Religion

MISSOURI: Anti-LGBT Bill Advances To House

Late yesterday afternoon the Missouri Senate advanced GOP Sen. Bob Onder’s anti-LGBT bill to the state House. The Human Rights Campaign reacts: Similar to so-called “First Amendment Defense Act” legislation introduced in other states, this extreme resolution would lead to a ballot measure that, if approved by voters, would enshrine discrimination against LGBT people and their families into the state …

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One Million Moms Vs The Real O’Neals

Just in via email from Monica Cole: ABC’s newest sitcom “The Real O’Neals” is described as “just your typical all-American, Catholic, divorcing, disgraced, law breaking, gay family” and continues on to say their family is “a perfect mess.” It is now airing on Tuesday evenings at 8:30/7:30 p.m. CT. “The Real O’Neals” mocks Christianity and insults Catholicism. 1MM recognizes this …

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Ex-Gay Torture Money Beg: Help Us File A Federal Complaint Against “Deceptive” LGBT Groups

From the money beg: Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) are fraudulently profiting from their #BornPerfect campaign by falsely promoting the idea that sexual orientation is inborn and cannot change. In addition to misleading the public in order to further their political agenda, these gay activist organizations are actively …

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MSNBC Boots FL Gov. Rick Scott After He Repeatedly Refuses To Say If Muslims Hate America [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” lasted all of two questions — neither of which were answered during a less-than-four-minute segment before he was booted off the show. Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski spent nearly as much time talking about the governor — with Brzezinski blasting him over his refusal to answer questions during …

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VIRGINIA: Governor Vows To Veto RFRA Bill

The Virginian-Pilot reports: Legislation that has passed both chambers of the Republican-controlled General Assembly says no minister or religious organization can be penalized for acting in accordance with a belief that marriage should be only between a man and a woman. Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe has promised to veto it. The House of Delegates passed the measure 59-38 on Wednesday. …

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Josh Duggar Leaves Jesus Rehab [VIDEO]

Entertainment Tonight reports: The 28-year-old former reality star has left rehab after more than six months in a faith-based treatment center. Sources confirm to ET that Josh “has been out for a few days,” though his current post-rehab whereabouts are not clear. The eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and star of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting entered …

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NOM Celebrates Missouri’s Anti-LGBT RFRA Vote

NOM is celebrating the failure of the heroic 39-hour Democratic filibuster to stop Missouri’s RFRA bill with a petition to the state’s lawmakers. They write: The Missouri Senate has passed an important resolution (SJR 39) that would allow the people of Missouri to protect religious liberties by amending their state constitution. Urge the House to pass it as well so …

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Tony Perkins Blames Gays After Mentally Ill Former US Marine Shoots Pastor For Being A Martian

A few days ago Pastor Tim Remington was shot the day after speaking at a Ted Cruz rally in Idaho. The 30 year-old shooter, Kyle Odom, then fled to Washington DC where the Secret Service apprehended him last night as he was throwing flash drives and other items over the White House fence. CNN reports: A Facebook post attributed to …

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Rafael Cruz To Breitbart: Donald Trump Will Appoint Pro-Gay SCOTUS Justice And Destroy America [AUDIO]

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Rafael Cruz, the father and campaign surrogate of GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz, launched into yet another rant about the Supreme Court in an interview today on “Breitbart News Daily,” this time warning that an additional “liberal justice” on the high court will destroy all of society. “One more justice like that,” the …

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Ted Shoebat: JMG Is A “Filthy Sodomite”

Rats. I rather preferred his dad’s term: “sodomite blasphemer.” Anyway, I’m continuing to get pulled into nutjob Christian infighting. Shoebat writes: Peter LaBarbera was blocked from entering Canada, and he goes before the media showing how persecuted he is, but yet he wants to block me — a Christian — from being in a documentary for being more politically incorrect …

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NORTH CAROLINA: GOP Creates Senate Panel To Block Charlotte’s LGBT Rights Law Before It Goes Into Effect

From the Lincoln County Times-News: Lincoln County state Sen. David Curtis is among 10 members appointed Tuesday by Senate Leader Phil Berger [PHOTO] to work with the N.C. House of Representatives in overturning a Charlotte City Council ordinance before it can go into effect April 1. The committee, headed by Wilkes Republican Sen. Shirley Randleman, will meet for the first …

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VIRGINIA: Senate Committee Nominates Former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli To State Supreme Court

Anti-LGBT former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was yesterday nominated to the Virginia Supreme Court by a state Senate panel. The Washington Blade has some reactions: Equality Virginia, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, on Tuesday noted that the former attorney general in 2008 described the “homosexual agenda” as “something that I believe brings nothing but self-destruction, not only physically but …

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MISSOURI: Democratic Filibuster Now In 29th Hour!

