The Freedom From Religion Foundation has issued a statement about the South Carolina public high school student who recited the Lord’s Player during his valedictorian address. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is placing the blame for a string of problematic religious violations in Pickens County schools, Pickens S.C., upon its prayerful Board of Education. [snip] “The valedictorian who so insensitively …
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Uncloaking The Downvoters
Disqus just alerted everybody that starting “over the next few days”, you’ll be able to see who upvoted or downvoted your comments. Sort of how you can see who “liked” your posts on Facebook, but here you’ll also be able to see who thinks you’re full of it. Oh, this should be fun.
Read More »Philly Orchestra Performs For Fellow Passengers Stuck On The Beijing Tarmac
Well, four of them. Clip description: When a group from The Philadelphia Orchestra found itself delayed on the tarmac for three hours waiting for their flight from Beijing to Macao as part of the 2013 Residency & Fortieth Anniversary Tour of China, a quartet of musicians decided to provide a “pop up” performance for the passengers. Top rated comment on …
Read More »POLL: Parents Chill About Gay Kids
More from Pew’s latest study: In 1985, a Los Angeles Times survey found that 64% of the public said they would be “very upset” if their child told them he or she was gay or lesbian. By 2004, that number had fallen by almost half (33%). Since then, it has declined another 14 points, to 19%. Instead, a majority (55%) …
Read More »Obama: Nobody’s Listening To Your Calls
President Obama today addressed the latest flap: “When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That’s not what this program is about. What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people’s names and they’re not looking at content. If the intelligence committee actually …
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Luxury Manhattan Condo Owners Sue To Block Opening Of “Immoral” Denny’s
New York City is set to get its first Denny’s outlet, but not if the owners of the luxury downtown Manhattan condos who would live upstairs can help it. Citing their building’s bylaws against “immoral and offensive” businesses, the owners have filed suit. Fearing an invasion of drunken rowdies with the munchies, residents of a swanky downtown condo building have …
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Whoa.
Read More »Lambda Legal On Prop 8
More infographics. On Monday the Supreme Court will issue its next round of rulings. There’s no hint as to whether the marriage cases might be unveiled in that round.
Read More »Queen Photobombs Live BBC Broadcast
In what the BBC is calling “one of the most bizarre bits of television” they’ve produced in a long time, today Queen Elizabeth walked into the live shot of the announcers describing her tour of the their newly remodeled studio. The Guardian reports: The Queen “photobombed” the news on Friday in one of the more surreal moments in live broadcasting …
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