There’s a bit of a controversy going on at Carnegie Mellon University, where two art students are being charged with misdemeanors for indecent exposure for going to an on-campus parade partly naked. Here’s how the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describes the incident:
May 16 2013
Bishop: No Freedom to ‘Dismiss or Disrespect’ Religious Beliefs
May 16 2013
Glenn Beck and the ‘Movement of Darkness’
This is an amusing rant from Glenn Beck on his show last week. He says that every 20-40 years there’s a “movement of darkness” and that “people of light” have to push it back. And it has something to do with hippies and communists, Martin Luther King and Janis Joplin. So we need to go to the moon. Or something. See if you can make any sense out of this.
May 16 2013
Dumbass Quote of the Day
Ken Hutcherson, pro football player turned bigoted wingnut preacher, doesn’t like gay people. Actually, he really, really hates gay people and wants them oppressed in every imaginable way. And he’s quite upset with another columnist for the Christian Post who praised Jason Collins. So he repeats this tired old bit of idiocy:
May 16 2013
Fischer and Barber, Together at Last
Matt Barber went on Bryan Fischer’s radio show last week and the results were predictably hilarious. Fischer demonstrated the total lack of self-awareness that led me to name an award after him by declaring that the left is “driven by irrationality.” And Barber said it’s easy to be a conservative Christian because “we just simply tell the truth.” In related news, the pot and the kettle were just found dead in a seedy motel on the north side of Las Vegas after a murder-suicide pact.
May 15 2013
It’s Nazism! And Communism! And Some Other Ism!
The latest target of right wing pearl-clutching is the Common Core educational standards. Predictably, they’re part of a huge conspiracy to brainwash children and destroy God, grandmothers and Lee Greenwood. Here’s an amusing conversation between wingnut writer Sher Zieve and Christina Michas of the Eagle Forum:
May 15 2013
Boston Psychiatrist Loses License for Religious Malpractice
A psychiatrist in Boston has lost his license to practice medicine for committing what is essentially religion-based medical malpractice in counseling a 16-year old girl who reported parental neglect and abuse to him. Rather than reporting that abuse, as required by law, Dr. Raymond Kam decided that she was demon-possessed and appointed himself as her “spiritual mentor.” The facts of the case are absolutely astonishing.
May 15 2013
The Real IRS Scandal
The IRS has admitted that they targeted Tea Party and “patriot” groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for non-profit status over the last couple years, something that is clearly beyond the pale. The real question, which should be answered by the Inspector General of the Treasury Department who is investigating, is who authorized this and who knew about it. There is no evidence at this point that the White House had any role in it, but time and evidence will tell.
May 15 2013
Ark. School Cancels 6th Grade Graduation
The Riverside School District in Lake City, Arkansas has canceled their 6th grade graduation ceremonies after the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent them a letter objecting to the fact that such ceremonies have always included Christian prayers. And the supporters of that policy are making some predictably ridiculous arguments:
May 15 2013
Cheerleader Lawsuit May Continue
The state judge may have ruled that the cheerleaders in Kountze, Texas can continue to make banners with religious messages on them at football games, but the issue may not yet be over (and I hope it isn’t). The FFRF is looking for a plaintiff to file their own suit:
May 15 2013
Mancow Endorses Farah’s 9/11 Prayer Rally
Barely literate shock jock Mancow is the latest hypocritical halfwit to endorse Joseph Farah’s day of prayer and fasting, set for Sept. 11th — get it? It’s on 9/11. That’s really important, for some reason. Maybe God listens better on that day.
May 15 2013
Star Parker Welcomes Sanford Back to Congress
Star Parker, scourge of the immoral and self-declared warrior for “family values,” has a column at the Worldnutdaily welcoming Mark Sanford back to Congress because — wait for it — he’s “principled.” Yes, principled. She writes:
May 15 2013
Fellow ‘Psychics’ Distance Themselves From Brown
With Sylvia Browne getting a huge backlash after her claim a decade ago that Amanda Berry was dead was disprove by Berry showing up alive, other “psychics” are trying like hell to distance themselves from her. Oh yeah, we knew she was a fraud, they claim, but we’re totally different.
May 15 2013
Legislators Declare God Gave Land to Israel
Jonathan Turley notes several resolutions passed in states across the country that contain very specific language declaring that Israel was given its land by God, as recorded in the “oldest recorded deed” — the Bible, of course. Some of the details:
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