulus bill didn’t create any jobs while simultaneously asking for stimulus funds for their district because it would create so many jobs. How about a Republican legislator who rails against food stamps “stealing” other people’s money but gets millions in farm subsidies himself? Rep. Stephen Fincer (R-TN), come on down. During a House hearing last week on food stamps and the new farm bill he said: Read more