Nathan says: Planned Parenthood and other members of the abortion industry want to change the definition of pregnancy, claiming that pregnancy begins with implantation of a fertilized egg, rather than at fertilization — the point when the egg and the sperm unite. By altering the definition of pregnancy, Planned Parenthood officials can claim with a straight face that the morning-after … Read More
Anti-Gay Rove Loves His Gay Dead Dad
One of the arguments against gay marriage — and by extension, adoption of children by gay parents — is that it supposedly screws up the kids. That’s what the "pro-family" tightwads say, although they have no research to back up that claim. On the other hand, there is one good case study about the effect of gay parents on kids, … Read More
Maybe They Just Shouldn’t Watch
CBS is planning to air the documentary "9/11" on September 10. For those who haven’t seen it (I have), it’s a documentary about a rookie fireman. Or, at least, that’s what it started to be. The two documentarians, a couple of French brothers, were following the story of a rookie fireman in his new ladder company in lower Manhattan. You … Read More
Early American Textbooks
A strange editorial in the Wall Street Journal seems wistful for the days of 200 years ago: In early American public schools, there was no separation between church and state. Tenets of Christianity were embedded in almost every lesson and book, including spelling, reading, history, grammar, arithmetic and science. *** The schoolbooks used by early Americans were supposed to teach … Read More
More Homobigotry from UNC Professor Mike Adams
Seriously, why is this guy still employed? Here’s Mike Adams, professor of criminology at UNC-Wilmington: Several years ago, I began writing columns questioning the so-called gay rights movement. I prefer to call it the “gay privileges” movement because gays are not presently deprived of anything that is rightfully theirs. A gay man has the same right I have to marry … Read More
Barney & “Friends”
An actual Letter-To-The Editor from The Villiage News (of Fallbrook, CA): On Tuesday, August 8, I took my family out to Daniel’s for groceries. I have a 6-year-old daughter who learned how to read from the Barney and Friends book series. As we stepped out of the family van, she was very excited to see a Barney movie being advertised … Read More
Welcome To My Party Of Death
This is one of the best take-downs of Ramesh Ponnuru’s book The Party Of Death that I have read. Here’s a snippet: In the seventh chapter of his new book, The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life, Ramesh Ponnuru draws a distinction: There is a radical difference that separates both an … Read More
Okay, But Is My Donation Tax Deductible?
Charities often come up with unusual ways to raise awareness and raise money. But this takes the cake. It’s, um — how to explain — it’s, er, a "dance-with-yourself-a-thon". If you know what I mean. UPDATE: Damn! I missed it! (It happened last Saturday!)
Massage Therapist Banned From Having Sex With Her Husband
Minnesota has a law which forbids massage therapists from having sex with their clients for two years. A therapist who violates the law can have his/her license revoked, and be fined. The problem with the law (aside from the fact that it is a victimless crime) is that it makes no exception for marriage. That can cause a problem. Just … Read More
The Worst Defense Ever Raised In Court
A pedophile believes that his "right" to molest physically and mentally handicapped boys is protected because it stems from his religious belief: Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday. He is charged with 74 counts including rape, pandering obscenity to minors and corrupting another with … Read More
North Carolina: Bill To Bar Gay Marriage Dies
This is the third time the bill hasn’t had any success. North Carolina remains the only southern state which lacks an amendment blocking gay marriage. So somebody is doing something right. Pam Spaulding reports: NC State Sen. James Forrester didn’t waste any time submitting another marriage amendment bill this year (Senate Bill 1228, Defense of Marriage/House Bill 2438), but Equality … Read More
Last Word On The Army/Community Theater Thing
Re: Former Sgt. Bleu Copas, the Arab linguist who got booted from the Army over allegations of homosexuality after being grilled by his superiors as to whether or not he was involved in community theater (background here and here)… He’s starring in "Bye Bye Birdie" at Theatre Bristol
If You’re In Cleveland Today, Keep Looking Down
Rather sick, if you ask me: Picture of aborted fetus to be flown over Cleveland As a shock tactic, a national group that opposes abortion plans to fly a billboard-size picture of an aborted fetus over Cleveland beginning Monday. The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, which frequently employs such attention-grabbing advertising, hopes to jar people into reconsidering their support of abortion, … Read More
Ken Burns vs. The FCC
Ken Burns, documentarian extraordinaire (see The Civil War, Baseball) is in a battle with the FCC over his latest project — a 14 hour PBS documentary on WWII. Apparently, two of the people he interviews somewhere in that 14 hours use — get the fainting couch ready — swear words! The War, by Ken Burns, which includes veterans using profanities … Read More
Funny Video Of The Day
There’s one thing that conservatives and liberals agree on: Fred Phelps and his group are the most incidious people on the planet. Fred Phelps, if you don’t know, is the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church. He first came to national attention with his protests in Laramie, Wyoming following the murder of Matthew Shepard, as immortalized in the play and … Read More