Some physicists are trying to determine if we are actually living in the Matrix. In 2003, University of Oxford philosophy professor Nick Bostrom published a paper, “The Simulation Argument,” which argued that, “we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.” Now, a team at Cornell University says it has come up with a viable method for testing whether we’re …

New from Kirk Cameron. When does a boy become a man? What does it mean to be a man? How do fathers turn their boys into men? Today, Biblical manhood is often misunderstood, neglected, and mocked. Discover key practical steps a father can use to help his son successfully maneuver through the process of becoming a man. Boy’s Passage — …

The text reads: The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns. While a national dialogue is critical, laws are the only means in which we can reduce the number of people murdered in gun related deaths. Powerful lobbying groups allow the ownership of guns to reach beyond the Constitution’s …

Their mission statement: “The Iona Institute promotes the place of marriage and religion in society. We defend the continued existence of publicly-funded denominational schools. We also promote freedom of conscience and religion.” The below clip was posted yesterday on NOM’s blog.

“I found myself in an elevator with Mrs. Clinton once. It was at a wedding, Brooklyn, doors locked, she hits the stop button. She said, ‘Oh Rush, I’ve wanted to see you for so long, and nobody would believe it. Would you, would you make a real woman out of me?’ I said, ‘Sure, let’s take off our clothes.’ So …

The tiny Caribbean island of Saba has legalized same-sex marriage. Two men were recently married in Saba, marking the first ceremony of its kind in the region and setting off a frenzy of calls from gay couples in other Dutch Caribbean islands seeking to marry, said Julietta Woods with Saba’s Civil Registry office.”People keep calling me every second,” she said …

After several new cases of meningitis among gay men, the NYC Department of Health has issued the above notice and this message: The Health Department continues to recommend vaccinations for any New York City man who is HIV-positive and has had intimate contact with another man that he met through a website, digital application, or at a bar or party …

“With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After …

The above tweet is from yesterday. Unshockingly, the NRA has been completely silent on its social media accounts today.

Note the White House’s flag.

“If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress would be working to upgrade the nation’s security measures. If a plague was …

Beyond horrible.

“These two men were deeply in love and in a real relationship—a marriage—long before there was gay marriage. That’s not an insignificant thing. The script is beautiful and relatable. Their conversations when they’re dressing or undressing or having a spat or getting ready for bed? That’s every marriage. It feels like you’re witnessing something really intimate you would normally see …

There aren’t a lot of details at this writing.

The rest of the Top 100 songs of 2012 is here.

(Via Towleroad)

“There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different types of union. Such attempts actually harm and help to destabilize marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society. These principles …