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“GLAAD joined with Call To Action and the Interfaith Alliance today in urging media to ignore desperate attempts by anti-gay activist Bill Donohue to distract attention from the latest revelations in the deepening abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. Donohue, who has a long history of outrageous and defamatory attacks on gay people in his capacity as head of the …

After a judge ruled that the father of a dead soldier must pay Westboro Baptist Church their court costs for defending themselves against his suit for picketing his son’s funeral, Bill O’Reilly has announced that he would personally pay the judgment. O’Reilly: “I will pay Mr. Snyder’s obligation. I am not going to let this injustice stand.”

“The folly of the SPLC’s expanding ‘hate’ dragnet is that it threatens to engulf all religious/moral opposition to homosexuality. Indeed, it would be revealing to query the top 25 ‘GLBT’ activist across the nation and ask them if they would also label, as Matt Barber pokes fun HERE, the following as ‘hate groups’: Family Research Council, AFA, the Roman Catholic …

The “ex-gay” sadists at Exodus International are endorsing the beating, bullying, and torturing of gay youth through their Day Of Truth campaign against GLSEN’s coming Day Of Silence. Below they interview students at the University of Central Florida (second mention of my alma mater today, but not as funny), asking them about God’s view on homosexuality. Jeremy at Good As …

Anti-gay Trinity Broadcasting has settled a sexual harassment suit brought by a gay male employee against Pastor Paul Crouch, Jr., the son of the network’s founder and chairman, Paul Crouch. According to the employee, Crouch Jr. emailed him transsexual porn and told employees that he had a “mangina.” Brian Dugger sued Trinity last March, claiming he was harassed and discriminated …

“Ex-gay” nutters PFOX are trying to get PepsiCo shareholders riled up because the company made a donation to PFLAG. Via World Net Daily: PFOX alleges that PepsiCo is the leading corporate sponsor of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc., whose recent publication, a Faith Field Guide, urges PFLAG members to protest against religious conferences that feature formerly …

Arguably the world’s most famed gay activist, the UK’s Peter Tatchell has come out against the recent hate speech fine imposed on an American preacher in Scotland, saying that only speech that incites to violence should be illegal. New York resident Shawn Holes was arrested in Glascow two weeks ago after telling customers at a shopping mall that gay people …

The father of the dead Marine whose funeral was picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church has been ordered to pay Fred Phelps’ court costs for defending the church from the father’s lawsuit. On Friday, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ordered Snyder to pay $16,510 to Fred Phelps. Phelps is the leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, which conducted …

Americans United for Separation of Church and State have called on the IRS to investigate Gainesville, Florida’s Dove World Outreach Center for violating their tax-exempt status. Earlier today I posted the latest video from Dove World’s Pastor Luke Jones in which he calls for homosexuals to be put to death. Dove World Outreach Center erected a sign on its property …

Retired Presbyterian minister Jane Spahr may face a church court trial for officiating same-sex marriages. Even though the marriages were legal at the time. This is the second time Spahr is facing church sanctions. Spahr, who lives with her son and 6-year-old granddaughter in San Francisco, freely acknowledges the church’s allegations that she married a lesbian couple in June, 2008, …

Paula and Jay Gilbert are familiar sights in downtown Orlando’s nightclub district where they bellow about ho-mo-sexu-ality and the evils of punk rock (?) over their portable PA systems. The Gilberts and associates from their Sin Is A Choice Ministries have also picketed Orlando Pride. Here’s a clip just posted by Paula in which one of them there gay abominations …

After their “no more homo faggots and gays” clip got yanked from YouTube for TOS violations, Pastor Luke Jones of Gainesville, Florida’s Dove World Outreach Center responds with this rant about censorship, adding that “homosexuality is a sin that should be punished by death.” Jones also claims that 30% of gay men admit to having sex with minors, we all …

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Dean Richard Tarkington found guilty of possession of child porn.Kentucky: Pastor Alonzo Bradley arrested for torturing his wife by “beating and burning her with implements.”West Virginia: Pastor Johnny Ray Dempsey pleads guilty to incest and sexual abuse by a parent.Florida: Rev. John C. Spinks charged with possession and distribution of child porn.Maryland: Father …

Here’s the European version of the map I posted earlier in the week. Green dots mean more Catholics, blue dots mean more Protestants. UPDATE: I’m not really getting this map either. Maybe someone can suss out the methodology at the source.

Italian Bishop Francesco Nolè says that “irregular” people like homosexuals don’t deserve to be honored with a funeral. In an interview published last Friday on pontifex.roma.it, a website created to ‘prove and defend Christianity’, Bishop Francesco Nolè declared that ‘irregulars’ such as criminals and homosexuals should not be given communions or funerals. This, he said, is not to be seen …

And the censors win. Last night Tarleton State University of Texas issued this brief press release: The four student-directed plays, including “Corpus Christi,” scheduled to be performed at Tarleton State University on Saturday, March 27, 2010, have been canceled this evening by the professor. The professor cited safety and security concerns for the students as well as the need to …

Merely moving the single performance of Terrance McNally’s Corpus Cristi to the ungodly (heh) hour of 8:00am wasn’t good enough for the censorious students of Tarleton State in Texas. Via Christian Newswire: Thousands of Catholic students and concerned parents are calling for the cancellation of a blasphemous play at Tarleton State University in Texas. The offensive production Corpus Christi portrays …

The New York Times continues to uncover evidence of the Pope’s complicity in the cloaking of pedophile priests. The future Pope Benedict XVI was kept more closely apprised of a sexual abuse case in Germany than previous church statements have suggested, raising fresh questions about his handling of a scandal unfolding under his direct supervision before he rose to the …

After receiving threats from the local Christian community, a college performance of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi has been moved to 8:00. In the morning. Security concerns prompted Tarleton State University to change the start time and limit the audience of a play in which Jesus is portrayed as gay. The production called “Corpus Christi” was to be performed, at the …

In 2007 Julian Raven and six other Christians refused to leave a public park in Elmira, New York during a gay pride event. Instead Raven and his party approached the event stage, laid face down in the grass and prayed, resulting in their arrest for causing a public disturbance. Even though his case is still under appeal, Emira police rearrested …