Because he’s the best Christian! Or something!

According to a just-published report, New Yorkers are now living longer than the national average. Mayor Bloomberg is taking credit, citing his long-running campaigns against smoking and obesity. The life expectancy for babies born in New York City reached 80.6 years in 2009, the highest level recorded and one that surpasses the national life expectancy rate, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg …

“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I do now add to this prayer: help us to rediscover and strengthen the bonds of marriage and family. Human attempts to replace or redefine marriage do not respond adequately to the present situation of isolation, grief, and confusion. The wisdom of many millennia of human experience is not to cast aside truth, but to uphold …

Same-sex marriage has only been legal for six months, but NYC officials report a 14% rise in marriage licenses for 2011. “We’re overwhelmed,” Michael McSweeney, the city clerk, told the paper. “It’s been much busier for us than this time last year, but we’re delighted to see the extra business because we understand the impact. We’re handling it. We’re thrilled.” …

The poll results are in from Gary Cass’ one-man operation, the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission. Somehow evil homofacists are only responsible for four of the top ten evil acts of 2011, but we did place at #1 and #2.

Ma & Pa Duggar and 12 of their 19 children drove to Iowa last night to endorse Rick Santorum. “All the people in America that have conservative family values have to get behind Rick Santorum for President,” Jim-Bob Duggar said. We can only presume that the Duggar reality show film crew was on the scene.

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New Music Express weighs in: Whatever you were expecting from Scissor Sisters in 2012, this isn’t it. For a start, it’s got Jake Shears rapping his peachy little ass off about drink, drugs and “this bitch I met out in Boston”. Apparently “she gon’ vote for Obama and she likes to dance to Madonna Whoever she is, she sounds like …

Civil unions and fishy polling!

I guess the rumor that he was going to get married in Spain was just that. Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and his boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez will marry on Jan. 28 in New York, the El Nuevo Dia newspaper reported on its Web site Sunday. Martin and his partner, according to a source close to the Puerto Rican daily, will …

Father Tony picked up this “Hot Priests Of The Vatican” calendar for me during his recent vacation to Rome. We can’t tell if this is legit or if the priests are actually models. The calendar does include several pages of Vatican history/propaganda. No website is listed for the photographer.

(Via – Good As You)

The post below this one reminds me that I’m now allowed (I think) to mention that about a month ago I attended an advance screening of The Iron Lady. Despite my long-running morbid fascination with the Thatcher regime, I found the film surprisingly dull. Far too much time is devoted to Thatcher’s battle with Alzheimer’s as she hallucinates conversations and …

Pat Robertson’s CBN covers the naming of “ex-gay” leader Alan Chambers as “Christian Hero Of The Year.” Conveniently, CBN makes no mention of the many, many former Exodus leaders, founders, and followers who have revealed that not one person in the organization has ever actually successfully become a heterosexual.

“I do have my ducks in line if I want to do it, but I’d love to see the Republicans pick somebody that was going to win and take over this country and frankly, to use the expression, make America great again.I think when somebody like Ron Paul gets such a large percentage of the vote potentially, I look at …

Laurel Ramseyer reports at Pam’s House Blend: For the third time in two years a federal court has told Family Policy Institute of Washington that they can’t hide the identity of donors to their political action committee “Family PAC“. Yesterday a 3-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit released a 23-page opinion affirming an earlier …