I’m not sure it’s enough to be an instance of full justice, but it’s a start: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, Mont., filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday to pave the way for a $15 million settlement of lawsuits alleging clergy members sexually abused 362 children over five decades, according to a diocese spokesman. “The settlement here will be as much help financially as we can offer to claimants,” the spokesman, Dan Bartleson, told NBCNews.com. “And the bankruptcy puts... Read more
I doubt there will be many cries of anguish over this – the homophobes are still tripping over themselves about the marriage equality ruling in Oklahoma. All the same: A news release from Hawaii’s Department of Attorney General reports that on Jan. 29 a state trial court judge upheld the constitutionality under both the state and federal constitutions of Hawaii’s Marriage Equality Act of 2013: In his ruling from the bench, Judge Sakamoto noted the importance of marriage under the... Read more
Sometimes the proper reaction to something is “Ma’am, what you just said could only be the depraved ramblings of a lunatic mind. You don’t need to be voting, you need either education or help.” Here is one such example from an elderly lady at a rally for Rep. Jim Bridenstine: “Obama, he’s not president, as far as I’m concerned, he should be executed as an enemy combatant,” the questioner said, before asking the congressman about “the Muslims that he is... Read more
Mission America’s Linda Harvey gave an interview to the ironically named American Family Associan’s radio show the other day where she compared homosexuality (which the American Psychological Association considers to be a perfectly normal facet of human psychology) to anorexia (which the American Psychological Association considers to be a psychological disorder). This is akin to saying enjoying blowjobs is like schizophrenia. The show’s hosts did not disagree: Vitagliano agreed with Harvey’s assessment that just as anorexic people are “driven by... Read more
So Coke had a Superbowl ad in which the song “America the Beautiful” was sung in multiple languages, suggesting that America was a welcoming home to people of all cultures – a melting pot, if you will. Well, a bunch of people descended from immigrants decided to express their outrage over this. America, it turns out, is not a welcoming place to people of all creeds – it is an exclusive club you must be born into. To these people,... Read more
A new baby came home and this dog gives it a quick test followed quickly by tacit approval. Read more
All of Michaelyn’s classes were cancelled today, so it looks like I get to spend the day watching Community with her. 😀 But here’s some quick happiness. Tyler Self is a walk-on basketball player at KU who has made, I think, two shots in his career. Still, someone made a highlight video of him. Have a good day, everybody! See you tomorrow. Read more
At least, that’s what at least one 7th grade social studies teacher at the Lakewood Middle School in North Little Rock, Arkansas, has spent three days teaching her class. Want proof? Examine the Power Point that went along with her lecture. It’s full of misrepresentations and bad science. This same school last year was the unwitting host of a debate between an 8th grade evolutionist and the entire rest of his creationist class – including the teacher. The student’s father... Read more
If the voucher system used to divert taxpayer money to religious schools were applied to other things, what would it look like? Probably like this: Read more
Bryan Fischer didn’t like the gay weddings at the Grammys. He had this to say of them: “If you care about children,” Fischer said, “this thing ought to appall you because gay marriage is bad for children. In fact, same-sex parenting – I’m going to be very direct here – same-sex parenting is a form of child abuse” Bear in mind that this is coming from a person who believes telling children if they don’t conform to a bunch of... Read more
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