Religion

And another one. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Florists, bakers or any other private business owner could refuse service to gay couples getting married in Georgia, under legislation filed Wednesday that is likely to inflame the battle at the Capitol over religious freedom and gay rights. House Bill 756 would allow business owners to cite religious beliefs in refusing goods or …

During his State Of The State address on Tuesday night, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signaled to opposition to any expansion of LGBT rights by vowing to block any bill that that “interferes” with religious liberty. The haters, unsurprisingly, are thrilled. Via the Indianapolis Star: Surrounded by a flock of supporters, the Indiana Pastors Alliance gathered at the Statehouse on Wednesday …

Mike Huckabee went off on an Iowa voter today after the woman accused him of supporting child abuse because he’s defended the Duggar family. Huckabee raged: “You are abusing the reputation of a Godly family that has been through hell!” The two continued to spar for several minutes before Huckabee finally asked her to leave. Watch below.

Wearing one of her trademark Star Trek: The Next Generation pleather dresses, Prophetess Cindy Jacobs has revealed how she used the authority of White Jesus to order clouds over Jerusalem to dissipate during a photo shoot for Pat Robertson’s 700 Club. The Friendly Atheist has the transcript: A friend came to me and said, “Cindy, do something!” This is what …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: A listener called into Rios’ American Family Radio program this morning to predict that “Obama is not going to step down” from office, much like Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, because “he’s going to enact martial law” and possibly stoke a “civil war.” Rios, naturally, agreed with the listener’s assessment, suggesting that Obama …

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last night delivered his State Of The State address in which he signaled his opposition to any advances in LGBT rights. Via the Indianapolis Star: “I will not support any bill that diminishes the religious freedom or Hoosiers or interferes with the constitutional rights of our citizens to live out their beliefs in worship, service or …

“National policies have sown confusion about the very definition of family. President Obama has extolled the virtues of fatherhood even as he has fought for same-sex marriage, in essence saying two same-gendered persons can parent as well as a mom and a dad. This contradictory message is more than disappointing. For our children throughout the country, it is devastating. It …

“In God We Trust” first appeared on US coins in 1864 and was added to paper currency in 1957 during the height of the red scare. Atheist activist Michael Newdow is trying again to put an end to it, but this time he’s using the Hobby Lobby tactic. Hemant Mehta reports at Friendly Atheist: The federal lawsuit, which was filed …

Russia’s Duma will vote on banning LGBT citizens from coming out on January 19th. Via Gay Star News: Two senior Russian Communist MPs Ivan Nikitchuk [inset] and Nikolai Arefyev have presented a bill calling for people who come out as LGBTI to serve up to 15 days behind bars. Any public displays of affection among gay men will result in jail …

The Associated Press reports: A Republican lawmaker in Virginia is pushing legislation that would allow clerks to refuse to issue licenses for marriages they object to on moral or religious grounds. Republican Sen. Charles Carrico of Galax said many of his constituents were concerned about what happened to Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who spent five days in jail last …

Infamous Brazilian anti-gay activist Julio Severo today published a BarbWire column which denounces the leftists at Right Wing Watch for reporting on former BarbWire columnist Ted Shoebat’s incessant calls to execute all homosexuals. It’s so unfair! It not like Shoebat appears in a recent anti-LGBT documentary alongside leading evangelicals and GOP presidential candidates. Oh, wait. He writes: Shoebat has criticized …

Via Raw Story: Pastor Jim Bakker revealed on his Monday TV program that extreme weather plaguing the United States in recent months was the “spirit of ISIS.” While discussing on what God had in store for 2016, Bakker explained that the Lord told him that people needed to “wake up” and realize that extreme weather patterns — like floods, wildfires, …

Ho-hum. Another day, another NOM money beg thinly disguised as an outraged petition. Brian Brown writes: Unbelievably, Republican Governor Mike Pence of Indiana is considering endorsing a Bathroom Bill in Indiana that would ignore the reality of being male and female and allow men to use intimate facilities reserved for women and girls (bathrooms, showers, locker rooms, etc.) He’s considering …

“It’s a sad day in America when a far-left team of lawyers with deep pockets like the Southern Poverty Law Center can bully a small non-profit organization because their ideology is in line with a liberal New Jersey judge—a judge who ham-stringed JONAH’s ability to defend itself, including taking away expert witnesses, refusing to allow JONAH to argue from a …

White Jesus has apparently delivered a personal message to the president of the Mormon Church. The Salt Lake Tribune reports: After same-sex marriage became legal in several countries, including the United States, the LDS Church’s top 15 leaders wrestled with what to do, weighed all the ramifications, fasted, prayed, met in the temple and sought God’s guidance on the issue. Balancing …

The Guardian reports: At least 231 children at a famous boys’ choir school in Germany were victims of physical abuse, according to a lawyer tasked by the Catholic institution with investigating allegations, giving a far higher figure than thought for the scandal, which dates back decades. The Regensburger Domspatzen, a 1,000-year-old choir in Regensburg, Bavaria, was dragged into the massive …

“Look, I’m very proud of the conservative record I’ve put together. There’s no one who’s fought more on moral and cultural issues. I’m not a libertarian. There are people in this race that want the states to decide whether there should be same-sex marriage or polygamy or marijuana use. I don’t believe that. I don’t believe that the states have …

According to a press release issued last night by hate group leader Tony Perkins, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore is not defying SCOTUS, he has merely ordered a halt to same-sex marriage until the state Supreme Court inevitably aligns itself with Obergefell. He writes: Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is used to being in headlines — but Wednesday’s …

According to Franklin Graham, the answer to gun violence is not to remove guns from the shelves, it’s to remove video games and movies. Also: more Jesus, stat! From his Facebook page:  Mr. President, you’re looking at the wrong place when it comes to the root cause of gun violence. Your executive actions will do nothing to change this horrific …

As my Twitter followers know, I’ve needled Peter LaBarbera several times for appearing in Janet Porter’s viciously anti-LGBT film alongside Christian activist Ted Shoebat, who regularly calls for the genocide of all homosexuals, atheists, and even Christians who support LGBT rights. For his part, LaBarbera has since denounced Shoebat and has reportedly asked that Shoebat’s segment be excised from the …