INCREDIBLE. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri is grabbing national headlines as word of Senate Democrats’ day-long filibuster spreads. A proposal by Sen. Bob Onder, R-Lake Saint Louis, is designed to protect wedding vendors and clergy from legal liability and government penalties if they decline to participate in same-sex marriage ceremonies. Republicans are trying to put the question on the …

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HISTORIC: Missouri Senate Democrats Pass 24-Hour Mark In Filibuster Against Anti-LGBT RFRA Bill [AUDIO]

UNBELIEVABLE. And it’s STILL going. Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: A Democratic-led filibuster in the Missouri Senate of a religious freedom constitutional amendment passed the 24-hour mark late Tuesday afternoon as opponents of the measure charged it would enable anti-LGBT discrimination in the state. The filibuster, which was in response to Senate Joint Resolution 39, began shortly after …

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Ted Shoebat Endorses Vigilante Violence Against Gay Activists In Debate With Michael Brown [VIDEO]

A few weeks ago I reported that Christian activist Ted “Death To Gays” Shoebat had agreed to debate fellow anti-LGBT Christian activist Michael Brown over Shoebat’s claim that Jesus himself would have beaten homosexuals to death. That debate happened yesterday and Right Wing Watch has the details: When Brown asked him point blank if he thinks it is a good …

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Dad Advertises “Virgin” Daughter In Christian Magazine

The Daily Beast reports: An evangelical Christian magazine has apologized for running a personal ad for a woman created by her father—without her knowledge. “Her: godly, gorgeous, athletic, educated, careered, humorous, travelled, bilingual, 26-year-old virgin,” the ad said. “You: unworthy, though becoming less so daily.” Even creepier, it was posted in the jobs section of Christianity Today. It was too …

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MISSOURI: Senate Democrats Have Been Filibustering Anti-LGBT RFRA Bill All Night Long [AUDIO]

Holy cow! From the Riverfront Times: How to stop a piece of a legislation that would codify the right to discriminate against same-sex couples? For Missouri Democrats, the answer may be to just keep talking. Last night at 4 p.m., the Senate Democratic caucus began filibustering a joint resolution aimed at bringing a constitutional amendment to Missouri voters that would …

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MISSISSIPPI: Ted Cruz Says He’s Too Sick To Attend Rally With Hate Group Crackpot Bryan Fischer

Yesterday Ted Cruz was supposed to share the stage with raving loon Bryan Fischer, but his campaign canceled the event, saying Cruz is “very very ill.” The Biloxi Sun-Herald reports: “I got a call from the national campaign chairman and he said he’s known Cruz for a long time and he’s very very ill,” State Sen. Chris McDaniel, Cruz’s Mississippi …

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ATLANTA: City Council Resolution Unanimously Denounces Georgia’s Pending Anti-LGBT RFRA Law

The Georgia Voice reports: The Atlanta City Council on Monday voted to pass a resolution in opposition to House Bill 757, Senate Bill 129 or any other legislation that would discriminate against the state’s LGBT community. The resolution, proposed by Councilmembers Mary Norwood [photo] and Alex Wan, passed unanimously. It was co-signed by Councilmembers Yolanda Adrean, Natalyn Archibong, Michael Julian …

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INDIANA: Kokomo City Council Advances LGBT Rights Bill By 5-4 Vote After Heated Public Discussion [VIDEO]

The Kokomo Tribune reports: In front of a crowd filling both council chambers and the City Hall lobby, Kokomo’s Common Council voted Monday to approve legislation that would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens from various forms of discrimination. After the 5-4 vote in favor of the ordinance’s first reading, the council will hold a second reading at 6 …

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