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Today In Crazy People

“Despite the impending catastrophes, the vast majority of Americans are ignoring the warning signs and the desperate need for this nation to return to God. In Washington D. C., the city council is pressing into the demands of corrupt city politicians who are determined to force homosexual marriages on the nation’s capitol. Washington D. C. is also suffering its worst …

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PhoboQuotable – Bryan Fischer

“Think for a moment of the current social controversies that could potentially be avoided if homosexual conduct was still against the law. Gays in the military: problem solved. We shouldn’t make a place for habitual felons in the armed forces. End of discussion, end of controversy. If someone objects, ask them which other felonies the military ought to overlook in …

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Florida Christian Group Purposely Uses Wrong Photo To Mock Adoptive Couple

In a deliberate attempt to ridicule a lesbian couple involved in an adoption case, the Florida Family Policy Council used the above-left photo in press materials about the case. The actual couple is on the right. My source tips me that the left photo is the first result one gets when doing a Google search for “ugly lesbians.” Via the …

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Bryan Fischer: I Didn’t Say That, I Said Something Which Means The Same Thing

American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer is really pissed about my post regarding his call to criminalize homosexuality so that gays can be forced into “reparative therapy” programs. That post was picked up all over the progressive blogosphere and after an NBC reporter called him for confirmation, Fischer issued the following “denial” in a post titled Why Homosexual Behavior …

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Prayer Breakfast Fallout: Christian Group Defends Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill

Immediately after the president and Hillary Clinton denounced Uganda’s pending “kill gays” bill at today’s National Prayer Breakfast, Cliff Kincaid, president of an American Christian propaganda group, issued a press release defending the bill as necessary to prevent “homosexual imperialists” from continuing their campaign to fuck as much AIDS into the children of Uganda as possible. Cliff Kincaid, president of …

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A Gay Ugandan Speaks

Shielding his identity with a paper bag, a gay Ugandan spoke on Tuesday at an LGBT alternative to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC.

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Obama Criticizes Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill At National Prayer Breakfast

According to a tweet by CBS reporter Mark Knoller, this morning President Obama criticised Uganda’s “kill gays” bill at the National Prayer Breakfast before the very GOP group responsible for backing the proposed law. The New York Times has the complete advance text of the president’s planned speech, where no mention of Uganda or gay marriage is found, so it …

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Christianists File Suit Against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Over Hate Crimes Act

According to World Net Daily, a group of Christian pastors and head of the Michigan chapter of the American Family Association have filed suit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, claiming that the recently passed hate crimes act violates their civil right to be hate-filled anti-gay bigots. Which, of course, it doesn’t. The complaint states Christians now can become the …

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Jesus Didn’t Tap Out

The New York Times notes the rising popularly of Christian groups sponsoring violent mixed martial arts bouts, a trend brought about by attempts to bring “real men” back into the gentle nellie church. And don’t you know Focus On The Family has shoved their claws into this. Recruitment efforts at the churches, which are predominantly white, involve fight night television …

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Family Research Council Calls For Criminalization Of Homosexuality

Echoing the words of the American Family Association, Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council said tonight that the Supreme Court decision to overturn sodomy laws was “wrongly decided” and that homosexual behavior should be outlawed. Sprigg appeared on Chris Matthews’ MSNBC show tonight to debate Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network about today’s DADT hearings in the …

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Christian Right Organizes Against Georgia Bill To Treat Teen Prostitutes

The Christian right is campaigning in Georgia in opposition to a state bill that would place teen prostitutes in treatment programs rather than imprison them. Opponents claim that the bill constitutes the legalization of underage hooking. The weight of the state’s Christian right movement just came down in opposition to a pair of bills that would steer young girls under …

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PhoboQuotable – Rabbi Yehuda Levin

“Thirteen months before 9/11, on the day New York City passed homosexual domestic partnership regulations, I joined a group of Rabbis at a City Hall prayer service, pleading with G-d not to visit disaster on the city of N.Y. We have seen the underground earthquake, tsunami, Katrina, and now Haiti. All this is in sync with a two thousand year …

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The Ex-Gay Files

British investigative reporter Patrick Strudwick, an out gay man, went undercover in the UK’s network of “ex-gay” outfits to see how they pretend to pray the gay away. Here’s how just one of the “therapists” worked. She begins her wound hunt by asking about my family. I tell her that I have a close relationship with my parents and that …

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Ethics Group Calls On Obama To Boycott National Prayer Breakfast

Calling it a recruitment tool for “the shadowy Fellowship Corporation,” aka The Family, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington is calling on President Obama not to attend next month’s National Prayer Breakfast. The Fellowship, also known as “The Foundation” and “The Family,” is run by Doug Coe, a spiritual advisor to past government officials who uses …

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Illinois: GOP Pol Sues Over Atheism Sign

William J. Kelly, a GOP candidate for Illinois comptroller, is suing the state because it allowed the Freedom From Religion Foundation to post a sign in the state Capitol Building over the holidays. According to Kelly, the sign’s message constitutes hate speech. Via WND: Kelly named Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who is responsible for enforcing state property regulations, …

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This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days… Wisconsin: Father Robert Chukwu arrested for embezzling $200K from his diocese.Israel: Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira arrested for firebombing a West Bank mosque.Texas: Pastor James Dixon arrested for beating his wife.Kentucky: Pastor John Wayne Diehl arrested for child molestation.Connecticut: Pastor Troy Grant charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault on minors.Colorado: Pastor Isaac Aryee charged with …

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San Francisco Rickrolls Westboro

On Friday the Westboro Baptist Church descended on the San Francisco headquarters of Twitter, because God hates social networking. Or something. The above photo from the exuberant counter-protest was sent in by JMG reader Craig. Go here for many more hilarious signs.

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American Family Association Radio Host: It’s Time To Imprison All Gays

American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer has called for sending homosexuals to prison for forced reparative therapy, a move he says is sanctioned by the Bible. Below, he responds to an email from a complaining listener. Thanks for writing me about my comments on my program regarding homosexuality. It might be worth noting that what I actually suggested is …

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Civil Unions Fail In Hawaii

Although the Hawaii House approved a civil unions bill last year, yesterday they voted to postpone a new vote indefinitely thank to enormous pressure from Christian groups. Last week the Hawaii Senate approved the bill by a veto-proof majority. The state House, conflicted by emotion and election-year politics, voted yesterday to indefinitely postpone action on a civil-unions bill. The voice …

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School Pulls Filthy Anne Frank Diary

A school system in Virginia has pulled a revised version of The Diary Of Anne Frank after a Christian parent complained about the book’s inclusion of previously redacted bits about homosexuality. Culpeper County public school officials have decided to stop assigning a version of Anne Frank’s diary, one of the most enduring symbols of the atrocities of the Nazi regime, …

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