Tag Archives: religion

Ted Baehr, founder of the Christian movie site MovieGuide, is very unhappy with the results of this year’s Oscars. From his guest post on Peter LaBarbera’s site titled “Hollywood Denounces God And Applauds Pedophila.” “The Academy Awards showed its support for sexual perversions last night at its annual Oscar ceremony. And, the Academy wrongly painted the Entertainment Industry as a …

Thousands of red-shirted anti-gay Christian activists jammed Hawaii’s capitol building in Honolulu yesterday to protest a proposed bill legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples. In a turnout that surprised even event organizers, more than 2,000 people representing dozens of local churches, temples, synagogues and mosques descended on the state Capitol yesterday to protest a bill that would establish civil unions …

Gainesville, the bustling Central Florida town that is home to the massive University Of Florida campus, will next month vote on a repeal of that city’s LGBT rights ordinances. Christianist activists there have placed an amendment on the ballot that will make it legal to fire, not hire, and deny housing to LGBT people. Charter Amendment One, if approved, would …

The Phelps must be spreading themselves thin to be both at the Oscars and yesterday’s funerals in Buffalo. But no matter, Westboro came through for us and camera crews from media outlets around the world once again noted the persecution of homosexuals by the religious right in America and the need for LGBT equality. And I’m sure after Sean Penn …

Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out was in Charlotte, NC this weekend to counter the lies of the “ex-gay” movement and Focus On The Family. In this interview with local television, Besen charges the “ex-gay” movement with “consumer fraud” for promising conversion from homosexuality. I also see my pal Matt Comer seated at the table behind Besen. (Via – Good …

Lead by the local gay activism group OUTSpoken For Equality, hundreds of Buffalo’s citizens blocked Westboro Baptist Church picketers from the view of mourners attending the funerals of residents killed in last week’s horrific plane crash. Westboro’s “Planes Crash, God Laughs” signs were blocked by the now-traditional angel wings invented by Romaine Patterson at Matthew Shepard’s funeral.

Although the Supreme Court ruled it as unconstitutional in 1961, several states’ constitutions still contain (now unenforceable) laws that ban atheists from holding public office. A proposed voter referendum may repeal that archaic law in Arkansas. Amendment 19 of the Arkansas Constitution says “No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments …

As gay activists protested outside, wingnut Italian pop star Povia used the nationally televised Sanremo Song Festival to perform his song about an “ex-gay” who finds the love of a woman. Christianist outfit LifeSiteNews exults: “Luca was Gay” recounts the liberation of a psychologically injured man from the homosexual lifestyle. “Luca”, who is believed to be based on the Italian …

There’s an amusing discussion over at Fark over this letter to a Michigan newspaper: On the Feb. 8 “60 Minutes” program, we were captivated while viewing the Katie Couric interview of the crew and passengers of Flight 1549. However, we were struck there was not one mention of God, who directs pilots of planes and secures the safety of passengers. …

Westboro Baptist Church’s Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper have been banned from entering the UK. Just yesterday we learned of their plans to protest a British staging of the Matthew Shepard play, The Laramie Project. Two members of the Westboro Baptist Church, an American religious sect which calls for homosexuals to be killed, have been banned from entering …

Yaaaawn. Another day, another top evangelical resigns in disgrace for being unable to control his pervy unholy urges. The pastor of Willow Creek Chicago — the city campus of the evangelical megachurch Willow Creek Community Church — has resigned and admitted to “sexual impurity,” a church spokesman said. The pastor, Rev. Steve Wu, could not be reached, and the church …

“Homosexuality will always be a sexual perversion. And you say that around here now and everybody goes nuts. But I don’t care. They’re mean. They want to talk about being nice. They’re the meanest buggers I have ever seen. It’s just like the Muslims. Muslims are good people and their religion is anti-war. But it’s been taken over by the …

Westboro Baptist Church says they are going to the UK to protest a production of the Laramie Project. The Telegraph asked Shirley-Phelps Roper why they are coming. “You KNOW his word – you had great light in your land in the 1600s with the vast array of John’s (Knox, Bunyan, Brown, Gill, Trapp, etc., etc.) and you have Bible’s everywhere! …

And she’s as well-spoken as her mother.

Los Angeles City College is being sued for religious discrimination after a public speaking professor refused to allow a student to complete his speech in support of traditional marriage. The lawsuit also seeks to overturn university rules on offensive speech by students. A classroom dispute at Los Angeles City College in the emotional aftermath of Proposition 8 has given rise …

The whackjobs of America Forever took out full page ads in Salt Lake City’s newspapers yesterday denouncing the LGBT rights and marriage equality movements as cover to “validate homosexuality to the children.” They take particular aim at Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (a Mormon) who last week expressed support for civil unions in Utah. Note their use of an interracial gay …

I’d guess that of all states in the nation, West Virginia would be the last to have to worry about anything as modern as same-sex marriage. But the haters there are terrified anyway. Pam Spaulding points us to the above video, saying: This is sick, and it shows the desperation of the Right to begin its 2010 campaign in West …

Christianist site World Net Daily is canonizing a Virginia bank teller because he quit rather than adhere to a new policy requiring the acceptance of ID cards issued by the Mexican consulate. A personal banker in Arlington, Va., is quitting his job after Chevy Chase Bank, one of the largest and best-known banks in the Washington, D.C., region announced it …

According to a Gallup poll of more than 350,000 Americans, 65% say religion is an “important part” of their daily lives. 34% say it’s not. Mississippi (85%) and Alabama (82%) are the most religious states, Vermont (42%) and New Hampshire (46%) are the least. California and New York are on the “less religious” side at 57% and 56%, respectively. The …

T.D. Jakes’ megachurch draws 30,000+ worshippers weekly and in 2001, TIME called him “the next Billy Graham” despite his famous “prosperity” style of preaching which advises that God wants you to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle. The flashy Dallas-based televangelist regularly rails against the evils of homosexuality and same-sex marriage on his television shows, calling us a “broken” people. And yesterday …