Religion

Whoa. The Washington Post reports: Ten women on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Bill Gothard, who for decades was a major force in the conservative Christian homeschooling movement, charging him and leaders in his ministry with sexual abuse, harassment and cover-up. Gothard, who urged Christians to shun things like short skirts and rock music, is accused of raping a woman. …

USA Today reports: Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is highlighting his Christian faith as he attempts to clip competitor Ted Cruz’s momentum in Iowa. Rubio on Thursday released a new 30-second ad that will hit the airwaves this weekend in Iowa that says he is guided by his faith — Rubio is Catholic — in everything that he does. “The …

Federal prosecutors are telling Alabama’s probate judges that they are not free to defy the US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage despite the order issued yesterday by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. AL.com reports: “The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has issued an administrative order, directing probate judges that they may not issue marriage licenses …

Ooh, papa toony! Via Right Wing Watch: Yesterday on “The Liberty Roundtable” radio program, Ammon Bundy defended his seizure of a federal building in Oregon, claiming that the Bible supports his militia’s actions. He explained that the federal government is wrongly prohibiting economic development on the property he seized, insisting that God would rather have the land be developed: “We …

And here we go again. AL.com reports: Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an order today saying that a ruling issued last March by the Alabama Supreme Court remains in effect and that probate judges “have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary” to Alabama’s law and constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. In a four-page administrative order, Moore …

Tony Perkins appeared on CNN last night to defend Ted Cruz and wail about religious liberty. Perkins has not yet formally endorsed Ted Cruz and was careful not to openly attack Trump. Watch below.

The American Family Association today launched a petition against Allstate over the company’s wildly popular ad which features two dads and their infant daughter. From the petition: Your promotion depicting two homosexual men raising an infant girl is extremely disappointing. Two men cannot replace the emotional nurture that only a mother can provide to a child. Studies show that children …

From Canada’s Daily Xtra: “For years Wendy Gritter ran the ex-gay ministry New Direction. But shortly after starting in 2002, she discovered that making gay people straight was not working. In fact, it was doing more harm than good. In this episode of “Heaven or Hell” Wendy blows the whistle on the ex-gay movement and apologies for the harm it …

According to the Catholic site Crisis, American Muslims are thrilled with the Obergefell ruling because they know it opens the door to polygamy. And then Sharia law will come to America. They write: It’s no secret that Islam is no friend to the gay lifestyle. The issue of gay rights is a non-starter in Muslim-majority societies. In many places, the …

“My friends, SMUG v Lively is truly a David v Goliath battle. I’m runing a one-man office on a shoestring budget of less than $120,000 per year, provided almost entirely by donations of $50 and $100 from average people. Our donor base is small, mostly elderly, and very difficult to expand due to the success of the anti-Lively propaganda. While …

Pat Robertson today revealed that God Himself has told him that Saudi Arabia will burn during the coming world chaos. But Robertson assured viewers that his network and Regent University will nevertheless see a “year of prosperity” while, presumably, millions die. Watch below.

Update below. Gothamist reports: New York City’s first towering Chick-Fil-A has hit a stumbling block in its plans for domination of the city’s fast food fried chicken landscape. A Christmas Eve inspection by the Department of Health uncovered a host of critical violations, resulting in 59 violation points, squarely in C territory. On December 30th, the restaurant closed its doors, …

In tonight’s season debut episode of ABC’s Galavant, Kylie Minogue guest stars as the queen who performs a camp disco number with real-life boyfriend Joshua Sasse. Gay references abound: “Don’t be shy boys / go to town / I’ll bet that chest / Is heaven blessed.” Also: “Save some room, boys, for dessert / Oh, off with his shirt.” Watch …

Antonin Scalia yesterday declared that religious neutrality has no basis in the Constitution and that God has been good to the United States because the government shows him favor. The Associated Press: Scalia was speaking at a Catholic high school in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. Scalia, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 is the …

“Ilyona had endured a lifetime of abuse and painful relationships. It all started 12 generations ago when an ancestor named Mary killed her unfaithful husband with an ax. Demons of Revenge and Murder were cast out and Ilyona felt free for the first time in her life.”

Here’s a lovely New Year’s Day message from BarbWire columnist Bill Muehlenberg: Just as biblically certain is the truth that Jesus will be coming a second time, and then the period of grace comes to an end, and instead, a time of hard-core payback will take place. Those who continue to shake their fists at God and spit in his …

Two weeks ago a New Jersey court ordered the dissolution of the ex-gay torture group JONAH and for them to pay an undisclosed settlement to their victims. Today we get this money beg via Equality Case Files: First, we would like to thank our many friends for their kind words and consistent financial support, which have been pouring in since …

Megachurch scamvangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jesse Duplantis yesterday revealed that Jesus gave them multimillion dollar private jets so they don’t have to interact with the “dope-filled world” and fly around with a bunch of unsaved “demons.” Seriously. Watch below.

Two weeks ago hate group leader Austin Ruse asked for money to stop yours truly. In today’s money beg he asks for money to stop Satan. Same thing, really. He writes: The good outweighs the bad. But, the bad guys are coming. Abortion lovers. Radical homosexuals. Sexual revolutionaries. They are coming for our children. They want to win our children …

The red-caped Catholic loons of Tradition, Family, & Property decided that the best way to convince college students to oppose hot hot homo marriage was to confront them with bagpipes and comparisons to incest. The students reacted as you’d expect, therefore demonstrating their hatred of White Jesus and the freedom of speech. Watch below. TFP openly advocates for replacing the …