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It’s ‘Columbus Day’ – a day dedicated to the legacy of the explorer Christopher Columbus – here in the United States. And it makes a lot of sense. Who wouldn’t want to celebrate our great country being discovered by Christopher Columbus with special sales in stores and a day out of school for the kids? […] More
We’re just over twelve months since the Las Vegas mass shooting, which was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States. Just eight months ago we had one of the deadliest school shootings ever at Parkland. Despite that, not much has changed surrounding gun regulation. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there […] More
Fans of the blog will remember Bill Donohue, who is the president of the Catholic League. Not too long ago, when news of the 300+ Pennsylvania predator priests broke, Donohue decided that it was necessary for him to come out and explain that not all of the 1000+ child victims in the Pennsylvania grand jury’s […] More
After all the things we’ve heard so far – the child pornography ring the Catholic Church ran in Pennsylvania, the fact that some priests didn’t know if raping a child was wrong, and a pastor saying that the Bible says it’s not rape if the child didn’t scream – it’s hard to imagine what could […] More
A new poll released by the Pew Research Center shows that amid the countless sex abuse scandals, Pope Francis’s popularity among Catholics has reached a new low. CNN reports: Overall, 72% of Catholics in the United States view Francis in either a very or mostly favorable light — down from 84% in January — but […] More
This is disturbing, and really makes you question how the religious right can say they have any sense of moral high ground over anyone else. A Marist poll of 1000 respondents found that 48% of white evangelicals would support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh even if the allegations of sexual assault against Dr. Christine Blasey […] More
According to BBC News, the Students’ Union at the University of Manchester has banned the use of clapping in favor of using the British Sign Language expression for clapping. Which, admittedly, looks an awful lot like jazz hands. In the BBC video below, Union officer Sara Khan explains why they made the move. (Sorry, this is […] More
Content warning: This post contains some very graphic images of a man who literally shot himself in the foot with a .45 caliber bullet. Read it or don’t, I’m not your dad. There’s nothing more ‘Murican than beer, guns, and steel-toe boots. And perhaps a combination of the three led to an incident where a […] More
I’ve long been skeptical of the effectiveness of Change.org petitions. It’s a rather simple process to use throwaway email addresses to artificially inflate the results, and the results can be ignored as easily as deleting an email. But finally, I think the perfect Change.org petition has come our way. The petition? To rename communion wafers […] More
If you’re like me, you were excited for the new season of Saturday Night Live that kicked off last night. Anyone who planned on watching anticipated some comedic commentary about Brett Kavanaugh. And SNL, with the help of Matt Damon, freakin’ delivered. But what I didn’t expect was their musical guest – Kanye West. Or, as he […] More
Christian pastor, and former member of the Indiana House of Representatives, Don Boys has a message for everyone attacking Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Boys says that according to the Bible: “no scream, no rape.” In his own words, Boys explains: Rape is having sex with a woman while she screams for help. No scream, […] More
Pat Robertson, the televangelist whose spell to keep Hurricane Florence away from the East Coast failed, led his followers this morning in a special prayer this morning to “throw confusion” into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers. Robertson said: The Supreme Court of the United States is the power center of the liberal left. They […] More
