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It’s looking like the young man who last Sunday shot and killed four congregants and then himself at Colorado’s New Life Church, Ted Haggard’s former home, was a cast out from their youth ministry, probably because he failed their attempts to make him “ex-gay”.
As noted by Richard Rothstein, Mathew Murray posted on his blog that he had written letters to his mother, complaining that the church had forgiven Haggard, but not him.
Last summer, he wrote, “People like us are going to go to hell, according to Christians.” He lists several reasons why. Reason number seven is bluntly stated, “I’m bisexual.” In other postings, Murray wrote, “… I can never get a female date. I am at least able to get some male action.”
And later, he wrote about confronting his mother about his bisexuality. (Read More)
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Sphere: Related ContentUnder all circumstances, “people of faith” bashing those of other religions is just plain fucked up. I’ve found an exception: The neo-super-creepy-fundie christians are going after Romney/Mormonism, and it’s putting a microscope on the way their tiny minds work, making it crystal clear how completely inappropriate it is to have religion touch government in any way shape or form.
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I’m watching KTVU news this morning for no reason whatsoever. Every once in awhile I turn it on to see how long I can stand to have my news chewed up, editorialized, injected with extra fear and/or religion, and regurgitated back to me. I think my current record is about 2 minutes.
The pertinent facts of the current story is this: A woman in Oakland was hit and killed by a car overnight, which did not stick around the scene of the accident or call it in or anything.
Not interesting enough for morning news apparently. Frank Somerville and the (allegedly) dickhead writers of KTVU chose to add this unnecessary bit of fluff: “at Grand avenue and Lennox, which is [tense and knowing emphasis] very close [/] to Children’s Fairyland.”
Because it could have been YOUR CHILD who was viciously run down. In the middle of the night. At 1:15am. Going to Fairyland. As they tend to do at 1:15am.
The fact that a woman was killed isn’t funny, but that the TV news is sensationalizing it is. In a terrifying way.
A few days ago I heard an interview with Mike Gravel on NPR. He noted that the American public has been kept in a state of continuous fear by our government since the beginning of the Cold War, and that the mainstream DNC candidates are not likely to change the status quo.
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Got books you want to get rid of? Got a book addiction you want to feed but don’t have a lot of money? This is your chance. SwapSF, best known for their outrageously huge, successful, and fun clothing swaps are doing a book swap this weekend. Same rules apply: Bring books for $5 entry, or come as you are for $10. Either way you get to take home as many books as you want, drink coffee and booze while it lasts, listen to great music, and very possibly get lucky with the hottest hipsters in San Francisco.
Bonus points on this one: They’re creating a library for Covenant House—a homeless teen shelter in Oakland.
Go to SwapSF.com for more details, maps, etc.
Not that I am exactly a Chuck Norris fan, but if true, he’s super duper not on my netflix queue. Endorsing Huckabee is like endorsing David Duke.
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In a power play that dramatically alters the Republican presidential playing field, actor/ninja Chuck Norris, most famous for his role as a karate mentor in the delightful Sidekicks, has endorsed Mike Huckabee for president. (*Much fanfare!*) The seismic announcement came in a WorldNetDaily exclusive commentary in which he lowers the boom early on: “I won’t leave you in suspense…. I believe the only one who has all of the characteristics to lead America forward into the future is ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.” After the jump: How Chuck Norris determined that Mike Huckabee isn’t a tutu-wearing Mexican pussy. (Read More)
As if the fundies didn’t have enough to worry about…
[T]he biggest revelation of the night came when Jo revealed to her audience the fact that Albus Dumbledore is gay and had fallen in love with fellow wizard and friend, Gellert Grindelwald. This elicited a huge reaction and prolonged ovation. So much so, it promoted Jo to say:
“If I had know this would have made you so happy, I would have told you years ago.”
She continued, explaining having to slip a note to the filmmakers during a script reading of the sixth film, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” when a small reference was made to a girl Dumbledore was once attracted to had made it into the script. Jo also said after revelation: “Just imagine the fan fiction now.” (Read More)
So for you super-potter-geeks, My idea of the perfect date:
- Expelliarmus
- Obscuro
- Incarcerous
- Geminio
- Rictusempra
- Aguamenti
- Obliviate
- Prior incantato, prior incantato, prior incantato
Alohomora, cockulous repairo, and petrificus totalls indeed!
Sphere: Related ContentThis is so beautiful. The crazyfundies are fracturing hard.
Sphere: Related ContentRudy Giuliani should pledge to nominate an attorney general who opposes abortion and should agree to accept sweeping new restrictions on the practice to minimize opposition to his presidential candidacy from evangelical Christians, said Richard Land, a prominent leader of religious conservatives.
“If he did those things he would make it easier for a lot of evangelicals to choose him as the lesser of two evils,” Land, a leader of the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt.”
Still, Land said he will not personally support the former New York mayor’s candidacy. “It is a matter of individual, moral conscience,” said Land, whose group represents 16 million members. “I cannot vote for a pro-choice candidate, period.” (Read More)
Boohoo, bitches
Sphere: Related ContentThe city has decided that the Boy Scouts chapter here must pay fair-market rent of $200,000 a year for its city-owned headquarters because it refuses to permit gay Scouts.
The organization’s Cradle of Liberty Council, which currently pays $1 a year in rent, must pay the increased amount to remain in its downtown building past May 31, Fairmount Park Commission president Robert N.C. Nix said Wednesday.
The higher rent money “would have to come from programs. That’s 30 new Cub Scout packs, or 800 needy kids going to our summer camp,” Jubelirer said. “It’s disappointing, and it’s certainly a threat.” (Read More)