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Often, the more Fundamentalist Christian someone becomes, the worse they get. They hate and persecute LGBTQ people. They want to replace American democracy with a theocratic nation, a Christian nation. (Once that happens the war can begin about exactly...
by ArtD48
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 08:18 AM PST
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Sadly, the conservative Supreme Court has made it ok for “conservatives, so called Christian business owners to discriminate against the LGTB “A hair salon in Traverse City said it will no longer provide services to certain members of the LGBTQ...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Tue Jul 11, 2023 at 10:26 AM PDT
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Friends were planning on retiring to Florida. Karen, who isn’t one, calls herself an iguana. She likes it hot, the hotter the better. She does not like cold and wet. She’s been living in Michigan since 1988, where cold and wet happens a lot. Her...
by MeJean
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on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 06:50 PM PDT
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In 312, Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. In 380 AD, Roman Emperor Theodosius issued the Edict of Thessalonica, declaring Christianity the Roman Empire’s official religion. How much does Christianity owe to Roman civilization rather...
by ArtD48
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on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 05:29 AM PST
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God! I am so disgusted with hypocritical, lying “Christians” like Scott Esk, the GOP candidate in question, and their implied lie: “Well, gosh, I’m just a good ole Christian trying to follow the Bible.” I could condemn Esk from the perspective of a...
by ArtD48
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on Mon Aug 22, 2022 at 06:19 PM PDT
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Just came across an article that documents a research finding about GLB individuals and college degree obtainment. One good thing about our new sexual revolution is that there are data points to study from, resulting in what I consider a fascinating...
by CameronProf
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on Wed Dec 01, 2021 at 11:58 PM PST
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Fundamentalist Intolerance (Daylight Atheism – 1/25/21) By James A. Haught Across America, right-wing politicians pass “religious freedom” laws that have a single purpose: to let narrow-minded believers discriminate against gays — an intolerance that...
by JamesAHaught
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on Thu Jan 28, 2021 at 05:33 PM PST
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Conservatives lose, and lose By James A. Haught The 2020 Supreme Court decree that gays cannot be fired from jobs simply because they’re gay is a solid blow to white evangelicals, the heart of the Republican Party. Such born-again conservatives...
by JamesAHaught
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on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 10:33 AM PST
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Irvin Baxter Jr…...you live by the sword, you die by the sword. Baxter was a Pentacostal minister, saying G-d was upset at man for the lack of virgin brides around town and to gay folks.� I’
by CameronProf
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on Mon Nov 09, 2020 at 09:43 AM PST
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Mike Huckabee can always be relied on to offer a clever little ‘gotcha’ in reaction to a liberal position he scoffs at. His speech and tweets cackle with self-satisfaction in the smug belief he has delivered a knockout blow to the other man's argument....
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon Sep 16, 2019 at 10:11 AM PDT
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There are nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe with ties to the sultan of Brunei that are facing a boycott, thankfully. George Clooney and Elton John are just some of the celebrities that have been vocal in attacking the hotels.
In case you have...
by BFSkinner
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on Mon Apr 01, 2019 at 03:07 PM PDT
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Friday was the end of 1st Semester, and my grades were all in before the end of the school day. I will begin the week with my students having several days left to complete a mandatory exercise that does not affect their grades but does affect my...
by teacherken
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on Sun Jan 27, 2019 at 10:55 AM PST
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Last week, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee okayed an amendment that sparked anger in the LGBTQ community because, advocates said, it could block lesbian and gay couples from adopting.
As Heron Greenesmith reports at Rewire, however, the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Thu Jul 19, 2018 at 01:15 PM PDT
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There was, a bit back, about how more enlightened Pope Francis was towards gay men and abortion.
Well… hold on a second..
Speaking at an Italian group for Catholic families, in unscripted remark the Pope stated:
"It is painful to...
by BFSkinner
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on Sun Jun 17, 2018 at 06:59 PM PDT
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Listening to talk radio on a drive from Louisville to DC - Gays, Israel, Soros, the UN and Donations Today I drove from Louisville, KY to Washington, DC and here are a few of the things I heard on talk radio:
*Plastic "noodles" such as the things kids play with in a swimming pool may cause the children to become gay when they grow up. The...
by howardpark
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on Tue Apr 10, 2018 at 08:29 PM PDT
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We on the Left need a Frank Luntz, someone who is truly skilled at distilling the issues of the day into bite-sized talking points that click with voters. Yes, yes, the Left has been trying to do so since long before any of us were born, but I think...
by Glenn Contrarian
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on Fri Oct 06, 2017 at 04:43 PM PDT
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Despite their recent rift, Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are in sync on one thing: it's a perfect time to declare open season on LGBTQ Americans.
After Trump declared a ban on transgender military service Wednesday morning,...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Jul 26, 2017 at 07:17 PM PDT
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“Chechnya’s president has reportedly vowed to “eliminate” the region’s gay population by the end of next month as the brutal persecution and torture of gay men in the region continues.
Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has promised to wipe out...
by JamieG from Md
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on Wed Apr 26, 2017 at 06:28 PM PDT
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I was skimming through the stories on Daily Kos yesterday and I came across a story about the death of the man who created the Gay conversion therapy:
www.dailykos.com/…
For those who do not know Gay conversion therapy is an attempt to turn Gays...
by abydenus
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on Sun Mar 12, 2017 at 08:03 AM PDT
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It didn’t take long for the Democratic Leadership Council’s type of thinking to rear its ugly head again: The trouble with Democrats is that they won’t throw brown people and gays under the bus. But this isn’t just immoral advice; it’s politically...
by missivonne
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 12:11 PM PST
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