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After 32 years of spewing anti-gay bile and bigotry, Dr. James Dobson has announced that early next year he will step down from his leadership role at Focus On The Family. Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson will end his 32-year stint as the voice of the conservative Christian ministry at the end of February, the Colorado Springs-based …

Over the last seven days…Alabama: Pastor Ralph Lee Aaron charged with 152 counts of sodomy, sexual abuse, sexual torture and possession of obscene matter involving children.Manitoba: Pastor Raju Madanu pleads guilty to stealing church donations meant for an orphanage.Missouri: Youth Pastor Michael Joy arrested for aggravated indecent solicitation of pre-teen child. Bonus: Joy was employed by the church despite spending …

(Via – By The Bayou)

The Maine Family Policy Council’s Pastor Dallas Henry says that gays are coming to kill Christians. In their sleep. The enemy comes in and becomes “one of us” unless we are discerning. For example, the Homosexual activists have been very clever in appearing as normal families while hiding the diabolical acts they engage in on a regular basis. They have …

Pamela Beliveau performs storytelling at children’s events across Maine and New England where she has established award-winning child literacy programs. She used to be a lector and Eucharistic Minister for her hometown Catholic Church in Maine, but just got fired by her pastor after he read her letter in support of marriage equality in a local newspaper. Beliveau explained her …

The Children Of The Corn Singers perform a gospel-tinged (of course) song of support for bigotry in Maine. Nice harmony, terrible ending. (Via – Good As You) UPDATE: JMG reader Avery notes that the Yes, Lord, Yes song was actually popularized by an out gay gospel singer. Irony!

Pat Robertson flat out lies to his audience on The 700 Club. Again. Via Crooks & Liars: His basis for opposing the law, however, is completely detached from reality. For instance, Robertson argues: Robertson: You know, there’s a law – what about a law that says it’s a federal crime to attack somebody because of his religious beliefs? Not a …

This Sunday in Maine, Pastor Bill Clarke is staging anti-gay prayer events around various places of government where Christianists will hold hands to “encircle all physical representations of the civil magistrate.” As you know, in Romans we are told that the civil magistrate is a minister of God and is to be a minister of justice and a terror to …

Via Think Progress: This week, radical anti-choice activist and Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry launched a contest encouraging people to make videos burning House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in effigy. Today, he and his followers are on Capitol Hill “with signs and costumes, talking to House Staffers as they enter work,” and they …

Joy Behar’s new HLN show has been consistently great.

Yes, she is horrible, but I don’t know when I’ve laughed so hard. Somebody please remix this lady.

“The culture of homosexuality is a culture of self-absorption because it does not value self-sacrifice. It is a glaring example of what John Paul II has called the culture of death. Islamic fundamentalists clearly understand the damage that homosexual behavior inflicts on a culture. That is why they repress such behavior by death. Their culture is anything but one of …

You’ve got to be taught, Before it’s too late, Before you are 6 or 7 or 8, To hate all the people your relatives hate. Or as in this case, taught before you can walk or talk. (Via – Good As You)

The nation’s most widely read right wing site, World Net Daily, is being blocked by McAfee for its “controversial opinions.” One WND reader bleats: “I am an avid reader of your site. I frequent it at least 2-3 times a day and read many of your commentaries on the site. I love Molotov Mitchell! He is my favorite,” wrote the …

Under the predictable headline Pedophile Protection Act Passes, Christianist news site WorldNetDaily is continuing to lie about the hate crimes act. Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, told WND the move is alarming because “this would be the very first governmental and societal disapproval of a sincerely held religious belief, held by a majority of Americans, …

Nate Silver provides the below list of insanity from Yes On 1’s email to folks planning to call in to Maine’s talk radio stations.Nate Silver: So, paraphrasing somewhat, the arguments that the Yes on 1 campaign seems to be making are as follows: 1. The new law won’t make gay marriage equal to straight marriage. Instead, it will create a …

Good As You notes that evangelical freak show Lou Engle, who rabidly rallied his vacant-eyed troops over Prop 8, is coming to Maine. From Engle’s site: In 2007, in California, thousands of believers fasted for a 40-day period and prayed that God would restrain the spiritual powers that are behind the homosexual agenda and the drive to redefine marriage. Three …

The Lutheran Church of Sweden voted today to allow gays to marry in the church. The decision, which is based on a proposal from the church’s governing board, means that the Church of Sweden will conduct wedding ceremonies for both heterosexual and homosexual couples. The proposal was approved by 176 of 249 voting members. The decision comes just three days …

“Do you realize what is going on here? Consider the following: In 1970, (on the heels of a “free love” 60’s radical culture) sodomy laws were repealed in Washington State, with government turning a blind eye to a behavior commonly considered perversion – and still the case with a majority of Americans. Organizations, such as NAMBLA, (North American Man Boy …