The leader of a megachurch has been arrested on perjury charges.

The felony perjury charge against Paulk stems from a lawsuit against him, his brother Don and the church by Mona Brewer, a former church employee. The lawsuit alleges that Earl Paulk manipulated Brewer into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to salvation.
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I like this editorial in USA Today.
Once any group of Christians gives itself away so completely to a political party, it ceases to be the church. The church becomes a branch office of the group's political party of choice - The First Republican Church in America. This is the root problem, and it leads to all the other specific mistakes that ( Read more... )

Saw this on the front page of del.icio.us. No idea if these are real or not, but they've all got links to the original discussions, so... who knows.

Some of the quotes are sad, like ( This one )

Max Blumenthal visits the Values Voters summit. You gotta watch this one.

For The Bible Tells Me So, "an exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the US and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community".

Here's the trailer:

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IMDB says this was released October 5. I wonder how long it will take to reach Netflix.

ETA: You can find out ( Read more... )

From Wonkette:
Conservative thingy WorldNetDaily.com is launching the anti-War on Christmas extra early this year, lest “the American Civil Liberties Union grinches” kidnap and neuter Santa Claus while his minions aren’t watching.


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I posted about this a couple days ago, but now CNN.com & the AP are talking about it too.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A gay rights group on Monday urged Barack Obama to cut ties with a gospel singer who it says spreads false information about homosexuality being a choice ( Read more... )

++ Vote in DFA's "If the election was held today" pulse poll. Edwards is kicking ass in the poll so far.

++ Stocks sink of '87 crash anniversary. Weird.

++ Feminists have more fun.

++ Pollster says Republican women will support Hillary. Whaaaaaaa?

++ Clinton's universal health care plan is for legal Americans only. Which sounds kind of like a ( Read more... )

An Archibishop in Mozambique has stated that two European countries are deliberately making condoms that carry HIV:

Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio claimed some anti-retroviral drugs were also infected "in order to finish quickly the African people".
*gawps at the horrificness* This might even top the "anti-retroviral drugs cause AIDS!" claim ( Read more... )

I've got good news, I've got bad news...and I've got batshit craziness.

The good: Supreme Court to EPA: "Yes, you do have the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. You might wanna do that, or come up with better reasons not to. (Dumbasses.)"

The court ruled 5 to 4 that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by ( Read more... )