In case you were unaware, Mormons typically don't like gays. They hate them so much they devoted a significant portion of their resources to pushing for Prop 8, using all kinds of ridiculous fear mongering and veiled bigotry to convince people that allowing marriages between individuals of the same sex would somehow torpedo their own unions. It didn't matter to them this was a complete and utter fabrication ...

There's a bit of an ideological war going on in the Christian faith, and if you weren't paying close attention, you wouldn't even know it's waging. Take the "Manhattan Declaration" for instance (not the one on climate change), a frightening manifesto by religious conservatives that claims equality and anti-discrimination laws are destroying people's freedom of religion. Their biggest issues, unsuprisingly, ...

Back in November I reported the Catholic Diocese in Washington DC was threatening to cut its service to the homeless if it was forced to comply with a proposed bill to make same sex unions legal. Well, it looks like their pressure tactic has failed, since the bill actually passed. If you feel like wasting your time, there's an online petition asking Archbishop Wuerl not to be such a fucking douchebag, but l ...

I'm going to make no bones about this; if you find homosexuality repulsive, wrong, unnatural, weird, disgusting, freakish or sinful, you are a bigot. Now, the good news is all of us are a little bigoted in a bunch of usually unconscious ways, so you're not alone. In all honesty, before my buddy Jeff came out of the closet, I have to admit to having been a bit of a bigot myself. As is often the case with us ...

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy If you've never heard of the not-so-secret-anymore "Family", I might suggest you look them up before continuing to read this post. In a nutshell, these guys are a group of powerful and influential individuals who believe the true message of Christianity isn't about charity, forgiveness or any of the other typical conventions; they cov ...

Remember the video I put up with Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens debating about whether or not the Catholic Church is a force for good? In one part of the video, a well meaning woman stood up and commented on the fact that she was a Catholic and didn't really have any issue with Fry's homosexuality. Stephen responded by saying that the position of the Catholic Church regarding homosexuality is clear, a ...

Living in the US these days, you'd never know the country has some pretty fucking serious problems that need to be addressed; specifically the shitty economy, the two wars you can't seem to get out of, and the fact 40 million people are without health insurance. It seems like the only REAL issue for many Americans is gay marriage, and I'm sad to announce that one of the few states where it's still legal (Ma ...

This video taught me three important lessons: (1) not every Mormon is a bigoted jackass who wants to destroy the rights of gays to marry, (2) The Mormon church can't stand these people (which is why this guy's speech is cut short), and (3) babies are FUCKING ANNOYING. props to The Atheist Mind for the find ...

Ok, the title of my article is a little inflamatory, but how else can you describe a consentrated effort on the part of the Illinois Family Institute to get Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta fired from his job as a high school math teacher? Sounds like an attack to me. IFL director Laurie Higgins is on a crusade to get the school faculty to punish him for writing an atheist blog on his free time, even though it ...

Yesterday I wrote about how two men were handcuffed and charged with a misdemeanor for kissing at the Main Street Plaza, which is owned by the LDS Chruch. Now, former city councilwoman Deeda Seed is planning a "kiss-in", asking everyone to bring their partners to show each other affection in response. The most interesting thing about the article has to be the comments. Now I know lots of people feel that pr ...