Recent Blog Posts
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An exercise in getting the last word
So now a Christian group in Fort Worth has hired a “mobile billboard” truck to follow around the buses with the “Millions of Americans are good without God” ads on them. The truck’s billboards read “I still love you – God” and “2.1 billion people are good with God.” One of the financiers of the…
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Real-life trolls
Westboro Baptist Church to Protest at Elizabeth Edwards’ Funeral As Elizabeth Edwards’ family makes the final preparations for her funeral, members of a controversial church known for picketing at the memorials of fallen soldiers, says they will protest outside her funeral. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church are planning to disrupt Edwards’ funeral Saturday, saying…
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Another atheist bus ad controversy…
…this time in my neighborhood. Well, not my immediate neighborhood, as the Dallas transit authority has refused these ads. But Fort Worth has not, and local clergy are raising a big stink: Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas thinks in the wake of the controversial campaign, the T should get rid of all religious ads.“We have…
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Disabled vet stalks WBC members, invites heckler’s veto
A disabled Afghanistan veteran was arrested today in my hometown of Wichita Kansas on charges of stalking members of the Westboro Baptist Church: Prosecutors charged [Ryan] Newell, 26, with five misdemeanors Thursday, including stalking and three counts of criminal use of a firearm in an incident involving the Phelps family of Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church.…
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God doesn’t like shopping on Sundays
From CBC News: A debate over Sunday shopping has led P.E.I.’s transportation minister to suggest God had struck down the leader of the Opposition, who fell and injured herself after introducing a bill to allow Sunday openings year-round.Opposition leader Olive Crane introduced the private member’s bill earlier this week. It would remove Canada’s last restrictions…