Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
The Bishops make their move
So it looks like the Bishops have decided to double-down on their latest effort to have the Federal Government enforce Church Law. The President offered up a rhetorical solution in response to their rhetorical freak-out over language in a new health insurance rule and the fiction that their objection was about religious freedom was exposed [...]
February 11, 2012
· 
Dennis G. · 
131 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012, Fuck The Poor, Good News For Conservatives, Religion, Vagina Outrage
Saturday Evening Open Thread
Since this week has been all about the godsbothering, a historical sidebar I’ve been saving, from Kevin M. Kruse at the NYTimes: ... The concept of “one nation under God” has a noble lineage, originating in Abraham Lincoln’s hope at Gettysburg that “this nation, under God, shall not perish from the earth.” After Lincoln, however, [...]
February 11, 2012
· Anne Laurie · 110 Comments
Posted in: Excellent Links, Open Thread, Religion, Republican Venality
About This Religious Liberty Stuff
When did the 1st Amendment change from basically saying that you can practice whatever religion you want and you won’t be burned at the stake as a heretic and we’re not going to form or recognize a national religion like the Church of England? When did it change to “everyone everywhere has to do what [...]
February 11, 2012
· John Cole · 136 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs, Religion
Overreach
I can not believe the Bishops are so stupid as to shift the debate into one that is simply against contraception, period. They’ve now completely lost any argument they may have had about religious liberty (imho they never had one to begin with), and are basically about to start circling the toilet bowl looking like [...]
February 11, 2012
· John Cole · 271 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Religion
Remember, The Pill is the Bigger Sin
Our moral betters: Sealed documents filed in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy identify at least 8,000 instances of child sexual abuse and 100 alleged offenders – 75 of them priests – who have not previously been named by the archdiocese, a victims’ attorney said Thursday. Archdiocese spokeswoman Julie Wolf said she did not have enough [...]
February 10, 2012
· John Cole · 54 Comments
Posted in: Religion
Fomenting Insurrection
This is kind of shocking: The still-lingering controversy over the Obama administration’s mandate about health insurance coverage that includes contraception spread to American Army posts all over the world before the matter was settled. For the Army, it started when Timothy Broglio, the archbishop for the military services, sent a letter to all Catholic chaplains [...]
February 9, 2012
· John Cole · 240 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs, Rare Sincerity, Religion
Sunday Sermon and Open Thread
Preach it, Brother Bill: So, it’s Super Bowl Sunday. What are y’all cooking for the occasion, if anything? Does anyone have a good recipe for onion dip that does not include Lipton’s Onion Soup Mix? I intend to try this Alton Brown recipe unless someone has a better suggestion. Also, Giants or Patriots? I’m not [...]
February 5, 2012
· Betty Cracker · 86 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread, Recipes, Religion
Cry Yourself to Sleep
The last time I discussed religious extremists attempting to impose their will on America, my parents spent the next few days debating (in front of me) whether I was a heretic, a heathen, or just an asshole. I’ll try to be a little bit more delicate this time. Here’s a picture for you: That geriatric [...]
February 3, 2012
· John Cole · 160 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Religion, Vagina Outrage
I Don’t Care About Your Invisible Jeebus
I used to be a lot quieter about not believing- hell, ten years ago I remember talking to people about religion and trying to believe. But it just never happened, I never saw the light or whatever, and continued to think that all this invisible Jesus stuff was just a load of crap. But I [...]
January 31, 2012
· John Cole · 426 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Get off my grass you damned kids, Religion
Here Comes the Jesus Brigade
All around scumbag Tony Perkins and his assorted “Christian” organizations are now going all in for little Ricky: Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council says conservatives are looking for a candidate who will repeal the nation’s health care law, fight for pro family values and address the national debt. “Not a lot of [...]
January 14, 2012
· John Cole · 63 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Election 2012, Religion
Hitching their cart to a dead horse
For some reason evangelical leaders have all voted to rally behind…Rick Santorum. COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – Influential evangelical Christian leaders on Saturday endorsed Rick Santorum for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, in an attempt to strengthen him as the more conservative alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney. At a weekend meeting at a ranch outside [...]
January 14, 2012
· Tim F. · 14 Comments
Posted in: Religion, Republican Stupidity
Shorter Rick Perry: “God Hates Fags”
By now you have heard the following good news: The United States will begin using American foreign aid to promote gay rights abroad, Obama administration officials said on Tuesday. President Obama issued a memorandum directing American agencies to look for ways to combat efforts by foreign governments to criminalize homosexuality. The new initiative holds the [...]
December 6, 2011
· John Cole · 62 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights, Religion, Sociopaths, Teabagger Stupidity
Suffer Little Children
Good post by Steven Taylor over at OTB and Rick Santorum’s odd morality: Having said that (and hopefully have forestalled comments along those lines), Santorum does keep saying things that I think a substantial portion of the population believes. To wit: he frequently makes moral claims that paint the picture of a universe in which [...]
December 6, 2011
· John Cole · 62 Comments
Posted in: Fuck The Middle-Class, Fuck The Poor, Religion, Sociopaths
The Colbert Report Points Out Hypocrisy in “Anti-Bullying” Bills
Cognitive dissonance, thy name is Leviticus. Religious nutbags across the country are getting more and more desperate when it comes to slapping homosexuals upside the head with the Bible. Fighting against a tide of equality, these people are determined to inflict their bastardized version of Christianity on all of us—including our children.1 And if that [...]
November 10, 2011
· ABL 2.0 · 100 Comments
Posted in: Fucked-up-edness, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Religion
The God Given Right To Bully Gays
These are just sad, sad people: A proposed policy change that protects West Virginia’s gay and lesbian students from school harassment has drawn criticism from some conservative groups. Groups like the Family Policy Council of West Virginia have lambasted the policy for threatening religious freedom and free speech, while civil rights groups say the rule [...]
November 10, 2011
· John Cole · 88 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Religion
