The Family Research Council says that the reason 20% of Americans now say they have no religious affiliation is because churches aren’t being hateful enough to keep people interested. Via press release: As more churches move away from biblical authority, their attendance suffers. Just ask the Episcopal Church, whose pews are virtually empty after the decision to endorse homosexuality. It’s …

From the SPLC-certified hate group MassResistance: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your 2012 National Republican party. Diversity is much more important than conservative principles. Maybe they think that if unprincipled Republicans get elected, the liberals and the media (and their mushy RINO donors) will like them all better. The bottom line is that it’s down to the same old thing: …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry did his best impersonation of a stereotypical black man while reading his poem, “New Uncle Tom,” which attacked Samuel L. Jackson over his appearance in a pro-Obama web ad for the Jewish Council for Education and Research. Channeling “Sir Reginald Bling,” Terry knocked “my man Samuel L. Jackson” …

From the Maddow Blog: When the president’s critics spin this, they’ll say, “The deficit was over $1 trillion again,” and that will be accurate. What the criticism fails to note, however, is that (a) the deficit is now much smaller than it was when Obama took office; (b) this is the smallest deficit we’ve seen in four years; (c) this …

“We are here in direct relation to the heroes and she-roes who paid with their lives for this right. Many of us are old enough to remember what it felt like to be told we could not register to vote without taking a test or paying a poll tax. Some were asked how many angels danced on a head of …

Hilarious. And disgusting.

The government of Indonesia has told local pharmaceutical companies that they may ignore international patents on several HIV medications. Reuters reports: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono quietly issued a decree last month authorizing government use of patents for seven HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B medicines held by the likes of Merck & Co, GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Abbott and Gilead. The international trade …

“I travel the country talking to average gay people, and I can tell you that for millions of gay Americans this election is about survival. I have heard the stories of gay families and couples worried about how much longer they can hold on, living paycheck to paycheck, facing the loss of their homes and fearing the loss of their …

The student government of North Carolina’s Elon University has voted 35-11 to demand that the school administration eject Chick-Fil-A from its food court. Dan Anderson, an Elon spokesman and one of the university’s vice presidents, said Chick-fil-A is on campus through Aramark, a food services provider that contracts with the company to provide food on campus. Despite that relationship, he …

According to conspiracy crackpot Alex Jones, black people are using social media to plan a major riot should Mitt Romney win the election.

The above billboards are appearing in numerous minority neighborhoods across Ohio. And Clear Channel won’t say who is paying for them. Civil rights and labor groups have denounced the billboards as an attempt to intimidate minority voters. “Intimidating billboards that point out voter fraud are appearing in predominantly African American communities in Ohio, despite little to no evidence that voter …

Watch this!

“So far, the best argument for protecting marriage may be sitting in the President’s office of Gallaudet University. There, voters got a unique view of the real-life persecution that awaits anyone who opposes same-sex ‘marriage.’ Last week, when Gallaudet’s Dr. Angela McCaskill was outed for signing a petition in favor of a public vote on marriage, she was exiled from …

God’s Gentle People are working to make it legal again to discriminate against LGBT people in Omaha, which only narrowly approved its workplace protection ordinance in March of this year. Some churches involved in the effort put the call to sign the petition more directly than others; approaches range from reminders to sign petitions after Sunday services to one pastor’s …

Those brave defenders of free speech at NOM have blocked me from their channel, so feel free to go crazy over there while the comments are open. (Via Good As You)

From the blog Guardian of Valor: So at the funeral today for Fallen Soldier Sgt. [Donna] Johnson a Westboro member decided it would be smart to stomp on the American flag. A Soldier did not take kindly to that and broke through the line, hitting one of the protesters that was disgracing Old Glory. As he was being arrested, two …

Another good clip from the Obama campaign that highlights Romney’s continuous contradictions of his own positions.

Just in via press release: Dear Joe, Last week’s episode of “The New Normal” referenced One Million Moms. Even though they attempted to poke fun, the show actually made One Million Moms look good. The conservative grandmother chose three girls who are raised in traditional families who share the same beliefs she does to help her cancel her granddaughter’s fake …