A year or so ago I subscribed to the OneNewsNow newsletter, an organ of christian conservatives that is reliably parroting and ridiculous. One value it adds is a constant monitoring of wins and losses in the culture wars, especially in the theaters of abortion rights and same-sex marriage. Of course, what they count as a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'religion'
By Their Deeds
January 10th, 2010 · No Comments
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Tuesday Morning Dave Allen at Large
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments
Spread the joy…
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Wow, You Guys…
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments
I know it’s shooting shitheads in a barrel, but this is too good to pass up. Here is a teabagger explaining why legislation is necessary to force school children to sing Christmas carols (via HuffPo).
“Bottom line is Christmas is about Christmas,” said Erin Ryan, president of the Redding Tea Party Patriots. “That’s why we have [...]
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Linguistic Loopiness from the Religious Right
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments
From Jeff Sharlet’s Salon article on Bart Stupak and Joseph Pitt’s house-mates:
In its internal documents, the Family refers to itself as an “invisible organization” and the “prayer cells” into which it organizes politicians as “invisible ‘believing groups.’”
The connotations run wild: part Manson Family, part Al-Qaeda, part Illuminati, part Scientology. I try not to invoke the [...]
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Imagine There’s No Controversy
November 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Don’t express anything; someone might get offended.
Wear a “positive costume” or don’t dress up (but don’t NOT wear anything at all or the SWAT team will take you down); but definitely do not wear a scary or creepy costume on Halloween, cuz someone might get scared or take offense or get their religious panties up [...]
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