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SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: Rick Santorum / “We will Never Have the Elite, Smart People on Our Side”
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Tag Archives: Politics
POLITICAL PARODY: Wrong Direction / “Disclosure” / A Full Frontal Freedom Production
MORALITY: Pat Condell / “Your Moral Guide”
h/t: Planet Atheism
h/t: Friendly Atheist
ANTITHEISM: “Evolution for the win!”
CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE: Rev. Emily C. Heath / “How to Determine If Your Religious Liberty Is Being Threatened in Just 10 Quick Questions”
It seems like this election season “religious liberty” is a hot topic. Rumors of its demise are all around, as are politicians who want to make sure that you know they will never do anything to intrude upon it.
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Quick Questions.” Just pick “A” or “B” for each question.
1. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to go to a religious service of my own choosing.
B) Others are allowed to go to religious services of their own choosing.2. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to marry the person I love legally, even though my religious community blesses my marriage.
B) Some states refuse to enforce my own particular religious beliefs on marriage on those two guys in line down at the courthouse.3. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am being forced to use birth control.
B) I am unable to force others to not use birth control.[…]
10. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to teach my children the creation stories of our faith at home.
B) Public school science classes are teaching science.
UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE!!! “Democrats Efforts to Reinsert ‘God’ and ‘Jerusalem’ into Platform Met with Loud Opposition” / VIDEO
Even though the no’s were again as loud if not louder than the aye’s on the third vote, Villagairosa said he had determined that two-thirds of those present had voted in favor. Boos filled the arena in response.
HISTORY: Chris Rodda / “FYI Republicans: Tocqueville Was Actually Insulting America When He Referred to it Being “Exceptional””
If a drinking game had been made out of Republicans calling America “exceptional” at the RNC, the hospitals would have been full of people with alcohol poisoning this week. Unfortunately, and a bit embarrassingly, what these exceptional Americans don’t seem to realize is that the term “American exceptionalism” actually comes from an insult to America, not a compliment.
EMPATHETIC MORALITY: “Dad Sports Skirt to Support Cross-dressing Son”
Many fathers insist that their cross-dressing sons change clothes before stepping outside—especially if neighbors are starting to snicker. A German dad is quickly becoming an international hero for taking an entirely different approach.
When Nils Pickert moved his family from open-minded West Berlin to a more conservative small southern German town, locals rolled their eyes at his dress-wearing son. His 5-year-old boy became too embarrassed to put on his favorite frocks.
Pickert decided to teach his son a lesson in self-confidence and started wearing skirts around town himself.
h/t: MoveOn.org
CHRISTIAN IMBECILITY: Dusty Smith / “Fuck Katt Williams!”
CONSERVATIVE MISOGYNY: “A Simple Flowchart For Anyone Who Feels They Are Entitled To Legislate A Vagina”
h/t: MoveOn.org
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