Mike Tidmus

Bad news for the anti-gays at the Pacific Justice Institute. On Monday, the Christian legal goons attempted to sue the Governor and Attorney General of California, and, thereby, force them to defend California’s heinous 2008 ballot initiative, Proposition 8. The Associated Press’ Lisa Leff has that story. Fast forward to today, and, without explanation, the [...]

Keith Olbermann mops the floor with former President George W Bush (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) A picture is worth a thousand words. So are these two words: George W Bush’s Mission Accomplished speech was delivered on 1 May 2003 (photo: AP via Wikipedia) (tip: Digby, Hullabaloo)

This ought to put an appreciable twist in the theists’ knickers. Stephen Hawking: God did not create Universe BBC News There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking has said.He had previously argued belief in a creator was not incompatible with science but in a new [...]

Published two days ago, this article confirms something I’ve suspected for quite some time. The article comes via ACT UP Philadelphia and John S James. James is a revered AIDS writer who has been publishing AIDS Treatment News since the early, early days of the epidemic. Many HIV-positive gay men have post-traumatic stress disorder ~ [...]

“Let me be clear: I don’t want the GOP to pick up gay votes and I have no intention of voting Republican myself. Ever, ever, ever. But if Dems are worried about gay and lesbian progressives sitting out this election and the GOP managing to pick up the votes gay conservatives idiots, well, here’s how [...]

Christian pastor’s Ground Zero stunt garners negative attention (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) An infinitesimally small amount of negative media coverage of his attempt at garnering headlines, sent Pastor Bill Keller into make believe, full metal Poor Oppressed Christian™ mode: Press Supports Mosque but Condemns 9-11 Christian Center ~ Christian Newswire ST PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. [...]

Takedown of NOM’s Lies About Prop 8 (video: stop8org at YouTube) Well done, Matt. Over at http://stop8.org, we see a lot of silly claims about Prop 8, but the new radio ad put out by the National Organization for Marriage last week is just out-and-out deceitful. It’s packed full of lies and misrepresentations, so we [...]

No, Alveda King, Our Founders Did Not Put “God” On Our Money (video: ChrisRodda2 at YouTube) “They [the founders] had enough sense to put on the back of that money ‘In God We Trust.’ You can’t eat a piece of bread in America without remembering that you have to trust God to get it.” — [...]

“There is a strong conservative case to be made in favor of gay marriage. Marriage is an institution that strengthens and stabilizes society. It is an institution that has the capacity to bring profound joy and happiness to people and it is a matter of equality and keeping faith of one of the charters of [...]

The Beckoning (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) Being on the West Coast, I had time to catch Glenn Beck’s performance before heading down to the Padres game. I was truly blow away by Beck’s speech. Well, blown away by the fact that the Fox News entertainer’s speech sounded like it had been cobbled together by [...]

Oh. Brother. Let’s pack in all the houses of worship we can possibly squeeze into the area surrounding Ground Zero as a reminder that blind faith coupled with an insoluble feud between rival invisible sky fairies (and their violent dogmas) are what caused 9-11. 9-11 Christian Center at Ground Zero Opens this Sunday Christian Newswire [...]

“[Newt Gingrich] is a super-smart man, but he doesn’t know anything about commitment to marriage. He’s the last person I’d vote for for president of the United States. His life indicates he does not have a commitment to the character traits necessary to be a great president.” — US Senator Tom Coburn, Republican politician and [...]

Gathering Storm 1960′s Parody (video: FireproofAshes at YouTube) “If coloreds are allowed to marry whites, what’s next … homosexuals?” Love it. Fireproof Ashes: A good ol’ fashioned commercial from the 60′s, upholding traditional values and fighting against the evils of the day. This is a satire of the original NOM Gathering Storm advertisement, located here [...]

The maniacally ‘unstable’ Porno Pete LaBarbara has a new hate piece up damning gay geneticist Dean Hamer and praising LaBarbera’s new BFF, the anti-gay hate-bot Ryan Sorba, who when he isn’t going from college campus to college campus knocking back brewskis with young conserva-dudes has apparently had time to collect his faith-biased bile into an [...]

“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. This sets the stage for further repression and violence that spread all too easily to victimize the next minority group.” — Coretta Scott King, civil [...]