2015-03-12T17:35:34-06:00

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  Establishment darling, southern gentleman, scholar and author Jon Meacham had no trouble getting on talk shows to pitch his book extolling the virtues of the serial rapist Thomas Jefferson. What else do you call sex with a fourteen year old black slave, but rape? So how fitting it is that at the university founded by a serial rapist–the University of Virginia–the federal government is investigating UVA for Title IX violations, including the mishandling of sexual assault allegations. Eighty-six schools, including Princeton,... Read more

2015-03-12T17:35:35-06:00

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  Kirk Cameron’s “Saving Christmas” is a cynical ploy masquerading as a movie aimed squarely at the faith-based demographic. And it’s political.  This is the opening shot in Fox’s fake “War on Christmas” pageant. Cameron is an ideologue and right wing culture warrior. He’s partners with fellow far right fundamentalist trickster and “evangelist” Ray Comfort. Comfort is into tricks to lure the unwary into the kingdom of far right fundamentalist faith that I’ve seen before. I grew up as the son... Read more

2015-03-12T17:35:35-06:00

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  When Republican lawmakers slammed President Barack Obama for announcing Thursday that he would act unilaterally to provide deportation relief for approximately 4.4 million undocumented immigrants, there didn’t seem to be much of the Thanksgiving spirit in their response. Isn’t this a time to welcome the stranger in our midst? There was no question in my mind that besides being ungenerous there is also a racial component to the GOP response. A black man is going to flood us with more people... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:28-06:00

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“Any sexual hangups I may have postponed were now thrown to the wind. I was liberated and quickly made up for lost time with a new male partner who was also freshly divorced. My label was now Gay (and proud) and not a religious one…” Nov 20th, 6:12am Hi again Bob, thanks, what a wonderful piece, may I use it on my Patheos blog sometime, and use your real name? Frank Schaeffer Bob Signorelli Nov 20th, 6:13am Yes, of course.... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:29-06:00

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Hey Mainstream Media, are you listening? According to my (great) FB readers you’re doing a crap job. Here’s the amazing response–so far–from my readers on my Facebook Page… More than 150 people have their say…   Posted 19 hours ago Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?Please comment below (I’ll publish the best comments on my blog)Is it that the conflict between atheists and fundamentalists is sexier?Does 24/7 cable news think... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:29-06:00

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“Lisak’s findings upended general presumptions about campus sexual assault: It implied that most incidents are not bumbling, he-said-she-said miscommunications, but rather deliberate crimes by serial sex offenders…” Here is an excerpt from: A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA Rolling Stone Frats are often the sole option for an underage drinker looking to party, since bars are off-limits, sororities are dry and first-year students don’t get many invites to apartment soirees. Instead, the kids crowd... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:30-06:00

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  Why Does The Media Avoid Reporting on the Huge Movement Away From Fundamentalism to Progressive Religion?  Please comment on my FACEBOOK page (Click HERE)  Is it that the conflict between atheists and fundamentalists is sexier? Does 24/7 cable news think only in black and white terms? Does the latest outrage from Bill Maher or Franklin Graham make for a hotter story than the spiritual journey of millions of tolerant, inclusive seeking Americans? Yet In 2012, Pew found that 29... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:30-06:00

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“At My Beloved’s Garden, we provide a safe non-pornographic place to shop for all your Christian sex toys and romance needs, while keeping Christ at the center of your marriage. Packages arrive in a non-descript plain brown box. Your information is never sold or shared, we respect you and your privacy.” What sort of guilty broken-Bible-brain does one have to have in order to need to use a Christian dildo, instead of just any old dildo? Hint: embracing Paradox works... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:31-06:00

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The 1970s Evangelical antiabortion movement that Dad (Evangelical leader Francis Schaeffer), C Everett Koop (who would be Ronald Reagan’s surgeon General), and I helped create seduced the Republican Party. We turned it into an extremist far right party that is fundamentally anti-American. You can’t understand why the GOP was so successful in winning back both houses of congress in 2014, and wrecking most of what Obama has tried to do, unless you understand what we did back then. You see,... Read more

2015-03-12T17:39:31-06:00

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Are Franklin Graham–and/or the 13 Evangelical leaders who wrote to Obama asking to be allowed to discriminate against gay people–gay? I’m betting the answer is yes for some of them. Evangelical Leaders of anti-gay initiatives have turned out to be closeted gays often. Those who fight to “defend the faith” in its fundamentalist harsh incarnation, as Evangelical “professional Christians” often do, have a special need-based interest in making sure other people live by the letter of the Bible’s “inerrant” Word. One... Read more

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