What happens when you put a Catholic priest, Father Jonathan Morris, on FOXNews and let people ask him religious questions? Entertainment. Puzzlement. Confusion. Were you expecting anything different? This is a great clip to watch He doesn’t know the answer… so he asks to use a lifeline. (It’s not like the Pope would know any [...]
Canada Wins and Religious Bigot Loses Over Gay Marriage Case
July 24, 2009 By 12 Comments
Saskatchewan can teach religious Americans a lesson: Your religious beliefs are not an excuse for you to avoid doing your job. Marriage commissioner Orville Nichols was asked to perform a marriage for “M.J.” When he discovered that M.J.’s partner was the same sex, Nichols backed away, because he believes that “God hates homosexuality.” M.J. filed [...]
God Is Not Your Bitch, Mark Sanford
July 24, 2009 By 7 Comments
If newspapers are in danger of going out of business, this is certainly one way to draw in the eyes of readers. Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote an article poking fun at Governor Mark Sanford‘s recent comments about how “God will make him better.” It’s called “God is not your bitch.” After [...]
What if Judge Sonia Sotomayor Declared Her Atheism?
July 22, 2009 By 12 Comments
A candidate judge in South Africa was being grilled by the Judicial Service Commission. The judge, Senior Counsel Torquil Paterson, made this comment regarding why he left the priesthood to work in law: “I left the church for a variety of reasons, chief among them being that I realised God does not exist. I am [...]
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