Red Harvest has an interesting post about a lawsuit in New York, where the plaintiffs sued a publisher of the Bible, claiming that the Bible contains libelous statements against certain races. The court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, but it also (as an aside) addressed the merits of the argument. An interesting case.
Teen Virtue
The America Family Association is coming out with a new magazine, called TeenVirtue. You can tell it is "hip" and "rad" because the words "teen" and "virtue" are smashed together, a surely boss way to get in with the kids. From the picture to the left, you can see that the magazine is "by vicki courtney" — who doesn’t bother … Read More
More on The Religious Left
Oh, you bet they exist: Those on the left who are waiting for progressive religious leaders to add their voices to the national political debate need wait no longer. A powerful assembly of religious leaders from a variety of traditions gathered at Riverside Church in New York on April 4. Their message was loud and clear: the militarism of Bush, … Read More
Crouching Homophobe, Hidden Legislator
Michele Backmann is a Minnesota State Senator who doesn’t like gay people. In fact, she tried to force a floor vote on a ban on civil unions and gay marriage. When did she try to do this? During a gay pride day event. Fortunately, she was unsuccessful. But what she do afterwards? Like a freaking kid, she went out and … Read More
One Down . . .
The first soldier in the upcoming Christian War on Culture has been dealt with. But note the arrogance with which he behaved at sentencing: In the Atlanta courtroom, Rudolph sat stone-faced and answered questions calmly and politely. But in Birmingham, Ala., he winked at prosecutors as he entered court, said the government could "just barely" prove its case, and admitted … Read More
Daffy Dobson
Apparently the Christian Right Wrong doesn’t think it is batshit enough as it is, so along comes James Dobson to rectify the situation. If you listen to his recent show here (advance the time stamp to 22:52), you will hear Dobson compare the "black-robed men" (meaning the Supreme Court) to the "men in white robes, the Ku Klux Klan". Gee, … Read More
Eccch!
This music video will make you puke and want to kill yourself — not necessarily in that order.
The Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration
The title of this two-day conference — Confronting the Judicial War on Faith — is very revealing about those on the right and the overreaching hyperbole they use to "rally the troops". There is no WAR, kids. And out of several thousands verdicts and decisions handed down in courtrooms across the country each day, only a few of them could … Read More
The New Enemy?
Rolling Stone has a truly frightening article on a truly frightening movement: It’s February, and 900 of America’s staunchest Christian fundamentalists have gathered in Fort Lauderdale to look back on what they accomplished in last year’s election — and to plan what’s next…But despite their unprecedented power, fundamentalists still see themselves as a persecuted minority, waging a holy war against … Read More
The Unitarian Jihad
Startling new underground group spreads lack of panic! Citizens declare themselves "relatively unafraid" of threats of undeclared rationality. People can still go to France, terrorist leader says. You would have to be a Unitarian (or at least familiar with it) to fully appreciate this manifesto, but here it is: Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are … Read More
McDonald’s Ad Campaign
As advertisements go, this is a little provocative, eh? It lead many to question whether or not it was real. Well, it is. It’s an Austrian ad campaign for McDonald’s. (Europeans aren’t as prude as Americans).
Why James Dobson Is A Liar And A Demogogue And An Idiot
From Media Matters: Reading from a prepared address about judges that he touted as "prophetic", Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson conflated state circuit judges whose decisions he opposed with federal judges in order to rally support for President Bush’s federal bench nominations; misstated the political leanings of several judges in order to support his flawed contention that … Read More
Why Are You Banging Your Head Against The Wall? Because It Feels Good When I Stop!
It took me a long time, but I have slowly come to accept the fact that I am no longer . . . well . . . young. And I am cool with that. Especially when young people get into doing shit like this ritual, known as "suspension": Tony Troiano grimaced as he was lifted off the floor by giant … Read More
GannonGuckertGosch?
This is pretty weird. The Des Moines Register is saying that Jeff Gannon (the White House conservative "journalist" who was allowed into the White House press pool although he had no journalistic experience and was in fact a gay male escort who advertised his services on the Internet but that’s okay because his real name was James Guckert and he … Read More
Not Poped Out
The Rude Pundit is really enjoying all this dead Pope news: The Rude Pundit doesn’t want to hear about fuck-all else: no damn Abu Ghraib attack, no damn Tom DeLay-is-evil bullshit, and certainly not a fuckin’ word about the WMD intelligence report that says we’re all fucked. Who the hell needs that? Don’t harsh the Rude Pundit’s Pope corpse buzz. … Read More