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The “It Gets Better Project” at YouTube
What would your older self say to your younger self, if you could? That’s the premise behind the It Gets Better Project: older gays and lesbians attempt to persuade gay and lesbian teens contemplating suicide to refrain and look with … Continue reading
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Tagged America, California, Colorado, don't ask don't tell, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexuality, James Dobson, Jesus, John Macarthur, lesbian
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Silencing atheism: I find this news report sad
A billboard put up by an atheist group is vandalized by a theist who apparently could not bear a dissenting opinion on religion within his community: Oops. It doesn’t embed. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SO7K4UL7kk When you can’t even stand exposure to opinions … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, doubt, faith, free inquiry, God, James Dobson, Jesus, Michael Shermer, philosophy, the Bible
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Deconstructing Chick Tracts: Totalitarianism On Earth As It Is In Heaven
I think it’s curious how closely the judgment day narrative in Chick tracts (such as in “This Was Your Life“) follows the narrative arc of secular totalitarian terror. First, notice that death tends to arrive as an arrest without warning, out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheist, chick tracts, evangelical, fundamentalism, God, James Dobson, Jesus, John Macarthur, psychology, stockholm syndrome, the Bible
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IM GAY is Not Okay in OK?
This today at NewsOK: A college student wants IM GAY on his Oklahoma car tag, and he is suing to force state tax officials to approve his request. . His name is Keith Kimmel: . I want … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, freedom, gay equality, gay marriage, gay rights, James Dobson, Jesus, keith kimmel, lesbian, out of the closet
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Is America a Christian Nation Founded by Christians?
No. Key players in the founding of America—such as Jefferson, Paine, and Franklin—were not Christians. They were Deists and religious skeptics. And other icons of America’s cultural history—people like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson—were agnostics with a lot of emotional ambivalence toward … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, apologetics, christian nation, Christianity, Emily Dickinson, God, James Dobson, Jesus, memes, the Enlightenment, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine
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Mike Wallace’s 1967 Report on Homosexuality
The levels of fear, ignorance, and bigotry that once surrounded gay people are truly flabbergasting: Of course, there’s a lot that hasn’t changed:
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Tagged America, gay equality, gay marriage, homosexuality, James Dobson, lesbian, life, mike wallace, sexuality
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Rick Schlosser and Lawrence Swaim on Sherry Marquez’s Inane Demonization of All Muslims
The true nature of Islam is on display in the murder trial of a Muslim man in New York who beheaded his wife? That’s the essentialist conclusion of an elected Republican official in Southern California: Lancaster councilwoman Sherry Marquez. Here’s how … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley Press, bigotry, California, Cat Stevens, Christianity, fundamentalism, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, sherry marquez
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Matthew Arnold, in 1883, on the Bible’s Hold upon the Public Imagination
In what sounds as if it could have been written yesterday, here is the 19th century literary critic and poet, Matthew Arnold, from the preface of his book Literature and Dogma, on the cultural state of play of Bible-based religion in … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, evolution, God, James Dobson, Jesus, John Macarthur, literature, matthew arnold, religion, science, the Bible, theology
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What It’s Like to Be Gay in Uganda
The man with a bag over his head in the video below is from Uganda. He is seeking asylum in the United States, but because his asylum petition could fail he dares not show his face in public. Why? Because … Continue reading
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Tagged asylum, bigotry, Christian fundamentalism, gay equality, gay marriage, human rights, James Dobson, Jesus, lesbian, Moses, uganda
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Peter Sprigg: Gays Should Get Out of the Military and Get Behind Bars?
Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council in an exchange with Chris Matthews last night: Matthews: Do you think we should outlaw gay behavior? Sprigg: Well, I think certainly it’s defensible – Matthews: I’m just asking you: Should we outlaw … Continue reading
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Tagged baptists, Christianity, gay marriage, gay rights, God, James Dobson, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lesbian, peter sprigg, religion, women's rights
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Christians, Not Muslims, Drove This Person Behind a “Veil”
The hooded man in the photograph above is from Uganda. He is seeking asylum in the United States, but he dares not show his face in public. Why? Because he is homosexual, and theocratic fundamentalists in Uganda have succeeded in instituting … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, Christianity, freedom, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Judaism, religion, the Bible, uganda, women's rights
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Lancaster, California Mayor R. Rex Parris: “We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody shy away from that!”
R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster, California (where I live) to a recent gathering of 160 people (local clergy and their spouses): We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody shy away from that…I need (Lancaster community) standing up … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, Antelope Valley, atheist, fundamentalism, God, James Dobson, Jesus, mayor r. rex parris, r. rex parris, religion, sherry marquez, theocrats
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Finger to the Wind: Dennis Anderson, Editor of the Antelope Valley Press, Weighs in on the Sherry Marquez v. Islam Controversy (Sort of)
Dennis Anderson, the editor of the Antelope Valley Press—a paper that serves the northern Los Angeles County cities of Palmdale and Lancaster—is in the unenvious position of walking a fine line between the paper’s large Republican readership and the obvious fact that one of its local … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley, atheism, atheist, bigotry, Christianity, Dennis Anderson, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, sherry marquez
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Lancaster Councilwoman Sherry Marquez on a Muslim on Trial for Beheading His Wife: “We are told this is a small majority (sic) of Muslims in America, but it is truly what they are all about.”
The true nature of Islam is on display in the murder trial of a Muslim man in New York who beheaded his wife? That’s the essentialist conclusion of an elected Republican official in Southern California: Lancaster councilwoman Sherry Marquez. Here’s how … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Christianity, church and state separation, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, religion, Richard Dawkins, sherry marquez
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Doobie Doobie Do—in California?
Expanding liberty and consciousness—and traffic accidents—in California? Pot seems to be headed for the ballot this year. This today from Reason: It looks like a marijuana legalization initiative will be on the ballot in California this fall. Today the backers of the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, California, consciousness, freedom, herb bearing seeds, hippies, James Dobson, liberty, marijuana, pot, pot freedom, prohibition
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Andrew Sullivan Asks a Good Question: How Can a Christian Listen to, and Support, Rush Limbaugh?
Andrew Sullivan at his blog today: It’s staggering to me that this callow charlatan is supported by people who call themselves Christians. There is no way for anyone who is not a monster to respond to the fathomless tragedy of Haiti … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, fundamentalism, God, James Dobson, Jesus, Pat Robertson, Politics, religious right, rush limbaugh
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Prometheus Unbound 