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Pope's last day and why we should ignore the NRA

Cracked is one of my favorite websites. I read it every chance I can get. Very talented writers. It is a comedy website by the way, but it's not mindless comedy, like the early 90s' T.V. show, Step By Step. Which was barely a comedy, anyway. Cracked's articles are a series of...

Michelle Obama at the Oscars and oh no, no pope in office

Issues in the News:I Well, Pope Benedict XVI has left and there is no more pope in the Vatican, and the world hasn't collapsed. No person in the world right now is infalliable, that is until the Vatican annouces someone else. By the way, one of the more anti-gay...

The Pope states he will resign, but theocracy will continue

Well, The Pope is leaving the papacy. In less than two months, there will be a new pope, and Pope Benedict XVI will go back to being just Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger. Of course, the average Catholic will have as much a say in who will become the next pope, as a secular humanist...

Women in prison for baring breasts and more anti-gay hysteria

Issues in the news: I. A Texas Republican legislator named Drew Springer has proposed a bill in that state that would cut health care funding for any school district in the state that offer domestic partnership benefits to employees. Well in particular, any gay employees....

The Pope states he will resign, but theocracy will continue

Well, The Pope is leaving the papacy. In less than two months, there will be a new pope, and Pope Benedict XVI will go back to being just Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger. Of course, the average Catholic will have as much a say in who will become the next pope, as a secular humanist...

Catholic bishops sell pornography and creationism in Kentucky

Did you know the Catholic church in Germany owns a publishing company, Weltbild that sells online, pornographic magazines? Also, it owns a Munich based publishing company, Droemer Knaur, that also sells online pornographic magazines. I don't believe material made for and...

Lies about same sex marriage and cross on a football helmet

In a month, state of Washington voters will approve marriage equality for gays and lesbians in that state. Well, Catholic Bishop Joseph Tyson wrote a statement urging Washington Catholics to remember to take marching orders from the Catholic Church. Bishop Tyson wrote about...

Catholic bishops sell pornography and creationism in Kentucky

Did you know the Catholic church in Germany owns a publishing company, Weltbild that sells online, pornographic magazines? Also, it owns a Munich based publishing company, Droemer Knaur, that also sells online pornographic magazines. I don't believe material made for and by...

Bodies dumped in Drug War in Mexico and hypocrisy

In the city of Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, 35 dead bodies were dumped on a street. Some had their hands tied and some were tortured to death. Do I have to even ask if the first thing that came to your mind, this was because of drug violence? How many nanoseconds after...

How the religious right-wing have persecuted people for their sex

Do you know who Catherina Linck was? Don't feel bad if you don't. Before yesterday, neither did I. Linck was a born female who was executed by the Prussian government in 1721 for "sodomy." Linck dressed as a man, and seemed to sexually attracted to women. That was Linck's...

Gay marriage is like a child driving? Someone believes that.

Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler believes that same sex marriage is like an uncle marrying his niece and a 50 year old marrying a 12 year old girl. Yes, she said that. She also believes that it is comparable to a 3 year old driving a car. At least, she didn't compare...

Atheist protest banned and entrapment in prostitution case

The Spanish government banned a protest march by atheists in Madrid, during what is called, Holy Thursday. The Thursday, right before Easter. It was banned because it would be, as the Spanish government stated, offensive to Catholics. Spain is a secular republic, like us here...

The Catholic church castrated children to "cure" them of gayness?

Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler believes that same sex marriage is like an uncle marrying his niece and a 50 year old marrying a 12 year old girl. Yes, she said that. She also believes that it is comparable to a 3 year old driving a car. At least, she didn't compare...

On this Saturday, celebrate reason at the Reason Rally in D.C.

Today, March 24th, is the Reason Rally being held at the Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a day to celebrate our nation, which was founded upon the usage of human reason. Yes, we are the first and still maybe the only nation founded upon this important principle. Reason is the...

Santoum does bad with Catholics and S.C. County GOP says no porn

Rick Santorum is not doing well with Catholics, though he is more conservative in his Catholic ideology, than the pope. That's not a joke, it's a fact. He hasn't won the Catholic vote in any state race. Santorum does well with evangelical Christians, but that is about it. I...

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