The Catholic Church has had numerous, well-documented, ongoing struggles to corral not only the public sentiment that they have a problem with pedophiles in their leadership, but also the actual instances of child molestation. It’s been an often times infuriating process to hold many of the men accused of abusing little altar boys and girls […] More
As of this coming Thursday, I will have lived all 35 years of my life in the state of Indiana. That about begins and ends all the positive things I can say about my state. After all, our state’s former governor also happens to be our current vice president, and during his tenure in Indiana, […] More
According to reporting from Raw Story, Eric Porterfield, a republican delegate from West Virginia, compared gay people to the Ku Klux Klan. You know, because they’re so similar. Not to be outdone by himself, he also made homophobic statements for the second time last week, as Raw Story explained: “The LGBTQ [sic] is a modern day version […] More
There’s that old saying – if you live in a glass house, don’t throw stones. I think it applies here to a certain extent. Earlier today, the official ICE Twitter account made the following post: Think slavery doesn’t exist today? Think again. #HumanTrafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. https://t.co/u1LTrtd4Ix pic.twitter.com/JMyVe8CRdH — ICE (@ICEgov) January […] More
As first reported by our friends over at Friendly Atheist, a Christian homeless shelter filed a lawsuit against the city of Anchorage, Alaska for the right to refuse services for trans people. Because nothing screams Christian Values™ more than judging someone on what genitals they were born with. Alliance Defending Freedom argues that the Hope […] More
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), which is the largest professional society of geneticists, has said that any ideas regarding the importance of racial purity are “scientifically meaningless”. Why did this organization, which represents around 8000 geneticists feel the need to release a statement like this? Because it’s a central point that white nationalist […] More
Oh, don’t worry. This post isn’t going to be overly political, and I know that sadly antisemitism can foment anywhere on the political spectrum. But, seriously, when I tell you that a woman in Cleveland was a doctor at a clinic for a few months and said on social media she’d be willing to give […] More
With the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi still fresh on everyone’s minds, Saudi Arabia is back in the headlines again this week regarding censorship of another activist who is critical of Saudi Arabia’s barbaric behavior. Comedian Hasan Minhaj has a show on Netflix called Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Speaking in reference to the Saudi Arabian government’s […] More
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – is no stranger to controversy. The group regularly uses controversy and outrage as a tool to gain extra attention from the media. After all, they’re the same group who, in 2014, made this extremely offensive and scientifically incorrect graphic: (As we all know, correlation does […] More
A paramedic and a firefighter from a small town in Alberta, Canada said that they felt as though they were forced out of their jobs because they were behaving “too gay.” According to CBC news: Sheri and Alyssa Monk say they were discriminated against and expected to follow different rules than their heterosexual colleagues, saying […] More
Yes, you read the headline correctly and no, unfortunately, this is *not* The Onion. Only in 2018 – the year that started off with people eating tide pods (yes, that was in 2018) – would we have the president of the largest dating app designed for people of the same sex come out and say that […] More
Kim Davis is (well, was) the Kentucky clerk who, in 2015, became nationally-known for her refusal to sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples because: religion. But tonight, she lost her bid for re-election. According to NPR: With all 19 precincts reporting, preliminary results show Caudill earned 4,210 votes to Davis’ 3,566. It was Davis’ first […] More
