TELLING folk they are miserable sinners who must repent or face hellfire is turning US evangelical preachers into a breed of emotional wrecks – and half would leave the ministry tomorrow. Addressing a “Refuel” conference designed to lift the spirits of American evangelists in Virginia this week, Jonathan Falwell – son of the obese homo-hater [...]
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A DESPICABLE BRITISH-colonial era law, supported to hilt by the inordinate number of Christian fundamentalists who infest the impoverished southern African state of Malawi, was used today to impose a 14-year jail sentence, with hard labour, on two young gay men who committed no crime other than to love each other. According to this report, [...]
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TODAY is “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” – but the Pakistani authorities are having none of it, and have BANNED Facebook which is hosting the event. The social networking site was blocked yesterday “until further notice” in response to public outrage over the “draw Mo” competition. The motivation behind the contest is explained in this video: [...]
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WHEN a Saudi religious policeman sauntered around an amusement park in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Al-Mubarraz looking for unmarried couples socialising illegally, he probably wasn’t expecting any trouble. But when he approached a young, 20-something couple meandering through the park together, he received a humiliating whaling. According to this report, the member of [...]
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ABSTINENCE advocate Mark Souder – Â a conservative Republican Indiana congressman – is now history following revelations that he had congress with a part-time staffer named Tracy Jackson. Souder and Jackson recently had starring roles in an internet video show praising the virtues of sexual abstinence. In the November 2009 a video, Jackson introduces Souder this [...]
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DESCRIBED here as “the grand wizard of classic rock” Black Sabbath’s Ronnie James Dio has died this week at the age of 67 of stomach cancer – and it is doubtful whether anyone has taken greater delight in his passing than a born-again Christian nutcase who calls herself SisterSunnshine. Never was a moniker less apt. [...]
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