Sometimes the 1st Ammendment makes me hulk out

Have you guys been reading about the church in Kansas that is picketing service men's funerals because the military is too lenient towards homosexuals?

Some guy finally sued them for invasion of privacy and emotional distress. Good for him. I hope that the church doesn't win their appeal. There is a special place in hell for people who do evil in the name of the Lord.

It is just this kind of creepy and illogical fundamentalist thinking that makes me so very angry.

The whole thing makes no damn sense. Wouldn't you want more gays in the military if you were interested in them being shot?
Why would you picket a funeral of a dead soldier?
How is it even possible to be that big of an asshole? That ass must be HUGE!

These mysteries continue.

Funny things my Grammy says: even funnier when taken out of context

Grammy: I’m cancelling my HBO; there is nothing good on it anymore.

Me: Well what about Big Love? That show is great!

Grammy: I’m sick of those Mormons and their weird ways!

Dancing Irish Strumpets

Yesterday, in addition to The View, I watched:




















Mad Hot Ballroom was a documentary about public elementary schools in NYC competing in ballroom dance.
It was cute, but I was a tad bit bored- I read comics through the whole thing. Mad Hot Ballroom was highly recommended to me, so you may want to give it a shot.
























The Magdalene Sisters was based upon the true stories of Irish girls who in the 60's were sent to work-houses run by nuns. They were sent there for a variety of issues- all related to sex. Some girls were attractive orphans- destined for sin, others were unwed mothers, some were even rape victims.
It was a depressing but excellent movie. Apparently, these workhouses were run until 1996. They think that 30,000 Irish girls and women were subjected to slave labor, kidnap, rape and abuse.

Being a terrible Christian, one thing occurs to me. If I have daughters, while I wouldn't want them using their bodies to manipulate men- or deciding to have sex at 12, the worst thing for a woman is to believe that her body and sexuality are cause for shame. Fearing sex is not something I would want for my fictitious daughters.
If I ever get knocked up, I hope that God pities me and blesses me with sons.

In further blasphemies- I am kind of tired of being judged by other people based upon their misconceptions of my faith. I'm not catholic and I don't believe in cloudy heaven or fiery hell. I'm not impressed with the work of the Church over the last couple thousand years.
So there.

Adam Corolla actually reports real news- so long as the news includes anal sex.

What is Ted Haggard up to?

This morning on 107.7 The End, Seattle’s Original Alternative, which normally I would never listen to, Adam Corolla was interviewing Mike Jones, the gay escort who outed Ted Haggard. Corolla, beyond poo jokes, actually had insightful questions, including why Jones outed Haggard, and specifically did he plan it for the election?

Jones basically explained that he found out who Haggard was when he was watching the History Channel about 6 months ago and Haggard appeared on screen explaining the end times. The next morning at the gym Haggard appeared on TV again, this time on the crazy religious channel. After researching Haggard, Jones became a bit ticked off. So he outed him, admitting on air that he did do it before the election on purpose; but that it is his prerogative to do so. Revealing information before an election on purpose does not make it untrue.

Additionally, now his entire family knows that he was a prostitute and he basically unemployed and unemployable.

I kind of respect Jones for taking a stand. And I kind of respect Corolla for putting effort into being a halfway decent interviewer.

Put them together and you have a whole respectable person.

Favorite Headline in Recent News:

Evangelist admits meth, massage, no sex (AP)
For those of you who haven't heard about this and are far too lazy to click the link, Ted Haggard the (now former) president of the National Association of Evangelicals (and mega-church pastor) has apparently paid a 39 year old male prostitute for monthly visits for 3 years. Let me mention his stance is that while he was tempted to have sex, instead he ONLY got meth and massage.
The National Association of Evangelicals, in case you are unaware, are a conservative group that appears to have its main focus on the subjugating homosexuals. They are big-time movers in terms of trying to influence supreme court nominations. Their goal is to prevent the "renegade" justices from giving homosexual people equal rights.
That makes them "bad guys" and I am immensely smug to see Haggard take it in the ass in both the literal and the figurative. I do feel bad for his 5 kids and wife though. I fear that they were probably completely fucked up already anyway, though.

I'm just saying....

I've been pondering this Pope scandal. Pope-gate, if you will. Some thoughts:
1. Not the most brilliant thing to quote at the moment, however upon perusing the rest of the text that he quoted and under the context of his lecture- why reason (science) and religion need each other- it isn't quite as awful. But still, over all, not good to say "evil" and "Mohamed" together. Not very nice either.
2.When somebody slanders your religion as violent and you don't agree, burning down their churches is probably the least persuasive argument.
3. When apologising something better than the following would probably be better:
"I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address at the University of Regensburg, which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims. These in fact were a quotation from a medieval text, which do not in any way express my personal thought." He went on to say: "If the offensive comments that were made offended you, quit being wussy. I can't help your "feelings." Besides, I just say things I don't mean all the time, hey, nice sweater, Steve."
4. Now some people are calling for a war against the "worshippers of the cross." I totally don't worship a cross. And while I do follow (rather slapdashedly) the teachings of Jesus, I would like to just put it out there again: I'm not with this guy.