The politics of control make for strange bedfellows, as Catholics, Mormons, and Muslims band together to try an tighten their control over women via abortion bans.
Exodus, one of those bogus christian groups that tries to "cure" homosexuals, placed a billboard that read "Gay? Unhappy?" followed by their web address.
Blogger makes a parody that says "Straight? Unhappy? www.gay.com".
Exodus tries to sure blogger.
Blogger calls the ACLU.
ACLU issues tha smackdown.
Exodus backs down.
Essay and links detailing the Religous Right's plans to make the US even more of a theocracy than it already is.
No matter how much the government acquiesces to the demands of the Religious Right, it will never be enough. This essay lists examples.
American Family Association's Don Wildmon proposed bus trips to gay bathhouses to confront them.
He goes on to lie about gay income levels.
At one point, this bizarre exchange happens:
BENSON: "Yeah, I mean, this is -- this is what you call -- what? -- chutzpah. This is -- this is --"
WILDMON: "That's a Jewish word, right? Be careful."
Be careful?
Even when the law keeps crazed abortion protesters away, they still manage to intimidate those exercising their Constitutional rights.
In Fargo, North Dakota, they use a zoom lens to snap photos, which they then post on the Internet.
The Religious Right would rather women die of cancer than possibly have more sex.
The same holds true for AIDS.
Really.
Minnesota starts to take a legislative stand against the truly evil bastards that picket funerals of gay folks, including gay soldiers killed in Iraq.
A report released by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute questions the ethics and effectiveness of religious programs designed to prevent youths from becoming gay.
How could denying your true nature not cause you harm?
Southern Baptists are attempting to bring their auxiliary, the Woman's Missionary Union, under their control.
Can't have them women-folk thinkin' for themselves.
ABC and Disney cancelled a reality show because the winners were a gay couple and their homophobic neighbors eventually accepted them. ABC and Disney were afraid of the wrath of the Religious Right.
Interesting mail sent to Stars and Stripes. Not everyone in the military is gung-ho on Iraq. More candid than anything you'll see in the civilian media.
Be sure to follow the links to the actual letters. They all make for enlightening reading.
Wonderful essay about women and how men try to control them. The particular issue examined is the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine and its role in preventing Cervical Cancer.
(Short history. The vaccine prevents Cervical Cancer. It also prevents a sexually transmitted disease. The Christian Right opposes its use because preventing an STD might encourage folks to have sex.)
Not so fun quiz. Lists various quotes. Are they by Osama Bin Laden or Jerry Falwell/Pat Robertson?
Yeah, it's hard.
Far-right Christian Pat Robertson is calling for the US to assassinate the President of another country. Really. He doesn't just allude to it.
John Evans is a co-founder of Love In Action, one of those "ex-gay" sort of ministries that tries to turn gay folks into straight folks, often against their will.
He recently sent a letter to the current director of the organization, admitting that they're doing harm, not good.
(While that's all fine and good, it doesn't absolve him for all the lives he's ruined.)
Follow-up to "How The Islamic Crazies Are Like The Right." Continues the comparison between radical Islam and the far-Right.
Excellent comparison of radical Islam to the far-Right.
The East Waynesville Baptist Church kicked out all members who voted for John Kerry in 2004 or otherwise support the Democratic party.
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