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People starving all over the world, children living in the streets, and the Christianists forced a fight that cost $73M. Spending for and against a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California has surpassed $73 million, almost twice the total that was spent in the 24 states where similar measures were put to voters since 2004, campaign finance …

A final Freeper Prayer for the election: Lord, your word tells us that if two or more agree, what we bind on earth, will be bound in Heaven. Blind the Democrats who have the blood of innocents on their hands, and hold them accountable for the misery the perverse lifestyles cause the children of this land. Hold them responsible, I …

Yesterday Rex Wockner attended TheCall, a massive pro-Prop 8 rally at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium where Christianists prayed for an end to gay marriage in California. Wockner: The stage featured James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, ex-homosexuals telling their odd stories, a really good Christian rock band, and a barrage of other …

Christianists love money as much as Jeebus, so much so that some of them gathered at the Wall Street bull statue today at the behest of Prosperity Gospeletta, aka Cindy Jacobs. Cindy is calling for a Day of Prayer for the World’s Economies on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. They are calling for prayer for the stock markets, banks, and financial …

The Christianists at Yes On 8 continue their “Think! About! The! Children!” theme, this time using the example of the class of San Francisco first-graders that attended their teacher’s wedding. Of course, they fail to mention that all the parents of those kids gave permission for that field trip.

Christians For McCain protested Wednesday outside the national headquarters of the East Coast Media Elite. Workers peered out of their windows briefly, then went back to skewing polls and spiking stories that use the words “birth certificate.” Hey, who ordered the stem-cell cappuccino? We all did! (Photo by Amin Torres via Gothamist)

Multiply this crazy-eyed woman times millions. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)

Using a portion of New York law that forbids recognizing out-of-state marriages that are “absolutely abhorrent” to state policy, such as polygamous marriages or those between blood relatives, the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund is taking another run at New York’s recognition of gay couples legally married in other jurisdictions. New York’s recent policy change granting health benefits to spouses of …

How about some commentary on the Hallmark boycott from the lovely folks at the American Family Association? Here’s a sampling of what their members are telling Hallmark on their petition about the company’s line of gay marriage greeting cards: – “Gay marriage is wrong, against God’s standards. You cannot mock God without feeling the consequences.”-“This is not in the Bible …

Joe Biden has already won tonight’s debate, according to the American Family Association’s online poll. ‘Tis a pity that nobody’s obeying their request not to vote until the debate actually happens. What meanie has been sending their link around the lefty blogosphere?(Via – Good As You)

I’ve gotten a number of emails inquiring and/or complaining about my use of the word “Christianists” to describe the Christian right. The word’s origin is not, as some have suggested, a portmanteau of “Christian” and “activist”, although that seems a logical conclusion. If I recall correctly, I first saw the term in a 2006 article by Andrew Sullivan in TIME. …

As predicted here a couple of days ago, check out the top story at the site of anti-gay marriage Christianist group Campaign for Children and Families. Because if we allow gay marriage, we will have a deadly train collision EVERY FUCKING DAY. (Image via – Good As You)

Well, the lovely Christers at the Values Voters Summit sure don’t hide their racism very well, do they? Activists at a conservative political forum snapped up boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap. Values Voter Summit organizers cut off sales of Obama …

It turns out the anti-gay Christers at the Focus On The Family-related California Family Council are a bunch of crooks. A look at their finances has revealed that almost all of their fundraising goes to pay the high salaries of their executives. From Justin McLachlan’s well-researched story: The money was supposed to go to support the California Family Council’s charitable …

Some Christian outfit called the Culture and Media Institute infiltrated attended the NLGJA Convention in DC last weekend. Here’s their recap. It’s spelled NLGJA, but they pronounce it “Negligee.” [JMG: Never heard this, but it IS funny.] The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) just held its annual convention here in Washington D.C., attracting hundreds of journalists – and …

Christian activists in Arkansas have secured the required signatures to have a ban on gays adopting or fostering children put on the November ballot. The new law would also forbid straight unmarried couples from adopting. Secretary of State Charlie Daniels certified the proposed initiated act for the Nov. 4 ballot after verifying that the Arkansas Family Council Action Committee had …

The right-wing has come out swinging against Hallmark’s line of gay marriage cards. Both the American Family Association and the Family Policy Network have issued protests, with the latter announcing a “full-scale boycott” of Hallmark. A full-scale boycott against the world’s largest greeting card company will begin next week, prompted by the introduction of new products intended to congratulate recipients …

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is allowing to a 2004 law that protects LGBT people from job discrimination to lapse, claiming (lying) that state and federal laws already protect people from being fired for being gay. Calling the executive order unnecessary, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he would not reissue a ban on discriminating against gays and lesbians in the workplace. …

Donald Wildmon, the founder and head of the American Family Association, is asking its members to petition Congress to end all funding for PBS. The AFA is pissed because of an upcoming PBS show, The Bible’s Buried Secrets, which according to the AFA , contradicts long-held beliefs. From the AFA’s “Action Alert“: Take Action Sign the petition urging Congress to …