Category: Religion,

Is This New Bill Trying To Stop Tennessee Schools From Teaching About Islam? – MTV

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MTV News spoke to Robert McCaw, Department Manager of Government Affairs at CAIR, about a controversial new bill proposed in Tennessee that some say is Islamophobic.

Is This New Bill Trying To Stop Tennessee Schools From Teaching About Islam? – MTV

Hmmmm…..

We should ban religious indoctrination in all public schools. No, seriously. We should. No more teaching from a religious bias! Teach the reality and science of climate change instead! Factual information on reproductive health and sex for young people. No more diverting women away from STEM classes because it won’t fit their “future role.” Textbooks and lessons that are 100% honest about our country’s treatment of native peoples and African-Americans before and after slavery. Equal access to information for all!

Taking religion out of it sounds pretty good. I’m guessing that that is not what the good rep has in mind though.

The Caucasian’s Guide To Black Churches

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Eleven a.m. Sunday morning was once called “the most segregated hour in America,” but as the nation becomes more diverse, so do its institutions of worship. Steeped in traditions passed down since slavery, churches are one of the cornerstones of the African-American community, and navigating the subtleties of these Black houses of praise can be challenging. Luckily, we have assembled here a comprehensive guide that will help those of Caucasian descent when visiting this unfamiliar territory.

The Caucasian’s Guide To Black Churches

Love this!

Pope Francis and Kim Davis

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I wondered if coverage like this was a tad reactionary:


After first refusing to confirm or deny it, the Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis met with the Kentucky clerk Kim Davis at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, where Davis’s attorney — who made the news public after the pope’s trip ended — said Francis told her to “stay strong.” We don’t yet know all the details of how the meeting came to pass, but the optics of it are bad no matter what. This simple encounter completely undermines all the goodwill the pope created in downplaying “the gay issue” on his U.S. trip. The pope played us for fools, trying to have it both ways. He’s an artful politician, telling different audiences what they want to hear on homosexuality.

Source: How Pope Francis Undermined the Goodwill of His Trip and Proved to Be a Coward | Michelangelo Signorile

 

Seems it was.

“Pope Francis met with several dozen persons who had been invited by the Nunciature to greet him as he prepared to leave Washington for New York City. Such brief greetings occur on all papal visits and are due to the Pope’s characteristic kindness and availability. The only real audience granted by the Pope at the Nunciature was with one of his former students and his family.”

…The meeting “should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects,” said a press statement from the Vatican

Source: Vatican: Pope’s Kim Davis meeting not meant to support her position – The Washington Post

 

Mika Brzezinski trades barbs with Mike Huckabee, implies he’s a hypocrite about gay marriage and how it relates to the Bible.

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Mika Brzezinski tears into hypocritical Mike Huckabee for refusing to answer a simple question about marriage in the Bible

The headline they gave it was pure hyperbole. She went after him but she backed off and let him off the hook. Still some good clean fun though. Love me some non pick-and-choose Bible discussion.

Virgin Mary Statue Crying For No Good Reason

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WORCESTER, MA—”Like everyone else, I got sucked in at first,” said the Rev. Paul Doherty, the pastor of the church, who admitted he had once kissed the tears streaming from the eyes of the 5-foot wooden altarpiece. “But now it’s just too much—crying in the morning when I come in, crying during baptisms, crying, crying, crying all the time.”

Virgin Mary Statue Crying For No Good Reason – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

oh Onion, so many layers…

Actress Has a Message About the Importance of Modesty and Chastity — and Why It Will Never Be ‘Trendy’ to Be Religious in Hollywood

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Actress Has a Message About the Importance of Modesty and Chastity — and Why It Will Never Be ‘Trendy’ to Be Religious in Hollywood | TheBlaze.com.

Blossom goes Quiverfull?
Blossom, it’s lovely you have faith and that it works for you.
A fucking TV actor lecturing people about modesty like she’s a bat-shit crazy anti-woman Duggar though?
Shut the fuck up bitch.