Somehow, this escaped my radar, but San Diego Mayor Bob Filner signed a Darwin Day proclamation earlier this week: Read more
Earlier today, on Valentine’s Day, the Illinois Senate passed legislation to allow same-sex marriage in Illinois. Read more
BuzzFeed, my favorite time-killer, has another listicle for the former Christian crowd: 33 Ways You Know You Were A Youth Group Kid. Now, I wasn’t a Youth Group Kid personally, but quite a few of my friends were, so I saw plenty of familiar things on the list. For example, this Bible was on my middle school best friend’s bookshelf: How many of you were Youth Group Kids, and how many of these sound a little too familiar? Here are some… Read more
This video wins the Internet for today. I am sure by now you’ve heard of the “No Gays Allowed Alternative Prom” being organized by a Christian group in Indiana, spearheaded by Special Education teacher Diana Medley. (COME ON INDIANA, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! You’re killing me, guys.) Read more
Same-sex marriage could become legal in Illinois very soon if the state Senate votes the right way today — Governor Pat Quinn said he would support such a bill — and conservative Christian groups like the Illinois Family Institute are freaking out. They love to talk about how they “love the sinner, hate the sin,” but in a recent piece by IFI’s Laurie Higgins, she demonstrates that love in the most Godly way possible (i.e. It’s non-existent). Here’s one of the things she’s worried about if gay marriage becomes legal in our state (emphases mine): Read more
The conservative Christian co-founder of the dating site eHarmony says that marriage equality damaged his company and endangered his employees. The irony? Fellow conservatives are the ones who nearly got violent over the inclusion of gays and lesbians in the online dating scene. Read more
An Ontario-based evangelical group that describes homosexuality as a “perversion” has received funding from the government of Canada to complete a series of projects in Uganda, where homosexuality is illegal and may soon be punishable by death. Read more
