Uganda ‘Phobe to Attend Prayer Breakfast

From The Advocate:

David Bahati, the author of Uganda’s so-called “kill the gays” bill, which proposes the death penalty for gay people, has announced that he will attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4. President Obama is also expected to attend the event.

According to the article, the annual prayer [...]

‘Climategate’ Emails Show Scientists in Bad Light, Don’t Change Global Warming Consensus

FactCheck.org published an article regarding the controversy over e-mails between scientists at the Climate Research Unit of the U.K.’s University of East Anglia which were stolen and made public by an as-yet-unnamed hacker. The emails don’t change the consensus: our actions have contributed directly to global warming.
From the article:

The e-mails (which have [...]

How Richard Cohen’s Healing Homosexuality Teaching Inspire Uganda’s Gay-Killing Law

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Rachel Maddow has been following reporting on the passage of Uganda’s hateful new legislation which essentially makes homosexuality a capital offense. In the video above, she shows a connection between self-proclaimed ex-gay Richard Cohen’s "pray the gay away" teachings and the new laws.
From Salon.com:

Last [...]

Say It Ain’t So, Michael Steele! RNC Insurance Plan Covers Abortion

Say it ain’t so, Michael Steele! How could it possibly be true that the RNC’s health insurance plan has covered elective abortion since 1991?
From POLITICO:

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”
Federal Election Commission Records show [...]

Sister Donna Quinn Suspends Activism for Abortion Rights

There’s a headline you won’t see often anywhere.
From the Chicago Tribune:

For decades, Sister Donna Quinn has championed the rights of women to use contraception, seek ordination and end unwanted pregnancies.
The Dominican nun has picketed for abortion rights inWashington, petitioned the pope for a female archbishop and escorted women into abortion clinics.
But as [...]

We Need More Government Stimulus, Says Krugman. Does Congress Have the Courage?

I am a student of Paul Krugman. I believe his The Conscience of a Liberal
should be required reading in every high school and college in the United States. In my humble opinion.
We need the New Deal back, and we need it bad.
President Obama realizes that we are living in a sound-bite world, and Congress [...]

President Obama Remembers Ryan White: Ends HIV Entry Ban

Do you remember Ryan White? Do you remember this young man who died, publicly, of HIV-AIDS?
I think of him from time to time, this brilliant young man who was "done too soon," who endured years of hatred, years of insults — because he got sick.
I remember, years ago, picking my son up from school on [...]

D.C. Catholic Church Goes to War Against Gays

I’ll let Change.Org cover this one.
From Michael Jones:
Archbishop Wuerl wants D.C. to put the question of same-sex marriage on a ballot, so that voters can decide whether gays and lesbians ought to have equal rights. There’s some of that good-ole religious compassion for ya’. According to Wuerl, only straight people getting hitched can [...]

Someone Tell Mike Huckabee to Shut the Hell Up

Mike Huckabee is only the latest inglorious ultra-conservative to exploit the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, claiming that Kennedy would have been urged to die earlier under ObamaCare.
Win at all costs.  Is that it, Mike? Just another hater waiting to dance on the Senators grave?
From Sam Stein at the Huffington Post:

Conservative media figures are blasting [...]

Republicans Still Without a Working Web Site

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