Category Archives: Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues

In Minnesota, a New Hero Will Rise

Let’s face it, things are not going very well for right-wing radio these days. Rush Limbaugh has been reduced to a national laughingstock, while Sean Hannity is best known for simply repeating talking points handed to him by the RNC. … Continue reading

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Proposition 8

As many of you heard, Connecticut’s supreme court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage today. Awesome. However, next month Californians will be voting on prop 8, which seeks to eliminate same-sex marriage here. For the last couple of months, polls … Continue reading

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Political Positions Beyond the Pale

Once you take either of these positions, you lose all rights to be treated as if you might possibly have anything interesting to say. You lose all rights not to be cursed at. You also lose all rights for others … Continue reading

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More about Those "Trustworthy" Boyscouts

From Feministe: Projection, anyone? A boy scout leader who opposed allowing gay men and atheists serve as troop leaders — and who even sued the city of Berkeley over it — has been arrested on felony sexual abuse charges. For … Continue reading

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MUST READ: Christians in the Hand of an Angry God

This is the best thing I’ve read in probably a month, and it’s am absolute must-read for anyone who’s ever wondered about the political and theological confluence of events that became the religious right. It’s 3 years old, but I … Continue reading

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From the Department of Hypocrites–More Republican Bathroom Sex

Idaho Senator Larry Craig was arrested and pled guilty to disorderly conduct after he was caught propositioning an undercover police officer for sex in an airport bathroom.  Pam has the run down on his votes on key gay/lesbian policy issues: … Continue reading

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A Few Random Comments About the God's Warriors Series

I’m going to organize this as bullet points for each episode.  Gods Jewish Warriors I thought this was the best one of the series.  It was balanced in showing both the extremist settlers, and the more mainstream Jews who were … Continue reading

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Fundamentalist Flunks Bar Exam And Sues Because Of Exam Question Involving Lesbians

From the Boston Herald: A Boston man who failed the Massachusetts bar exam has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his refusal to answer a test question – related to gay marriage – caused him to flunk the test. Stephen Dunne, … Continue reading

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Genarlow Wilson Wins In Court, But Attorney General Appeals. Also, Wilson May Be A Rapist.

Genarlow Wilson, the teenage boy who was sentenced to ten years in prison for consensual1 oral sex with another teenager (at the time, he was 17 and the girl was 15, which is “aggravated child molestation” according to Georgia law), … Continue reading

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The New Thread for Debating Whether Gay Rights Hurt People Anyone

UPDATE: Comments on this thread are closed. — So, there was me, grumbling that my post about Durkheim’s “tyranny of the majority,” the Overton window, and the general concept of politics as rationalization, had become a thread about whether or … Continue reading

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