Religious Right

One nutter to another: you ain’t nutty enough

by Karen on February 18, 2009

This is almost too good. A right wing Christian group has issued a report card on other right wing Christian groups and found them lacking in the nut department:

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Why?

Continue reading for the answer and a video comparing it to the Dunkirk Evacuation of Allied Troops in WWII.

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Shall we call them fuckwits instead?

by Karen on February 13, 2009

The Religious Right is upset (again). They’ve decided that it hurts their feefees when we refer to them as the religious right and they’re not going to take it anymore (via: Pam Spalding):

The term “Religious Right” pops up every election cycle, but leaders often identified with the political movement say that while their constituencies remain strong, the catchphrase deserves a proper burial.

However, several politically conservative evangelicals said in interviews that they do not want to be identified with the “Religious Right,” “Christian Right,” “Moral Majority,” or other phrases still thrown around in journalism and academia.

As you can probably guess from the title I’m somewhat partial to calling them fuckwits.  How about you? What do you think we should call ‘em instead?

ETA: Check out this thread on Shakesville for some excellant ideas such as “Cooter Inspectors” by Shaker JJohnson.

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America: Only your straight male masses, please.

by Karen on December 20, 2008

liberty The last few days have been spectacularly craptastic.  Obama got things started by choosing a bigot help him kick off his ‘inclusive’ administration.

Not to be outdone, the Bush administration decided to shield medical workers who refuse to do their job if their would-be patient offends them “ethically, morally or religiously”.

Bringing up the rear is the UN delegation which refused to sign a anti-discrimination resolution calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality.

Co-sponsored by France and the Netherlands, the declaration was signed by all 27 European Union members, as well as Japan, Australia, Mexico and three dozen other countries.

There was broad opposition from Muslim nations, and the United States refused to sign, indicating that some parts of the declaration raised legal questions that needed further review.

“It’s disappointing,” said Rama Yade, France’s human rights minister, of the U.S. position — which she described as in contradiction with America’s long tradition as a defender of human rights.

Disappointing? I guess so – if you think America defines “human” as, well, human not “male humans, preferably white, preferably Christian & most definitely not gay”.

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Obama chooses Warren to represent him

December 17, 2008

I take one measly nap and look what happens. Obama has chosen Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony will feature musical performances by Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, according to the congressional committee orchestrating the inaugural program. Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor of Saddleback Church, [...]

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Maybe it’s the soy that made ‘em do it?

December 17, 2008

Joseph Farrar, founder and CEO of WorldNetDaily, is upset with Wikipedia over someone editing his wiki page to state that he was a gay. His response?  To attack Wikipedia as a “wholesale purveyor of lies and slander unlike any other the world has ever known”. And it has brought us some perfectly dreadful sources of [...]

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Vatican supports executions of gay people

December 7, 2008

It has, afterall, decided it will oppose a UN resolution calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality which is punishable by death in several countries. Gay rights groups and newspaper editorials on Tuesday condemned the Vatican for its decision to oppose a proposed U.N. resolution calling on governments worldwide to de-criminalise homosexuality. The row erupted after [...]

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Let them sleep on the streets and starve

December 4, 2008

Several weeks ago The Onion published a satirical piece wherein a Christian woman described her brand of Christianity in part as: My faith in the Lord is about the pure, simple values: raising children right, saying grace at the table, strictly forbidding those who are Methodists or Presbyterians from receiving communion because their beliefs are [...]

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The [sane] Catholics strike back

November 20, 2008

Want evidence that not all Christians are bat shit crazy nutballs who want to establish a theocracy here in the United States?  Well, then you need to check out what the Catholics for Choice have to say about Bill Donohue(PDF) and the Catholic League. It is not pretty nor nice, but it’s most definitely a [...]

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The best thing about Obama winning?

November 11, 2008

Watching the hate machine devour itself.  It’s fucking hilarious. Here’s another article over at Alternet about what’s been going on since McCain lost.  Fox “news” is trying to disown the lynch mob it created and the Freepers are planning to boycott Fox over the disowning. McCain’s inner circle is trying to blame everything on Sarah [...]

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Shouldn’t they throw a party?

September 29, 2008

Danny Funderburk, mayor of Fort MIll, SC, recently forwarded an email claiming that Obama was the other Christian boogeyman, The Antichrist.  Some folks are utterly shocked that such a thing could happen in this day and age. Heh. Christians have a long established tradition of calling people antichrists.  Even Martin Luther couldn’t resist the tug [...]

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