Tag Archives: cruelty

The Texas Tribune reports: Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot. Advocates say Abbott’s veto of House Bill 3159 is a blow for voters with disabilities who have for years called for the Legislature …

The Hill reports: The Trump administration on Monday finalized a rule that would limit access to Social Security disability benefits for non-English speakers. “It is important that we have an up-to-date disability program,” Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul said. “The workforce and work opportunities have changed and outdated regulations need to be revised to reflect today’s world,” he added. One …

CNN reports: The Trump administration released a regulation Monday that could dramatically cut the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter and stay in the US by making it easier to reject green card and visa applications. Paired with last week’s enforcement raids on food processing plants in Mississippi, Monday’s announcement amounts to a concerted effort by the administration to …

Via CBS San Francisco: KCBS has learned that Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the principal church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has installed a watering system to keep the homeless from sleeping in the cathedral’s doorways. The cathedral, at Geary and Gough, is the home church of the Archbishop. There are four tall side doors, with sheltered alcoves, that attract homeless …

An evangelical pastor and his wife in Queens are keeping their terminally-ill daughter, a former Manhattan banker, hooked up to a ventilator against her will because they believe that her stated wish to die naturally constitutes suicide in the eyes of God. And that’s a mortal sin that will send her to hell. Lee’s court-appointed lawyer complained her devout parents …

Allegedly “ex-gay” Pastor DL Foster is selling a November retreat at the glamorous Best Western in Helen, Georgia, where self-hating homosexuals will gather in budget hotel rooms for lessons on masculinity and religious indoctrination. The Follow Me Discipleship Retreat (FMDR) started in 2003 and is now a yearly Christian event for men who are following Jesus Christ out of homosexuality …

More of that Christian Love™ from Michele Bachmann.

According to a new book being promoted on Christian sites, if your son ends up dying from AIDS, that’s what he gets for defying God. “He would get of the opinion that God loves us unconditionally no matter what we do,” Rhodes explains. “I told him that that is true but when we live outside of his bounds and we …

At a school dance following his wake, some classmates of Jamey Rodemeyer chanted “We’re glad he’s dead.” Jamey’s sister heard them. Horrible.

A South Carolina woman says that God told her to murder her nephew’s dog because it chewed on her bible. Miriam Fowler Smith, 65, told cops on Monday that she hung and burned her nephew’s pit bull after the animal took a bite out of her bible. She claimed God urged her to kill Diamond, a 1-year-old female dog, because …

Blowing horns and screaming over a public address system, a group of Move Of God street preachers descended on a transgender woman to “lay on hands” and perform an exorcism. They announce on YouTube: “Believed he was a woman for 20 years. In fifteen minutes he is totally set free.” Based on this clip, it appears their hapless victim is …

Constance McMillen has confirmed that a large fancy secret prom took place across town while she and special needs students attended what they were told was the “official” prom. “They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them,” McMillen says. “The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other …

Three Kalamazoo churches will stop providing meals to the homeless because of the city’s recent approval of a law protecting gays from discrimination. Martha’s Table, through which eight churches have provided Sunday afternoon worship and meals for the needy at First Congregational Church, is losing three of the churches because of the issue of homosexuality, even though the ecumenical ministry …

Talk about the “Christmas spirit.” In Houston the Salvation Army wants proof of legal U.S. residency before giving out Xmas presents to needy kids. In a year when more families than ever have asked for help, several programs providing Christmas gifts for needy children require at least one member of the household to be a U.S. citizen. Others ask for …

Gay blogs are buzzing with outrage today over an Arlington, Texas church’s cancellation of the funeral of a gay man. The High Point Church cancelled the service, planned for Wednesday, after viewing memorial photos of the deceased hugging and kissing male friends. Towleroad reports: [Reverend Gary] Simons defended his decision to renege on the offer to his congregation on Sunday, …