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Terrorizing Children For Jesus

October 5, 2009

The man in the above picture was arrested on September 15 and charged on September 25 with possession of child pornography…..
Ottawa police have issued an arrest warrant for a Roman Catholic bishop from Nova Scotia facing child pornography charges…….
(Bishop Raymond) Lahey was re-entering Canada at the Ottawa International Airport on Sept. 15 when members of [...]

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Lake Public Schools: We Value Belief In God

August 28, 2009

It seems that the Lake Local School district is being challenged by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Lake Local Schools, a public school system just south of my old stomping grounds, has this sentence in their "mission statement"……….
We Value: Responsibility, honesty, respect, integrity, commitment, belief in God and religious freedom, our community, our partnerships, and every [...]

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Texas Theocons & The Magic Book

August 24, 2009

Up until this school year, high school classes where the Bible is the focus of study have only been available in some Texas public schools.
With these types of results….
Mark Chancey, associate professor in religious studies at Southern Methodist University, has studied Bible classes already offered in about 25 districts for the Texas Freedom Network.
"Some classes [...]

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Health Care & Abortion

August 14, 2009

Let me start out today by stating the facts. Abortion is legal in this nation. The abomination known as the Hyde Amendment currently prevents government money from being used to pay directly for abortions.
These two facts are now clashing with each other in health care reform negotiations. Here's a few tastes…
ABC's Jake Tapper reports….
Sen. Judd [...]

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Tweety-Bird On Evolution & God

July 30, 2009

MSNBC's Chris Matthews is quite the narcissist. What Matthews, in essence, is all about on his daily Hardball program,…. is hearing himself talk. It's always and invariably all about Chris Matthews. He is a case study in D.C Villagerdom. He regards himself as a kind of common sense Lone Ranger (like David Broder). As far [...]

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California Punishes Poor, Protects Rich

July 22, 2009

Remember this?
"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore…"
California is adding a new line….
'So we can f*ck them over.'
Hard to believe….
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced Monday that they had reached a deal to close California's $26.3-billion deficit and begin paying all [...]

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Red State Values

July 3, 2009

Over the past 30 years I've heard a lot of pious baloney about traditional values voters in those so-called Red States. A lot of pious baloney. This faux morality, for the most part, hasn't been touted by your average Red State citizen. Rather, pious baloney has been served up, mostly, by Republican politicians, their enablers, [...]

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Anti-Sex

July 2, 2009

I have mostly understood the anti-abortion movement in America as largely an anti-sex movement. One size does not fit all, naturally, and I recognize that there are many people who oppose abortion on principles other than anti-sex.
What do I mean by anti-sex?
Within the Roman Catholic faith, sexual intercourse is theologically explained as sinful. The [...]

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Hiking Up Something

June 25, 2009

I don't think I've ever witnessed such political party patriotism. Such dedication is rare. So absolutely stunned was I, after learning recently about the unmatched loyalty of two prominent Republicans,….that I was almost struck speechless….almost.
It has been said that there is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends. That being [...]

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Why So Extreme?

June 20, 2009

The modern Republican Party's plight can be compared, I think, to the experience of American Protestantism in the last half of the 19th century. I'll explain in a minute.
Today, many moderates, Democrats, Independents, as well as liberals, have difficulty comprehending what looks like an obvious and ongoing denial of reality by the modern Republican Party. [...]

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