Some demonstrations of hypocrisy are just so astonishing, there’s not a thing we could say to drive home the point any further:
“Republican campaign consultant Julius Henson was convicted of conspiracy … in a case involving robocalls to Maryland voters apparently intended to keep black voters from the polls in 2010…”
“Defense of Marriage Act: where God defined marriage as between one man and one woman, which was kind of confusing, since Adam and Eve had only sons. Not to be confused with Deuteronomy 22:15, where God gives advice on how a man with two wives should handle matters of children by two different women. Oh, and ignore Judges 8:30, where Gideon has seventy-one sons, many wives, and enjoys the favors of a concubine for good measure. Gideon was just some trumpet player and probably a closet liberal.”
— John Viall
“Far-Right Conservatives Invent New Language: Part Two”
Addicting Info, May 18, 2012
Republican Mississippi state rep, Southern Baptist minister, and lily-livered yahoo Andy Gipson, who — well, yes, now that you mention it, he always looks like 1) he couldn’t find a proper-fitting suit if his life depended on it, and 2) he refuses to stop going to the same barber Darrin Stephens swore by from 1958 on.
So, this very homophobic man went on a very nasty anti-gay rant (chock-full of the usual (more…)
Sentenced: Mark Griggs, 50, former pastor, Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Olmsted Falls, Ohio, to six years in prison and registration as a sex offender, after pleading guilty in February to 84 counts of child-pornography charges, out of an original 112 (43 counts of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor, 40 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and one count of possessing criminal tools). Story: Conservative Babylon, (more…)
You’ve heard it from the Anti-Gays countless times: “I don’t hate gays — I’m just against gay marriage… my church believes homosexuality is a sin … the Bible says gays are an abomination… but I don’t hate gays!”
Blah, blah, blah. Well, here’s an out (and a church to join) for all those lying hypocrites who really do hate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, courtesy of one of the few truly honest gay-haters, who’s not afraid to admit that he really, truly wants to kill all “queers.” (more…)
“Mitt Romney said marriage should be between one man and one woman, the way it has always been — ‘with the exception of all of my relatives in Utah, my dad who was born in Mexico, and my great-grandfather who left the damn country to get away from one-man, one-woman marriage. Other than that I’m a strict conservative on the subject.’”
— Bill Maher, May 11, 2012
Claims to fame: Former Nevada state senator (elected 2010; “served” 2011-2012); youngest elected female lawmaker in state history; decidedly anti-gay “Christian family values” Republican; dirty trickster; apparent adulteress; divorcée; cheesecake pinup; chicken-livered quitter
Moral apex: Our pick would be the circumstances surrounding her divorce, which we’ll get to shortly, after the reason the otherwise-forgettable Ms. Halseth stumbled onto our radar and earned (more…)
“As a progressive lifelong Catholic, I was disappointed that, in our weekly bulletin, our parish has singled out the health care reform act as the main offense to our religious liberty. After all, isn’t my religious liberty imperiled every time I’m compelled to pay taxes to fund unprovoked or preemptive military adventures (including the Iraq war, which Pope John Paul II publicly opposed) or to underwrite enormous and usurious financial institutions whose reckless lending practices endanger the financial security of the most vulnerable among us? …” (more…)
Charged: Beth Lynnette Allen, 36, wife of Kenneth Neal Allen, 36, pastor, Grace Apostolic Church, East Prairie, Missouri, who was charged a week and a half ago with three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy allegedly committed against three children under the age of 13, and possession of child pornography; authorities say there may be four additional victims. Now Beth Lynnette Allen has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. “According to the (more…)
“Soon after President Obama stated support for same-sex marriage, Bristol Palin publicly weighed in. …
“‘It would’ve been helpful for him to explain to Malia and Sasha that while her friends (sic) parents are no doubt lovely people, that’s not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage,’ wrote Bristol… She added that ‘in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father (more…)
Indicted: Larry Michael Bollinger, 66, former pastor, Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stanley, North Carolina; volunteer, House of Mercy, Belmont, North Carolina; accused of engaging in sex with two minors in Haiti in 2009 while traveling on behalf of the Lazarus Project, a Florida-based Christian-prosletyzing organization. Story: Gaston Gazette, May 17, 2012
“Can’t find a damn one…let me know if you hear of any, I’m always open to sources. (more…)
“The question I now ask you is this… Can you vote for Mitt Romney knowing he profits from the torture of children and shows preference to special interests who have children’s blood on their hands?”
