Monthly Archives: September 2011

BRAZIL: Anti-Gay Televangelist Charged With Embezzling $300M From Followers

A major religious scandal is exploding in Brazil after one of the nation’s best known anti-gay televangelists, Edir Macedo, was charged with embezzling $300M from his impoverished followers. Three leading members of one of Brazil’s most powerful churches have been accused of laundering millions in church donations and using worshippers’ money for personal gain. The charges, unveiled on Monday by …

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Insulin May Help Alzheimer’s Patients

According to a just-released study, an insulin nasal spray may help Alzheimer’s patients with memory problems. “The results of our pilot trial demonstrate that the administration of intranasal insulin stabilized or improved cognition, function and cerebral glucose metabolism for adults with aMCI or AD (Alzheimer’s disease),” Suzanne Craft, of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and the University …

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WASHINGTON: GOP Pays Anti-Gay Group To Train Capitol Hill Staffers

Roll Call reports that four GOP members of the House used congressional funds to send staffers to a leadership conference run by the Indiana Family Institute, an affiliate of the Family Research Council. And of course, that is weasel-y legal. House rules prohibit the use of official funds for political purposes, but the House Administration Committee’s “member Handbook” allows expenditures …

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The Return Of Pop Up Video

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THE HAGUE: Pope Benedict Accused Of Crimes Against Humanity

At the International Criminal Court in The Hague, representatives of victims of child abuse today filed a formal accusation against Pope Benedict and other top Catholic officials, charging them with crimes against humanity for enabling pedophile priests. The submission, lodged at The Hague on Tuesday, accuses the four men not only of failing to prevent or punish perpetrators of rape …

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Grandma Got Run Over By Rick Perry

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What Will Historians Write?

A new message from the Courage Campaign calls for help in fighting the repeal of California’s LGBT history bill.

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Credited To The Bard

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Bryan Fischer: Help! I’m Being Oppressed!

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DoD Rules For Post-DADT Military

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network has posted the above post-DADT guide for gay soldiers. Soldiers may attend some gay-related events in uniform, but regulations regarding political activities will, of course, apply to gay soldiers too.

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Drive-By Evangelism

Evangelists use a bullhorn to shout condemnation at partying Vanderbilt students. “No drunkard will enter the kingdom of heaven. Repent of your lust, your idolatry, your fornication! You need to flee from sexual immorality! You are a tool of Satan!”

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Mittens: I’ll Ban Unions From Politics

Magic Underpants, who has received millions in campaign donations from mysterious corporations, doesn’t want unions to have that same right. Speaking to reporters after touring a Boeing plant in South Carolina Monday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pledged to pursue legislation that would prohibit unions from contributing dues to political campaigns. “We have a very unusual circumstance in this country,” …

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Rights Group Makes Demand On NY Town Clerks: Marry Gays Or Resign Your Job

Via press release from People For The American Way: People For the American Way Foundation and Proskauer Rose, LLP, a global law firm, sent a letter this weekend to the Ledyard Town Board, demanding that the town’s clerk fulfill her legal duty to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The letter refers to Ledyard Town Clerk Rose Marie Belforti, who …

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The Tea Party Debate In 100 Seconds

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Cindy Jacobs: Rick Perry’s Prayer Rally Broke The Curse Of Cannibalism

“The Native American people were cannibals and they ate people. And so you can see a manifestation of that in the churches where people turned against people and kind of cannibalized other people’s ministries. So there’s been a lot of prayer over that in Houston, Texas, they’ve done a lot of intercession over that and broke the curses on the …

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Biggest Applause Line At CNN’s Teabagger Debate: Let The Uninsured Die!

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LIVE VIDEO: North Carolina House Debates Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

UPDATE: The live stream is concluded. The House approved the anti-gay bill, which now moves to the state Senate.

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This Week’s USMC Times

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NOM-Backed Orthodox Rabbi Makes Anti-Gay Robo-Calls Against Weprin

(Via – Good As You)

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Caption This

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