Monthly Archives: April 2011

Oklahoma Gets Official State Gospel Song

On Tuesday, Oklahoma’s House voted unanimously to make Swing Low, Sweet Chariot the official state gospel song. No other state has an official religious song. When state Representative Jabar Shumate of Tulsa (left), the Oklahoma bill’s House sponsor, was asked by a colleague to give a rendering of the song on the House floor on Monday, he declined, saying his …

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God’s Gentle Loving People, Part 98

Outside the American Atheists Convention in Des Moines, Iowa last weekend.(Via – Good As You)

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Stevie Nicks – Secret Love

Nice, but it could use some twirling.

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Feds To Hold Bullying Hearings

Submit your personal accounts of anti-gay bullying here.

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TRAILER: Deathly Hallows 2

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Atlas Bugged

Furious about them there liberal critics, the producer of this year’s biggest cinematic flop, Atlas Shrugged, says the movie’s two planned sequels probably will not happen. “Critics, you won,” said John Aglialoro, the businessman who spent 18 years and more than $20 million of his own money to make, distribute and market “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1,” which covers the first …

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From The Onion

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Quote Of The Day – Sally Kern

“We have a high percentage of blacks in prison and that’s tragic, but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don’t want to study as hard in school? I’ve taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn’t study hard because they said the government would take care of them.” – …

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Tony Perkins Vs. Coca-Cola

Ever since King & Spalding dropped their DOMA cases, word has been that their top hometown client Coca-Cola had some role in convincing them to pull out. Yesterday FRC president Tony Perkins hinted that Coke may be next on their shitlist. Via press release: While this form of corporate terrorism may have paid off temporarily, even the press is chiding …

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CNN’s John King Confronts Donald Trump Over “Embarassing” Birther Issue

Trump continues to insist that a CNN poll shows him even with the president. King points out that CNN has never issued such a poll, much to Trump’s anger and denial.

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Lawrence O’Donnell Kicks Birther Loon Orly Taitz Off His Show

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Open Thread Thursday

We’re not just LGBT activists here. Tell us where your other passions lie. Animal rights? Environmentalism? Workers rights? The peace movement? Globalism? Brights?

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Bryan Fischer: Glee Glamorizes Homosexuality & Gives You AIDS

In so many words.

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JMG Blog Year Eight Begins

Today is the seventh blogiversary of this here website thingy. As is tradition for today, here is my very first post. April 27th, 2004 I was born and raised in rural North Carolina. My fondest childhood memory is of playing in the dense, acrid, poison fog that was belched out by the county mosquito control truck during its daily dusk-time …

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Pat Robertson Goes Off On DOMA

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Julianne Moore As Sarah Palin

From the coming HBO movie about the 2008 campaign. Game Change stars Moore as Palin, Ed Harris as John McCain, Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt, McCain’s senior campaign strategist; Ron Livingston as Mark Wallace, another top McCain advisor; and Melissa Farman as Dancing with the Stars contestant Bristol Palin.

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Unsurprising

But Buzzfeed has some fun with it.

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Tweet Of the Day II – Cher

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Tweet Of The Day – NOM

NOM has picked up on Sen. Ruben Diaz’ claim of receiving death threats over a comment left on a Village Voice blog post. Because an anonymous internet comment is SO much worse than 20,000 screaming evangelicals waving signs that we will all burn in an eternal lake of fire.

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NEW YORK: Five State Senators MAY Be Changing Their Minds On Marriage

Gay City News reports that five New York state senators who voted against same-sex marriage in 2009 are now “taking no public position” on the issue. Obviously, this could possibly bode well for the upcoming vote promised by Gov. Cuomo. At least six changed votes would be needed for the bill to pass. According to statements on the record (to …

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