Tag Archives: Fundamentalism
On Neighbors Confronting Anti-Gay Church Group
Eventually the church group leaves, sent on their way with a chorus of parting shots from residents: “We don’t go to your house and tell you what to believe,” says one. Another shouts: “You don’t know what love means.” Another … Continue reading
On Mel White’s SoulForce Trial of Anti-Gay Charges
Before a judge and a jury, anti-gay charges are presented by more than a dozen public figures who have attacked God’s gay children in television specials and…
Better Yard Signs for Preachiness and Propaganda
I see how popular these yard signs have become and wonder at people’s motivation for posting them. Perhaps they’re a part of a vast Christian Fundamentalist propaganda mobilization effort. But I’m being a little silly there. Or am I? Continue reading
A New Generation of Irrational Haters Arise
Newsbusters.org denounces the Time magazine article The Battle Over Gay Teens by John Cloud as playing with the facts. I ventured into the comments and found myself in a sea of stubborn prideful dismay at John Cloud’s audacity to report gay teenagers as (GASP!) mostly happy well-adjusted people…. Continue reading
Compassion for Iranian Gay Teens Lost to Religious Insanity
Two gay teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, were publicly executed in Iran on 19 July 2005 for the ‘crime’ of homosexuality. Iran enforces Islamic Sharia law, which dictates the death penalty for gay sex. (more photos) Continue reading
The UCC and Gay Marriage; Jesus and Adulterers
Jesus did teach about marriage. In the gospel of Mark, Jesus is remembered to have said that if a man “divorces his wife and marries another, he commits adultery against her.” There are no exceptions noted… Continue reading
Amy Goodman and Corporate Media Propaganda
A nation at war – and especially one fought far away – ought to bare the reality of that war, at the very least, by seeing up-close what it means for those fighting or living through it: pain, suffering, misery, gore, torture, humiliation and death. The media ought to serve the public interest by giving us the full story… Continue reading
Santa Boogey – Myth, Mystery and Manure
Recently, I skimmed a discussion thread between an evangelical christian and a non-evangelical gay person regarding salvation, sin, god and of course homosexualtiy. the gay person was trying to reason with the evangelical while the evangelical was trying to exorcise the gay man. It was all rather insane… Continue reading
The Segregation of the Homosexual
Today while flipping channels I came across a black minister decrying the argument which equates today’s gay civil rights movement with yesterday’s black civil rights movement. He said it was immoral and offensive. Shame on that segment of the black community which falsely believe they alone are entitled to civil rights and… Continue reading
Fundies Write The Darndest Things (as read by actors)
“You know there’s a lot of things in life I’ve concluded to be wrong without studying them in depth. Evolution is one of them. You know the fact that I don’t know a thing about it doesn’t bother me in … Continue reading →