Boy Scouts quasi-ends ban on gays and gays oppressed in Russ

The Boy Scouts are allowing local Boy Scout councils to decide if they want to keep bans on gay scouts and scoutmasters. Of course, they continue to ban atheists like me in their ranks, as is their right. The Girl Scouts on the other hand don't discriminate based on sexual...

Edit the bible and no Torahs for women at the Wailing Wall?

Piers Morgan, the host of a nightly talk show host on the cable channel CNN, believes we should edit the bible. I agree with him, we should. Or, at least ignore it. He said the bible and the U.S. Constitution are "inherently flawed." Well, the Constitution is a lot less...

Obama advocates for gay rights in Inauguration speech

President Obama came out strongly for gay rights and gay marriage in his second Inauguration speech. He stated,"Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. For if we are truly created equal, then surely the...

Gay rights pioneer Richard Adams dies

Richard Adams, along with his longtime partner Tony Sullivan, challenged for the right of gays to be married to the person they love, long before it was even a blimp on the political radar. Mr. Adams died a couple weeks ago on December, 17th. I had never heard of...

Donate before Jan. 1st, and groups will match your amount

So 2012 is almost over, though it seems that it wasn't that long ago when it began. But alas, as you get older, time definately seems to go faster. Now one of the things you might notice if you are interested in politics, and subscribe and/or a member of various political...

Gay rights pioneer Richard Adams dies

Richard Adams, along with his longtime partner Tony Sullivan, challenged for the right of gays to be married to the person they love, long before it was even a blimp on the political radar. Mr. Adams died last week, on December, 17th. I had never heard of him or Mr. Sullivan...

Anti-gay advocates believe being gay is worse than terrorism?

"I think it’s that: It’s a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same basic rights as someone else. I'll tell you this: Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we have for...

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...

Ministry thinks children are demon possesed and other stories

These are various stories that have caught my attention, I am putting them all in this one column. I. I wrote previously about a religious rightwing type in Maine who thinks homosexuality is caused by demons. Well an Australian Christian ministry does 4-5 "exorcisms" a day,...

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....

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...