CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: “Phyllis Schlafly, Anti-Feminist, Homophobic, Conservative Christian Activist, Dead at 92 — and the World is Better for it” ☮

Phyllis SchlaflyHistory will show she was on the wrong sides of several important issues. She spent her life defending positions that society has overwhelmingly rejected in favor of tolerance, inclusion, and kindness. She was alive long enough to see the legalization of marriage equality and the rise of a strong feminist movement that continues to this day.

Let’s just be grateful that many of the dreams she had will never be achieved.

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Classic Phyllis Schlafly Talks About Hispanics
Interview with David Pakman, Published on Aug 16, 2014

Phyllis Schlafly: Christians Are Better, Regardless of the Facts
Interview with David Pakman, Published on Mar 10, 2015

Mr. Pakman intellectually wipes the floor with Phyllis Schlafly’s ignoramus ass par excellence!

BOOKS: “Thirteen Books Atheists Should Consider Reading” / Atheist Republic ☮

Atheist Scarlet Letter (Hitchens)These are not books debunking creationism, nor an item-by-item critique of the factual plausibility of holy writings, nor a demonstration of their historic shortcomings when compared to current notions of progressive humanist morality, nor are they an overt attack against religion. Since you are already an atheist, I assume you don’t need convincing anymore. Rather, they are about understanding your world and yourself without religion. These ideas are not new. Generally speaking, they are not trying to convince the reader. They are proposals for a different way of understanding reality without a god, logic, ethics, morality and yourself – perhaps the hardest thing to objectively fully understand in life.

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WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN IDIOCY: “2016 GOP: Porn is a ‘Public Health Crisis’ and a ‘Menace'” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Republican delegates unanimously adopted an amendment to their draft platform Monday morning that called pornography “a public health crisis” and a “public menace” that is destroying lives.

WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN IDIOCY: “Fox Noise Pastor: Police are ‘Ministers of Gawd, Sent by Gawd'” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas, lashed out at what he called “bogus ministers” who did not preach about having “respect for the police.”

During an Sunday interview on Fox & Friends, Jeffress called on churches “to instill in their a members a respect for the police.”

WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN HYPOCRICY: “Trans Porn is Most Popular in Anti-Trans States” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

In April, Mic reported on a surprising (but really not that surprising) trend: In the nation’s most homophobic states, gay porn tends to be a hit. Now, a Broadly exclusive echoes what must be a similarly furtive masturbatory pattern in those parts of the country most actively opposed to equal rights for transgender individuals: Anti-trans states just love trans porn — go figure.

CANNABIS: “‘Quiverfull’ Cult Plans Arranged Marriage Camp for Teens” / The Young Turks / Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz ☮

The religious cult associated with TV’s Duggar family, known as the “Quiverfull” movement, is having a retreat for people who want to set up arranged marriages for their teenage children. Quiverfull patriarch Vaughn Ohlman has a website promoting marriage for “Truly True Christian” children. Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?) and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

CHRISTIAN PREACHER: “Alabama Preacher Epic Rant About Sex” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

A preacher in Alabama wants you to know that sex will kill your brain cells, make you homeless and was brought by God as a means of punishing people, so you really shouldn’t be enjoying it as much as you do. Many right-wing religious have deep and profound problems with sex. They want to regulate when you can have it, how you can have it and who you can have it with. But, this guy has taken the anti-sex philosophy to a whole new level of hostility.