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Anti-Gay Lawmaker Arrested for DUI After Leaving Gay Club

Anti-Gay Lawmaker Arrested for DUI After Leaving Gay Club

Once again, a virulently anti-gay lawmaker has been nailed (figuratively speaking) spending his spare time in gay bars. This one, demonstrating his commitment to "family values" and "personal responsibility" by capping his evening of cruising for gay sex with a DUI. Full Article

Liam Fox: Foreign Policy is Not a Faith Based Program

Liam Fox: Foreign Policy is Not a Faith Based Program

Israel is the number one recipient of American foreign aid, averaging above $2.5 Billion each year; when investigated, the vocal pro-Israel conservative Christian lobby doesn't seem very pro-Israeli at all. Full Article

Atheists Visit White House – Religious Right has Fit

After meeting with various religious groups for many, many years, the White House Friday had their first official meeting with atheist organizations. Apparently, it's OK when religious believers visit the White House, but a pox on that house if atheists are invited. Full Article

Liam Fox: A Religious Assault on Democracy

Liam Fox: A Religious Assault on Democracy

Last week, Colorado State Senator Dave Schultheis launched an attack on democracy and the United States Constitution under the guise of a "Religious Bill of Rights". What effects could such an effort have? Full Article

Embryos Could Be People Too: Personhood Colorado, Mississippi Qualify Ballot Measures

Embryos Could Be People Too: Personhood Colorado, Mississippi Qualify Ballot Measures

Personhood Colorado and Personhood Mississippi have submitted sufficient signatures to place a "personhood" measure on the ballot. If it they succeed in the general election, these would be the first states to grant every fertilized egg the full rights of a human. Full Article

Tea Party Traitors, or, How Judson Phillips Poisoned Our Tea

Tea Party Traitors, or, How Judson Phillips Poisoned Our Tea

Judson Phillips, with help from his friends Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, has thoroughly co-opted what was once a grassroots, non-partisan movement against bailouts and corporate welfare. Tea Party Nation is his for-profit Republican extremist recruitment project, complete with a members-only Full Article

Palin: “Absurd Not to Consider 2012 Presidential Run”, Snubs Tea Party Nation

Palin: “Absurd Not to Consider 2012 Presidential Run”, Snubs Tea Party Nation

On Fox News Sunday, Sarah Palin commented that she felt it "absurd" not to consider a 2012 Presidential run . . . and added a subtle backhand to the Tea Party movement. Full Article

Laura Silsby’s Messiah Complex, Part II

Laura Silsby’s Messiah Complex, Part II

Laura Silsby, not content illegally transporting Haitian kids, tried to kidnap adopted kids of American couple . . . While the father was in Haiti to get them. Full Article

Laura Silsby’s Messiah Complex

Laura Silsby’s Messiah Complex

Laura Silsby, leader of the group of American Baptists arrested for illegally attempting to take Haitian children to the Dominican Republic, appears to suffer from delusions of grandeur and a messiah complex. Full Article

American Family Association Supports Legal Sanctions for Homosexual Behavior

American Family Association Supports Legal Sanctions for Homosexual Behavior

An American Family Association executive, official spokesman, and radio show host promotes legal sanctions for Americans engaging in "homosexual behavior" . . . and twists Scripture until it screams to support his agenda. Full Article

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