THIS MOVIE seems obviously made for the segment of culturally frozen individuals who actually believe organized religion is the only thing standing between sexually adventurous women, including those who cheat on their husbands, and hell or the local HIV/AIDS hospice, which Tyler Perry equates as the same thing. However, Tyler Perry’s attempt to manipulate his [...]
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North Carolina Republican State Legislators Seek to Establish a State Religion
Eleven North Carolina state House members are unhappy with federal court rulings related to when and where “overtly Christian prayers” can be made, and so they’ve introduced a bill that declares that North Carolina doesn’t have to listen to what the federal government, or Constitution, says. Taking it another step, the bill says the state [...]
Republican Sweetheart Ben Carson’s Sorry If He Offended Anyone Over his Beasty, NAMBLA Word Choices
“Now perhaps the examples were not the best choice of words, and I certainly apologize if I offended anyone,” he added. “But the point that I was making was that no group of individuals, whoever they are, whatever their belief systems, gets to change traditional definitions. The reason I believe the way I do, I [...]
Claire McCaskill Makes Me Proud to have Been Born a Missourian
THIS IS a profound moment for my home state of Missouri. In most every way, Missouri is a backward state. I fled it in my 20s and have been amazed since then that the politicians haven’t been influenced by the changing times. There is a rabidly bigoted thread that runs through this state that is [...]
Biggest Loser: Reince Priebus, but Also the Christian Right?
“I know our party believes marriage is between one man and one woman.” – Reince Priebus THIS IS just pathetic. Lose on, Republicans. But yet, somebody deep in the bowels of the old boys’ club seem to be getting a clue. From Buzzfeed: Specifically, the word “Christian” does not appear once in the party’s 50,000-word [...]
History Channel Fail, Obama as Satan in “The Bible” Sparks Outrage
THE PHOTO above has gone viral, with the tweet from Glenn Beck asking a simple question: Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on HIstory Channel looks exactly like That Guy? Buzzfeed has more, including an original screen shot, with the History channel and everyone involved with the production weighing in defensively. The History [...]
Another Reason the Pope is a Bigot: Rob Portman’s Gay Son Moves Him on Gay Marriage
I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn’t deny them the opportunity to get married. That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I [...]
News Desk: Scientists at CERN Say They’ve Found Proof of “God Particle”
Scientists at the CERN’s Large Hadron Collider are now certain they have found a Higgs boson particle. Known as “The God Particle,” the once theoretical Higgs boson is the mechanism that gives mass to elementary objects, meaning that its existence helps explain the existence of virtually everything else. For years, scientists at the European Organization [...]
It’s the 21st Century, But New Pope Francis Another Pick Out of Ancient Era [Video] *Updated*
“Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.” – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now [...]
Non-Stop Catholic Commercial Continues in American Media
“Certainly the church is not a democratic society in the way civil society understands,” said Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins of Portugal. “It’s a hierarchical church, therefore not everyone is equal.” [CNN] THERE IS no reason for CNN, Fox News channel, both of which have a chimney cam, to give the corrupt Vatican the coverage they [...]
The Conclave, Day One
The conclave… will only further exemplify the powerful voice many Catholic women have. I don’t know a single man being “sent” to Rome. I know at least two women other than myself: Kim Daniels of Catholic Voices and Kathryn Lopez, the editor of National Review Online and a prolific voice in the Catholic blogosphere. I [...]
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on Women and Success, with Norah O’Donnell [Video]
Sandberg claims Lean In is “sort of” a feminist manifesto. For me, it was simply a powerful woman’s tale of getting to the top. My amoebic blob of a career, very much in its infancy, appreciated the nuggets of wisdom shared. Finishing the last page, I thought: This is a book every young woman needs. [...]
Atheist Group Apologizes for Misquoting Sarah Palin, Amid Religious Shifts in America
CELEBRATING 50 years, the American Atheists are running a billboard campaign ahead of their convention in Texas, but ran into a bit of a problem when they made the mistake of misquoting Sarah Palin. From CNN, a story that was also picked up by Huffington Post: In an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Palin [...]
As the Pope Turns, the Villain in the Vatican
HE WAS once called “God’s Rottweiler,” but the entanglement of scandal that has become Pope Benedict’s reign and will be his legacy is now morphing into the stuff of potboiler melodrama. Think Godfather III, the reality show edition. The paper claims that around the time that Pope Benedict decided to step down, the pontiff learned [...]
Valentine’s Day at the Movies… and “Sexpectations” [Videos]
Great sex doesn’t always just happen. Sometimes, it takes a little planning, especially if — like many Americans — you’ve been in a bit of a sex rut. Do some prep work by turning your bedroom into a love nest: Make the bed (with new, or at least clean, sheets), tidy up, light a candle [...]
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