CHRISTIAN HOMOPHOBIC BIGOTRY: “Christian Fundamentalist: Trans-Rights Activists Also Promote Pedophilia” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

On today’s “Faith and Freedom” radio program, Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver asserted that North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law and the Religious Right’s boycott of Target are necessary because efforts to allow transgender people to use facilities that match their gender identity are being pushed by pedophilia advocates.

ANTI-ATHEIST BIGOTRY: “Atheists are ‘Corrupt’, ‘Abominable’ and ‘None’ are Good” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

On today’s “Pray In Jesus Name” program, Fundamentalist, Religious Right activist and Colorado State legislator Gordon Klingenschmitt shared his thoughts on a lawsuit filed against a California school district for refusing to inform students about scholarships that were being offered by atheist groups.

PERFORMING ARTS – THEATER: “The Judas Kiss” / British Play / Rupert Everett plays Oscar Wilde / by David Hare / 2016 ☮


Rupert Everett plays Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss —a compelling drama about the power of all consuming love and the cruelty of betrayal. It is 1895 and Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, is playing in the West End after a triumphant premiere, but already the wheels are in motion, which will lead to his imprisonment, downfall and vilification.

Forced to make a choice between his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and his freedom, the ever romantic Wilde embarks on a course towards self-destruction.

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Read:  New York Times / “Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is)” 

ABRAHAMIC RELIGION: “Islamophobic” / DarkMatter2525

Fear of Islam is not irrational. Fear of some Muslims can be irrational, of course, but as a religion, ideology, and political system, Islam can be horrific and extremely oppressive and thus warrants fear and resistance.

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.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Elizabeth Warren: Trump is a ‘Toxic Stew of Hatred and Insecurity'” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Elizabeth Warren unloaded on Donald Trump after his win in Tuesday’s Indiana primary cemented his position as the likely Republican presidential nominee.

“It’s real,” Warren tweeted following Trump’s victory in the Hoosier State. “He is one step away from the White House.”

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Ted Cruz, a Dying Breed of Republican, Drops Out” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮

Ted Cruz bowed out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday following a crushing loss to Donald Trump in Indiana, clearing the path for the real estate mogul to clinch the GOP nomination.