by Jesse Galef
When a Christian Post story starts with the sentence “Conservative pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of the newly expanded hate crimes law” you know you’re in for a treat. In wake of a new hate-crime bill that just passed, they wanted to make sure they [...]
by Jesse Galef
What do the Jews and the Gays have in common? The horrid Westboro Baptist Church is protesting against both! Sorry, that probably wasn’t as funny a punchline as you expected. It does, however, have the advantage of being true. From a USA Today article:
The change in focus has caught Jewish leaders by surprise. [...]
by Jesse Galef
It was a good week for separation of church and state. The “I Believe” license plate was ruled unconstitutional, the DC Council might have the courage to stand up to the Archdiocese threats, and here’s one from earlier in the week I missed – Representative Lynn Woolsey, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive [...]
by Jesse Galef
The Indianapolis Public School system has a policy to ban certain websites from being viewed at school. I certainly hated it when I was in high school (we found ways to bypass it if course) but it’s a reasonable idea. And the list of subjects banned is pretty straightforward: Pornography, Social Networking, Atheism [...]
by Jesse Galef
The poor Vatican
The Catholic Church tries to foster a reputation for their good works with the poor (unless of course the poor want to use condoms, the naughty boys). Given their desired public image, I was rather surprised to read that they’re threatening to stop providing care unless they’re allowed to discriminate [...]
It looks like the homeless man sticker I applied and removed is still confusing the minds of simple people:
Jim Stevens says he’s not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.
Stevens — of Jonesborough — says nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like [...]
Long story short, The Humanist Ethical Society of Chicago invited Sunsara Taylor to speak at a conference. Later they learned she was a communist, and dis-invited her. Taylor showed up anyway and made a statement before the program about how she didn’t think she was treated very ethically. What happened was crazy:
On Sunday, November 1st, [...]
BD: http://blog.cafepress.com/2009 /11/20/psalm-1098-update/ Designs are off the website. Huzzah for reasonable people who see the... Pray for Obama
Siberia: Darth Pope wins. 2009 Bad Faith Awards
Offred: I was wondering how long it would be before Daniel or someone posted this, dkos has been having some involved discussions... Pray for Obama
Jerdog: Couldn’t they have at least recycled all that paper? Or will anything tainted with evil 50%... The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Elemenope: Solid, except the “stop the hate” at the end blunts it slightly with corniness. Pray for Obama
bigjohn756: Pathetic… The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Kodie: I found this t-shirt on the same website: http://www.cafepress.com/+anti hate_tshirt,417804848 No real Christian, certainly... Pray for Obama
