“Freedom is measured by the distance between church and state”
Rich Madaleno, a Maryland senator, wrote an important Op-Ed piece: A Marriage Like Any Other. Madaleno is an openly gay man, married with two children. He and his husband were married in their church. His colleagues in the legislature have met his husband.
He writes about meeting his husband on a blind date, being married, getting [...]
Scenario: You are a registered voter in your jurisdiction. A local measure comes up for a vote. The proposed action (let’s say it’s about reclaiming an abandoned property and turning it into a neighborhood park for children; or maybe building a pedestrian bridge over a gully so that people won’t have to walk a mile [...]
Okay, so apparently the news is chock full of attempts by certain kinds of Christians who just don’t get it. In FFRF intervenes in Michigan school Christmas break dispute we see why it is important for EVERY citizen to keep their eyes and ears open to prevent inappropriate Christian coercion and incursion into areas where [...]
Everybody knows about Peter LaBarbera and his “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” — no, I won’t link because he (and his organization) is the antithesis of Christian grace and tolerance. He is extremely obsessed with the sex lives of other people and apparently made it his mission to meddle in as many lives as possible.
But [...]
Many of you may have been following the ongoing controversy within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA) and their vote all allow non-celibate gay and lesbian ministers to serve in their churches.
Last Sunday, Rev. Richard Mahan requested that the sign in front of his St. Timothy Lutheran Church have the word “Lutheran” covered.
He tries [...]
Soooo…. Gov. Crist believes that stuffing a piece of paper into a crack in the wall has protected Florida from storms? What ignorant bullshit. Crist’s wall against hurricanes is in Jerusalem
Could it be divine intervention that’s kept Florida safe from hurricanes since Gov. Charlie Crist took office?
Crist told a group of real estate agents Friday [...]
But so what?
I got a LARGE box of yarns this evening
so I will be working a LOT this weekend, same as I’ve been doing all week.
On the good side, my grandson came home from the hospital yesterday and is resting at home now. His grandmothers apparently are taking turns sitting with him during the [...]
Well, okay, so I’ve been lapse in posting here. Busy with work (YAYYy) and Facebook (it’s evil, I tell ya!). And there’s not been a lot of other stuff going on worth writing up.
The last couple of weeks or so have brought a flood of articles resulting from APA’s recent statement regarding so-called reparative therapies [...]
“Homosexuals should be executed”. That is the opinion of a wingnut in Canada. Popescu guilty of promoting hatred.
An unrepentant David Popescu was convicted Friday of promoting hatred for telling a group of high school students that homosexuals should be executed.
Popescu, 61, made the comment during the 2008 federal election campaign in the Sudbury riding, where [...]
The genie that gay-marriage opponents still hope to stuff back into the bottle is out for good.
Yes, indeed. All those anti-gay opponents will just have to get over it, and accept the fact that there really is nothing wrong with same-sex marriage. All the lies from the anti-gay crowd will be seen for what they [...]
I found this on a friend’s Facebook page, copied it to mine, and will share it here as well. Very interesting perspective, and I agree.
He (in the video), like most of us, don’t go out of our way and get into people’s faces about the fact that no god or gods actually exist. IF it [...]
I’m not entirely stupid or ignorant.
I know that if you have a five-pound sack of flour, and take out a cup or two of flour, the sack will always weigh LESS.
In fact, this is true of just about any solid volume — when you remove some of the volume, the resulting weight of the remaining [...]
This story perfectly illustrates the problem of the Religious Behaving Stupidly.
Okay, first of all, it is always a vain waste of time to pray for the sick. We know this. It is also incredibly arrogant to think that there’s a God out there who can’t be bothered to cure AIDS, feed hungry children, or restore [...]
