Crazy things fundamentalists say about shooting in Connecticut

As I was listening to talk radio today and a number of callers stated that a reason for this horrific shooting in a grade school in Connecticut this Friday, was the removal of religion/prayer/God from schools. Simply, it was not. First of all children can pray all they want,...

First gay marriages in Washington and Ellen attacked

This past Sunday the first same sex marriages were performed in the state of Washington. Congragulations to those couples who have just married, and to those who will soon be married. In less than a month, same sex couples in Maine and Maryland will join them. As you might...

First gay weddings at West Point Military Academy

The first same sex wedding has happened at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Actually, it is now two weddings because the first was recently at the Old Cadet Chapel, and the wedding between Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton is at the newer Cadet Chapel....

Why Glenn Beck knows nothing when it comes to logic and religion

I was listening to Glenn Beck, an ultra-rightwing radio talk show host and I must say I am amazed at his ignorance of basic history. He was talking about a Kansas town named Buhler which had in a city park a logo with the city's name and a cross. The organization that...

Why government isn't an arm of religion

I was listening to conservative talk radio yesterday and the host re-played a caller of his from earlier in the week. The caller was religious and did not believe that her religion and her church should have same sex marriages. That was against her personal religious...

Thompson Senate campaign attacks Baldwin for being gay

Thoughts on a few different stories: Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, is running for the Wisconsin U.S. Senate race against former governor Tommy Thompson. Thompson's campaign, though campaign senior adviser and spokesman Brian Nemoir, stated in an e-mail (referring to a video of...

Politician tries to silence pro-gay NFL linebacker on marriage

One would think there wouldn't be many NFL football players who support marriage equality for gays in the U.S. One might be wrong though. The vast majority of NFL players are under 30 and the vast majority of those under 30 support marriage equality. Well, a Baltimore Ravens...

Tea party woman doesn't believe women should have right to vote

Dinesh D'Souza is a Christian conservative who has been hostile to gays and atheists. He has also made a movie harshly critical of President Obama. D'Souza believes that Christianity is morally superior than the humanist beliefs that many gays and atheists possess. He...

Absurd prostitution prosecution and hypocritical attack on Obama

Alexis Wright is a zumba instructor in Kennebunk, Maine. She is accused of prostitution with a list of men. A list, she herself created. All acts were consensual. Sex of course between consenting adults is purely legal. Prostitution is the only offense though that is...

Christian pretends to be gay for a year, see what happens

Timothy Kurek is a young man from Nashville. He grew up in a very religious Christian fundamentalist type home. A home where gays were despised or demonized. He decided to spend a year, being gay. He didn't become gay as did a young man in England who had a stroke did. He...

Are Republicans defending nations that want to kill gays?

The Republican party platform is slamming President Obama for his opposition to human rights violations of gays, in developing nations. I guess that would include his opposition to bills, such as in Uganda, that would kill gays for consensual sex. The Oklahoma Republican...

Gay football player kicked off of team for kissing a man?

Did a high school principal cancel a Cosmetology (hair cutting) class because he thought a student was gay? Well, a teacher says Principal Thomas Amons of Beaumont Independent School District’s Taylor Career and Technology Center in Texas for adults, did just that. The fact...

GOP congressman Akin again puts foot in mouth and theocrat judge

You might remember Republican Missouri Congressman Todd Akin. The man running for the U.S. Senate from that state, who believes that women who suffer "legitmate rape" don't get pregant, even though there are about 30,000 pregnancies per year to women who have been raped....

Now what did the Catholic church do with children?

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...