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Gay Republicans Ask for Social Issue Cease-Fire

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…eir website, concerned with cutting capital gains and corporate tax rates, free-market health care reform, and privatizing Social Security. Oh, they want “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repealed as well—but that may be deemphasized as they seek support on these other matters. GOProud’s letter is at once bold and insulting. Bold because they have walked into the lion’s den and asked kindly not to be eaten for supper. Insulting because it shows that even ga…

The Latest to Botch Mormonism: Garry Wills

By Joanna Brooks

…s done so, he would have quickly located a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a high-ranking church leader and Constitutional scholar, who in 1992 spoke directly to what is and what is not inspired in the Constitution from an LDS perspective: Reverence for the United States Constitution is so great that sometimes individuals speak as if its every word and phrase had the same standing as scripture. Personally, I have never considered it necessary to def…

“Gotcha” Video & Pro-Life Bill Released Together

By Andy Kopsa

…’s Forum (who testified against this bill last year) told me PRENDA will become, “A communication point for those who would end all abortion.” A showpiece. But, because the suspension rules call for a two-thirds majority for passage, Yeung remains hopeful the bill won’t pass, “It could work in our favor as two-thirds would mean they [Republicans] would have to siphon off some Democrats.” You can track the bill here. And look for calendar updates…

Milwaukee Archdiocese, Under Dolan, Paid Sex Abusers to Leave Priesthood

By Sarah Posner

…he Times. Here are some things Dolan has commented on lately: He suggested New York’s marriage equality bill was akin laws in totalitarian societies; He compared gay marriage to “polygamy, adultery, forced marriages;” After the Obama administration declined to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, he accused it of “hostility” toward “traditional marriage,” and a “new, more aggressive position” on gay marriage that would “precipitate a natio…

Exodus Declares Opposition to Criminalization of Homosexuality

By Warren Throckmorton

…We stand with all who are defending this basic, biblical tenet and remain committed to sharing the compassion, hope and life-giving grace and truth of Jesus Christ. Finally, we stand with the LGBT community both in spirit, and when necessary, legally and physically, when violence rears its head in Uganda, Jamaica or anywhere else in the world. The statement is in response to reports that the board Vice-Chair of the Exodus board of directors, Denn…

Where Joe the Plumber and Allen West’s Gun Control Conspiracy Theory Comes From

By Sarah Posner

…n in 1996, Pratt defended himself against charges of his connections to neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic groups by touting his membership in the Jews for the Preservation of Gun Ownership, a far-right group which claims — you guessed it — that gun control led to the Holocaust: I am a member of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. The leader of that organization, Aaron Zelman, just recently issued a statement saying that JPFO and Gun Owners of…

Olympics Opening Ceremony as Satanic Ritual

By Joseph Laycock

…igned to brainwash the audience—paving the way for an invasion of evil—the New Zealand Herald reported today on the website of conspiracy theorist David Icke, which outlines the plot. Glastonbury Tor, where the games are located, is actually a “vortex,” a site where the earth’s subtle energy can be tapped. The Olympic Bell was designed to harness this energy and release it as a “Satanic frequency” aimed at the audience. Icke’s followers were encou…

The Theological Roots of Akin’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment

By Sarah Posner

…r Jones’ Nick Baumann reports, last year Akin “and most of the House GOP co-sponsored a bill that would have narrowed the already-narrow exceptions to the laws banning federal funding for abortion—from all cases of rape to cases of ‘forcible rape.’” A 2001 PCA report on the prospect of women serving in combat positions in the military, titled “Man’s Duty to Protect Woman,” states, “woman is the weaker sex and part of her weakness is the vulnerabil…

Steve Jobs Reincarnated as Divine Half-Yak

By Andrew Aghapour

…yathorn, half yak.” The Thai Buddhist New Religious Movement posted a three-part essay on their website describing the life, death, and reincarnation of Jobs, claiming that he also invented the wind-mill in a previous life to predict natural disasters. The essay is illustrated with enough CGI mock ups (like the one below) to make you glad, for just a moment, to be alive during this, of all possible, times. Jobs has long been compared to a religiou…

D’Souza Tries to Explain Himself

By Sarah Posner

…f I had thought or known I was doing something wrong.” Hold on one holier-than-thou minute. D’Souza, according to press releases sitting in my inbox from conference organizer Alex McFarland, was the keynote speaker at a conference that “will present the Christian worldview and teach others to defend it,” and that was designed “[t]o help Christians to understand their faith, work through troubling questions, and ultimately, stand up for Christian…