— “Mitt Romney’s Special Interest”
WWASP Survivors (more…)
…despite his brand-spanking new Christian conversion and repentance he’s using to justify his breathtaking homophobia, rooted in his current journey “deep into Bible study.” Since Leviticus is only the third book of the Bible, he must be a very slow reader (or perhaps, as we suspect, just very slow, thanks to all those punches to the head):
“In an interview with National Conservative Examiner, Pacquiao addressed President (more…)
Backstory: “On May 30, 2009, Raul ‘Junior’ Flores, 29, and his daughter, Brisenia, 9, of Arivaca, Arizona, were murdered during a home-invasion by Shawna Forde and accomplices. Pima County [Arizona] Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said the attackers hoped to rob the Flores-Gonzalez family. Forde and her accomplices believed that it was their duty to kill the family as they were trying to protect the U.S.-Mexican border from illegal immigrants; Raul and Brisenia Flores, who died, as well as Gina Gonzalez, who survived, were all natural-born U.S. citizens. …
“Shawna Forde (born December 6, 1967), was convicted of this crime and sentenced to death. She formed and was the self styled Executive Director of the anti-illegal immigration group, Minutemen Civil Defense Corps even though she exhibited ‘unstable’ behavior, later formed a splinter group (Minutemen American Defense or M.A.D.) to pursue her political goals. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik alleged Forde to have planned and ordered the murder of Junior Flores. … (more…)
Who? Republican who likes Vern Buchanan, Dan Coats, and Dick Lugar (oopsy, guess that donation was wasted!); CEO of New Life Generation, Inc., a non-profit human-tissue donation agency (which in 2011 earned itself a warning letter from the FDA regarding “significant deviations from the regulations for human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products”) and MediGraft, a human tissue bank, based in Indianapolis; CEO of Allograft Innovations, a Florida-based provider of frozen and freeze-dried human tissue (yes, really); founder & former CEO, McMillen & Associates (more…)
“Pacquiao is entitled to his beliefs, but he looked a bit hypocritical when it turned out that his wife, Jinkee, nearly divorced him in November. The Los Angeles Times last week reported that trainer Freddie Roach said Jinkee Pacquiao served divorce papers upon her husband shortly before his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.
“Roach subsequently denied saying she served divorce papers, though he didn’t deny that Pacquiao’s lifestyle was hurting his fight career. Roach said that, among other things, the distractions (more…)
“I believe that the Catholic Church is sending a message to women that they do not have the right to have any control over their bodies when it comes to reproduction. I believe also they have subjugated the nuns and the recent activities of the nuns who have tried to speak up against what the pope recently said and that is that the Catholic Church should not spend as much time in worrying about the matters of reproductive rights as much as other issues that it is going through, and I say that there has been so many instances of cover ups in the church regarding its own sexual misgivings (more…)
Guilty plea: Dustin Scott Cassady, 31, Mormon priest and youth pastor, Carmichael, California, to one count of sharing child pornography. The DOJ reported at the time of his indictment in 2011 that Cassady “was arrested by the FBI after an undercover investigation into online distribution of child pornography using a file sharing network. The investigation revealed that Cassady’s involvement with children through his church might have been putting children at risk of exploitation.” KXTV notes: “Agents said he had taken pictures of some of the boys [at the church] without their (more…)
Headlines below pretty much say all — but it’s important to note that Williams’s spiritual father, in more ways than one, is the late and ever-so-infamous Fr.Marcial Maciel Degollado, Legion of Christ founder who raped boys and fathered at least one child of his own.
• “Famous priest who preaches morality on TV confesses to fathering love child,” AP, May 15, 2012
• “Legion admits it knew of priest’s kid, did nothing,” AP, May 15, 2012
