Tag Archives: religion

Since being told they could no longer use scripture-laden banners on the field, the cheerleaders at Lakeview-Fort Olglethorpe High School in northern Georgia have become local martyrs. Via Christianist site OneNewsNow: Community members have showed their overwhelming support for the cheerleaders who have since become media celebrities. A local youth pastor, Brad Scott, started a facebook page in their support …

Ever since the viciously anti-gay Dr. D. James Kennedy died and was replaced by the not-as-bad-so-far Rev. Tullian Tchividjian, some congregants at the Fort Lauderdale-based Coral Ridge Ministries mega-church have been chafing in their pews. Tchividjian, you see, wants to ease Coral Ridge out of political issues such as homosexuality and focus on worship. After Tchividjian, who is Billy Graham’s …

Over the last seven days…California: Pastor Jose Campoverde charged with molesting four girls living in church housing for needy families.England: Father David Pearce confesses to sexually assaulting five underage boys.Ohio: Pastor Joshua O’Bannion accused of molestation by two girls who came forward after O’Bannion was arrested in Arizona on the same charge.Alabama: Pastor Curtis Willis shot and killed by police …

My favorite atheist checks in with another excellent opinion piece, this one on the difference between private faith and public religion. Condell says that Catholic clergy such as the Pope, who deliberately spread misinformation about the effectiveness of condoms against HIV, should be charged with attempted murder.

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Bishop Raymond Lahey, on the lam for several days after Canadian border guards found child pornography on his laptop, yesterday surrendered to authorities. Lahey was released on $9,000 bail after turning himself in to Ottawa police on Thursday afternoon to face charges of possessing and importing child pornography. The Roman Catholic cleric, who resigned his post in Nova Scotia on …

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in New Hampshire on January 1st and the usual fuckweasels are planning a ballot measure to repeal it. “Republican Rep. Dan Itse is affiliated with Citizens Leadership of New Hampshire, which was created a few years ago to highlight threats to constitutional freedoms,” reports the Boston Globe. “He said Wednesday he will sponsor two constitutional amendments …

Cheerleaders at a public high school near Chattanooga, Tennessee are under fire for refusing to stop using giant scripture-loaded signs for the football players to crash through upon entering the field. Christianists, ignoring the Constitution, are screaming “oppression!” after the school district said the signs cannot be used. Fort Oglethorpe Mayor Ronnie Cobb vehemently disagrees with the ban and said …

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays are opposing the Matthew Shepard Act, a honking contradiction since they wildly celebrated their recent inclusion in Washington DC’s list of sexual orientation protections. But no one ever accused the “ex-gays” of making sense. Washington City Paper’s Amanda Hess: Let’s try to pick that one apart, shall we? According to PFOX, hate crime laws protecting …

The Vatican has issued a statement saying that other religions are worse when it comes to pedophile holy men, and HEY, at least our guys don’t like ’em super young! In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such …

Under the sneaky title “California Human Rights Amendment,” Pastor Walter Hoye is spearheading a campaign to put an anti-abortion “personhood” amendment on the state’s 2010 ballot. Hoye, a pastor who spent 18 days behind bars for pro-life demonstrations, admits it is a formidable task. “I think it sure will be, but we believe it’s more than doable and we’re looking …

Since Porno Pete LaBarbara just loves to repost JMG comments as proof of how gays are big horrible meanies, let’s take a quick stroll through the God-fearing, church going, hands-to-Jeebus crowd at Free Republic as they react to a San Francisco Chronicle photo essay about yesterday’s Folsom Street Fair. – “I’d rather die in Scranton than live in San Fagcisco.”– …

Wing Nut Daily is reporting that more than 80 pastors took part in “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” yesterday, a campaign launched by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund to “preach Sunday sermons related to biblical perspectives on the positions of electoral candidates or current government officials.” That is in violation of IRS rules regarding tax-exempt churches and political speech. “Pastors have a …

Over the last seven days…South Carolina: Pastor John David Helmuth busted in internet sting for trying to meet what he thought was a 13 year-old girl for sex.Connecticut: Rev. Iura Godenciuc charged with defrauding school district of $76K.New York: Father William Blasingame pleads guilty to stealing $86K from his diocese for plastic surgery and botox. Linked photo proves he did …

Talking Points Memo directs us this birther-mercial, which is now playing around in the country. One of the men behind the infomercial is attorney Gary Kreep, executive director of the Ramona, CA-based Birther group United States Justice Foundation. He told TPMmuckraker in an interview today that the initial buy was for two and half weeks at TV stations around the …

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Back in March we learned of the church in Connecticut that had posted YouTube clips of its bizarre “homosexuality exorcism” rituals. It took a few months, but eventually the mainstream media picked up on the story, prompting Connecticut to investigate the church for abusing children. This week the 16 year-old focus of the inquiry, who was seen flopping around on …

After born-again child star Kirk Cameron discovered that the rights to Charles Darwin’s Origin Of Species were in the public domain, Cameron decided to republish the book with a deranged 50-page foreword. Cameron has printed 50,000 copies of his altered book and is distributing them to the “top elite universities” of the country. According to Cameron, if you believe in …

On the same day that the Westboro Baptist Church staged an anti-Semitic rally in Brooklyn, a federal appeals court overturned a $5M judgment against them won by the father of a soldier whose funeral they had picketed. The judge ruled that even “distasteful and repugnant” speech is protected by the First Amendment. Last June a lien was placed on Westboro’s …

The Liberty Counsel, the Christianist outfit behind any lawsuit for Jeebus, has launched an “Adopt A Liberal” campaign, asking for prayers for people they judge to be working for Satan. Since the landmark 2008 general election, there can be no doubt that a very large percentage of our Nation’s leaders have a liberal mindset. The undeniable fact is that the …