What Would JT Do?
It made me facepalm. Read more
It made me facepalm. Read more
It’s going to be a really light day of posting for me. Last night my health took a turn for the worse, but I’m better this morning. Still, gonna just take it slow today. Have committed to going to the doctor in a few days if things don’t get better. On that note, have a good day everybody. 😛 Read more
Gay marriage has come to South Carolina, which means gay couples are needing things like cakes, wedding halls, and flowers. But one man, the ironically named Rep Steven Hickey, thinks businesses should be able to discriminate against gay couples if their religion tells them they should. The sponsor of a South Dakota bill that would allow businesses to deny services to same-sex weddings or any others that violate their “sincerely held religious beliefs,” told the Associated Press today that gay... Read more
Via Religion News: Religiosity in the United States is in the midst of what might be called ‘The Great Decline.’ Previous declines in religion pale in comparison. Over the past fifteen years, the drop in religiosity has been twice as great as the decline of the 1960s and 1970s. How do we track this massive change in American religion? We start with information from rigorous, scientific surveys on worship service attendance, membership in congregations, prayer, and feelings toward religion. We... Read more
Oh no! Now we’re in for it. Did you not hear? Almost two million…*ahem*…patriots are going to descend on Washington and demand the resignation of all the rightfully elected leaders they don’t like! Harry Riley has a dream. On the morning of May 16, somewhere between 10 and 30 million (estimates vary) God-fearing patriots will assemble in Washington, DC, for what Riley, a retired Army colonel from the Florida panhandle, is calling “Operation American Spring.” They’ll protest outside the White... Read more
American Atheists is at it again. This time they’re putting up a billboard telling the plain and obvious truth to Super Bowl fans. According to the press release in my inbox: On Wednesday, American Atheists launched a new billboard near Metlife Stadium that appeals to football fans with a dig at prayer. It is believed to be the first-ever atheist-sponsored ad aimed at a Super Bowl audience. The billboard features a priest cradling a football with text reading, “A ‘Hail... Read more
Last week I told you that long-time Camp Quest counselor Cambridge Broxterman’s house had been burglarized. I asked the community to come together for one of its own and you all responded. I got these two emails this morning. First: When JT offered to do a fundraiser for our losses, we were more than grateful for the offer but didn’t think anything would truly come from it. Mostly because when you hear about a bunch of strangers from the internet... Read more
I love living in Lawrence, KS. It’s like a little, education-happy bubble innoculated against contamination from the dumbfuckery elsewhere in Kansas. This year’s State of the State address was organized by Concerned Women for America (concerned about abortion and gay right, so mostly concerned about the tedium of other people’s lives) and it wrought about what you’d expect. According to the Topeka Capital-Journal, the spokeswoman exhorted the audience to take an active interest in their children’s education: “I pray that... Read more
Ed Brayton posted this propaganda video that has been put out by the Mormon church urging people to help their friends if they suspect they masturbate to pornography. This, the video implies, is how “the enemy” (*raises hand*) seeks to bring misery into the lives of good, wholesome Mormons: by creating a world where spreading people’s private lives to others as though it’s any of their business is frowned upon. The video begs Mormons not to listen! If someone you... Read more
Zack Kopplin does some of the most important work in the movement: he digs into creationism in high schools like none other. An article in Slate the other day piggy-backed off Kopplin’s work and gave us a map where taxpayer money is being used to teach creationism. If you go look at the map, you may notice two particular problem areas: This is a problem created by legislation. Take Louisiana, for instance: The Louisiana Science Education Act of 2008 allows... Read more
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