The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz has struck back at President Obama’s implication that his rejection of Syrian refugees is “shameful,” telling CNN he will be introducing legislation banning Muslim Syrian refugees from entering the United States. “What Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing is that we bring to this country tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees,” Cruz …

Ireland’s same-sex marriage law went into effect yesterday and weddings began this morning after the required 24-hour waiting period. The first couple to marry was Richard Dowling and Cormac Gollogly. RTE reports: The couple who have been together for 12 years got married in Clonmel, Co Tipperary this morning. Senior Registrar for south Tipperary Mary Claire Heffernan confirmed they were …

The Liberty Counsel has launched this year’s “Friend Or Foe?” campaign against retailers who express their religious liberty in non-Liberty Counsel-approved ways. As always, religious liberty is a one-way street that leads directly to the Baby Jesus.

ABC News reports: A growing number of states are refusing to take in Syrian refugees amid heightened security concerns following Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris, but they may have no choice but to accept them, according to a State Department spokesman. Michigan and Alabama were the first states in the country to refuse relocating Syrian refugees on Sunday, and they …

Pastor Steven Anderson is best known for calling for the genocide of gay people and for openly praying for God to murder President Obama. The Friendly Atheist has the latest: Christian Pastor Steven Anderson spent part of his sermon yesterday telling his congregation that, while he doesn’t condone the actions of the Paris attackers, the concertgoers at the Bataclan theater …

The White House announced today that Stephen Sondheim and Barbra Streisand will be among those honored this year with the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. Via press release: Today, President Barack Obama named seventeen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions …

T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere yesterday tweeted a cartoon depicting Donald Trump as a literal piece of shit – complete with buzzing flies. And that has Breitbart VERY UPSET. Because – get this – Legere’s tweet is “typical liberal name-calling.” Homocon Milo Whatisopoulous writes: Doesn’t a CEO tweeting a picture like this betray something about how he regards his own customers? …

Well this certainly won’t win Robertson any new fans in Teabagistan. Brian Tashman writes at Right Wing Watch: Televangelist Pat Robertson has frequently warned that victories for LGBT equality will turn America into the biblical city of Sodom and therefore bring about God’s judgment. That made it all the more surprising when “The 700 Club” host alluded today to Ezekiel …

The notice only comes via an op-ed column but it’s better than nothing. From the column: The comfortable thing to do would be to dismiss Mr. Swanson as just another wombat from the embarrassing fringe of American politics. But that would be a mistake. Mr. Swanson’s murderous imaginings did not interfere with his ability to attract senior Republican figures to …

Gothamist recaps: John Oliver took full advantage of the linguistic freedoms afforded by HBO to unload an incredulous, obscenity-filled rant against the perpetrators of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night. Kicking off his Sunday broadcast of “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver warned viewers that their ears were about to be scorched by a “moment of premium cable profanity,” …

After a weekend of darkness, the Eiffel Tower today came back to life in the colors of the French flag.

Tomorrow Pastor Ron Johnson and busloads of fellow haters will descend upon the Indiana Statehouse during the ceremonial first day of the legislative session. They will be there just in case anybody tries to pull a fast one and grant LGBT Hoosiers the same civil rights enjoyed by Christians. The Northwest Indiana Times reports: The Indiana Pastors Alliance, led by …

Chris Johnson has the quote at the Washington Blade: “We have fought to not only change laws, but to change hearts, and now we need a president who will help us fight to eliminate the injustices that occur regularly in our community, and the best person to do that is Hillary Clinton. Hillary is a proven leader who will not …

In what Breitbart is calling a “major pickup” for Ted Cruz, today wingnut Rep. Steve King (R-IA) issued an endorsement in which he asks voters to “do your duty for God” and vote for Cruz in the Iowa caucus. Watch below.

The Telegraph reports: France is to call for an effective suspension of the Schengen Agreement on open borders across Europe this week, as it demands other European nations begin border identity checks inside Europe’s free movement zone, diplomatic sources have confirmed to The Telegraph. The radical step follows the Friday-night massacre in Paris and will lead French proposals at an …

Over eight million views for this holiday ad for a British grocery store chain. Ad News recaps: Sainsbury’s has turned to a family pet created by popular children’s author Judith Kerr in its Christmas ad spot which looks to evoke the giving spirit. As her family dreams of what Santa might bring them for Christmas, a CGI Mog wakes up …

You-know-who is going to go apeshit. The Advocate reports: The new Moschino Barbie is a huge hit (currently sold-out!), and its commercial is breaking boundaries by featuring a young boy in it. “Moschino Barbie is so fierce!” the boy screams as he and two female friends laud the doll, done up in designer Jeremy Scott’s sleek glamour. Barbie’s cellphone goes …

Raw Story recaps the latest from Sarah Palin: Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin explained that her daughter had gotten pregnant out of wedlock for the second time because God gave people second, third and fourth chances not to sin. “Bristol is pregnant again,” CBS correspondent Tracy Smith pointed out to Palin during a recent trip to Wasilla. “That …

During his now-famous 95-minute rant against Ben Carson, on Friday Donald Trump said that Carson is an “enigma.” According to RedState, that word was a racist “rhetorical trick” to plant the N-word in the minds of the audience. They write: TRUMP: Now Carson’s an enigma to me. CROWD: [Unintelligible] TRUMP: I didn’t say it! [Laughter]. Why are they laughing? What …

Within hours of the massacre in Paris, YouTube began to light up with dozens of claims that like 9/11, Newtown, and other mass killings, the attacks in France were an elaborate Illuminati hoax meant to further the creation of the New World Order. And grab your guns. Or something. Example below.