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April 2016

April 26, 2016

Support Target Stores’ Inclusivity!

As some of you know, Target stores have taken a stance in support of transgender...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

Christian-Jewish Relations in 5776

Let's talk about the state of "Christian-Jewish" relations! For most of the past 2,000 years,...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

Violence at King David’s Tomb

I wonder if John Hagee's Christians United for Israel know what happened at King David’s tomb...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Duggar

View image | gettyimages.com I always hesitate before blogging about something that’s already receiving widespread coverage....

June 2012

June 08, 2012

The Bad News Bears

Exactly ten years ago the U.S. Supreme Court allowed legal after-hours access to elementary schools...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

A Great Example Of God’s Connection To Morality

Speaking of religion and morality, here’s another in a seemingly endless flood of great moralist...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Tennesseans Iz Lernin

I grew up in Miami, but I spent my junior and senior years of high...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Sex

All of the recent discussion by Christian theocratic types about contraception should serve as a...

February 24, 2012

Haters: Same Sex Marriage Is “Fake Marriage”

Over at the Family Research Council, bastion of theologically grounded hatred, Tony Perkins has launched...

February 20, 2012

Rick Santorum, Theologus Bibliae

Rick “Man on Dog Sex” Santorum will never be elected president, but if it’s the...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho…Onto The Ark We Go!

I just took a few days off to go to Walt Disney World with my...

January 13, 2012

Reasonable Religion

Am I anti-religious? Many atheists are proudly so. They see all religion as dangerous and...

January 05, 2012

Homohater Fosser Fram

Once again Iowa has held its ridiculous caucuses allowing a microscopic number of people to...

January 03, 2012

A Rabbi And A Quarterback Walk Into A Political Mess…

Not being much of a follower of the NFL any more, I have not had...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Romney’s Mormonism Is Worse Than Newt’s Scumbagism?

It seems to me that Mitt Romney is a pretty decent sort of guy. Of...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Prayer Is Indeed Powerful

In case you thought that there was nothing to the power of prayer, think again. ...

October 20, 2011

The Clergy Project

For a few months now I have been a member of an online group called...

September 2011

September 20, 2011

Unemployed? It’s All Part Of God’s Plan For You

Another survey about religiosity in America has been released by Baylor University, a Baptist institution...

September 19, 2011

Pat Robertson Doesn’t Want Any Guilt Trips

Everyone knows that Pat Robertson is a paragon of biblical righteousness. This, after all, is...

September 15, 2011

Blame It On The Rain

Given the state of the economy and job market, we should perhaps begin to ready...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Thank You God For Sunoco

One of the sillier expressions of religious “piety” is the grand old American tradition of...

July 11, 2011

Polygamy ≠ Same-Sex Marriage

The anti-gay crowd often cites the opinion that if gay marriage is legalized then polygamy...

July 10, 2011

Laudable Statement By A Republican Presidential Candidate

I’ve consumed quite a few kilobytes railing against the theocrats in the Republican Party. It...

July 08, 2011

Marcus Bachmann, The Man To Whom Michele Is Submissive

Michele Bachmann, fundamentalist Christian candidate for the GOP, is aided in her run by her...

June 2011

June 16, 2011

Michelle Bachmann’s Radical Theocratic Politics

Over at The Daily Beast, Michelle Goldberg has an excellent expose about Michelle Bachmann. It...

June 13, 2011

Republican Candidate’s “Response” To The Rest Of Us

Lately I’ve been in one of my periods of stoic acceptance of the religious idiocy...

April 2011

April 10, 2011

Tennessee Forgets Scopes, Passes ID Bill

At least one state legislature has managed to push through a law designed by proponents...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Official Israel Hearts Palin…J-Street Not So Much

Jeffrey Goldberg is often the voice of reason when it comes to evaluating the American...

March 23, 2011

Twin Religious Fanatics Of Different Mothers

Lately I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the relationship between conservative...

March 22, 2011

Palin’s Pilgrimage

Another Republican is visiting Israel. This time it’s Sarah Palin who’s running around the country...