Weekend of July 29, 2007
It was a fairly quiet weekend. Lay was working, so we did not have his nephews over, and I got a little much needed rest.
Read moreReligion
Religion is a frequent topic on this blog, and should not be confused with Christianity.
Vitter Has Double Standard-Big Suprise There, He's a Senator
Senator David Vitter is the United States Senator who was on the phone records for the D.C. Madame. He went into exclusion for a while, then came to give a brief statement, have his wife pimp for him, and then duck out the back door as if nothing had happened. It was a pretty shameful display.
Read moreHolsinger Confirmation Hearings
Some of you may know that James Holsinger has been nominated by Bush to be Surgeon General. So who is this goober (and a goober he is)? He’s the chairperson of the Methodist Supreme Judicial Committee that ruled it was OK for a Methodist minister to keep a gay person from joining his church.
Read moreThought Crimes? Oh Really
There is a story making the rounds you can expect to see the religious right latch onto in their desperate attempts to paint the pending Hate Crimes Legislation as something that will make “thoughts” illegal. They’re even calling it the “Thought Crimes” Bill. This is about the case of a 16-year-old teen in Crystal Lake, Illinois who was arrested for passing out a flyer?
Read moreGood Old Fashioned Christian Morality
Campbell County authorities arrested a Liberty University student for having several homemade bombs in his car. The student, 19-year-old Mark D. Uhl of Amissville, Va., reportedly told authorities that he was making the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service.
Read moreWingnuts in North Carolina Just Won't Give Up
The North Carolina wingnuts here will not quit. House Bill 493 is back and the Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are trying to bring it to a floor vote next week by using a procedural end-run to recall the anti-gay amendment from the Rules Committee.
Read moreThe Loyal Opposition?
Here are a couple of people explaining why gay people shouldn’t be able to marry. I’m not sure which is more scary, their beliefs or the fact they are loose in society. I do know one thing, I don’t want the first guy (making a huge point of being engaged), to actually marry and procreate. He does not need to be in the gene pool.
Read moreTampa Televangelist Slams Mitt Romney
While some evangelical Christians are defending the presidential candidacy of Mormon Mitt Romney from an attack by Al Sharpton, another prominent pastor is going further in his condemnation – saying a vote for the former Massachusetts governor is a vote for Satan.
Read moreJerry Falwell is Dead
Jerry Falwell, the founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the Religious Right during the 80’s, is dead at 73.
Read moreMay 13, 2007 News Items
A bit of news from the week ending May 13, 2007. Crack selling ministers and long car trips.
Read moreUtah Republicans: Illegal Immigration is of Satan
Don Larsen, chairman of legislative District 65 for the Utah County Republican Party, had submitted a resolution warning that Satan’s minions want to eliminate national borders and do away with sovereignty.
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