NFL player busted in prostitution sting & marijuana & gay right

Issues in the news:I. Montana finally revoked its' anti-gay/ anti-sodomy law. This is though their state supreme court and the U.S. Supreme Court, had already overturned all such bans. Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas continue to have such bans on their books.Indeed, in 2009, years...

Fired for support of marriage equality and help free atheist!

Issues in the News:I. Dannika Nash wrote about Christian churches wondering why young people are leaving Christianity in droves, "(we) will not stick around to see the church fight gay marriage against our better judgment. It’s my generation who is overwhelmingly...

A tale of two Freds, one who welcomed you and one who hated you

Everyone of my age loved Mr. Rogers growing up. My age being the same age of watching the Incredible Hulk and MASH on television. Simply, Fred Rogers is one of the greatest and most wonderful men that our nation has ever produced. Although I an atheist and he was a...

Man kicked arrested for visiting his married husband

Roger Gorley is a gay man who wanted to visit his married partner in a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Well, Missouri doesn't recognize same sex marriages from out of state. A nurse in the hospital denied him visitation as a family member. Mr. Gorley's daughter Amanda...

Fundamentalists won't let men/women pray together

"The moment we allow these groups a foothold, then tomorrow they will start to restrain us in our own synagogues, in the name of democracy, in the name of liberalism and in the name of pluralism," says one Shmuel Poppenheim, an Israeli ultra-Orthodox activist. What he was...

Court to take up marriage equality today and oh about Rihanna

Well, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on the anti-same sex marriage referendum of California. A referendum that was heavily funded by the Catholic and Mormon churches. I guess Catholics had some money left over after paying child abuse cases. This could be...

TN rep. believes gays are "the biggest bullies" in the world

President Obama just attended the National Prayer Breakfast. It is a breakfast, with prayer, attended by members of Congress and the president, since the 1950s. I was thinking how awesome it would be for President Obama to attend a convention of the American Humanist...

Illegal police search of cellphones and more anti-gay zealotry

Various issues in the news: I. San Francisco police arrested one Bob Offer-Westort in January 2012 for his protests against city public policy regarding the homeless. He refused to unpitch his tent from a public park. Hardly Al Capone stuff. Well after his arrest his phone...

A tale of two Freds, with one who welcomed you to be his neighbor

Everyone of my age loved Mr. Rogers growing up. My age being the same age of watching the Incredible Hulk and MASH on television. Simply, Fred Rogers is one of the greatest and most wonderful men that our nation has ever produced. Although I an atheist and he was a...

Sex with pastor is part of god's plan and gay marriage

Issues in the News: I. Republicans in a state legislative committee in Idaho have passed a resolution calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban any and all mentions of pre-maritial sex on television (even if only implied) in most hours of the day. Indeed, the...

Dear Abby on gay rights, gay couple kicked out of mall

Issues in the News: I. Daniel Chesmore and Jose Juzman, a gay couple, were kicked out of a mall in Roseville, California for holding hands and kissing. The security guard stated he counted them kiss 25 times, which is, very weird act to do on his part. The guard lied and...