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 [...]

I’m not really sure who comes across as the more desperate character: former congressman Newt Gingrich or his personal Igor, Pastor Jim Garlow, who is currently running Newt’s Renewing American Leadership. Gingrich Wants Ground Zero Declared a National Battlefiled Memorial to Stop Park 51 Right Wing Watch Gingrich came on to discuss his recent column [...]

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. [...]

They seek him here, they see him there, the fundies see him everywhere … (video: Countdown with Keith Olbermann) Gasp. I have absolutely nothing to add.

Say Cheese! Glee ‘Vogue’ Flash Mob At Sydney QVB (video: RockYourBox at YouTube) This world needs two things: more gay kiss-ins and more flash mobs. Click here to watch lots more of each.

NPR has a piece up on Jeff Sharlet, the author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, who talks about his encounter with the author of Uganda’s infamous exterminate-the-gays bill, Christian MP David Bahati: “Sharlet accompanied Bahati to a restaurant and later to his home, where Bahati told Sharlet that [...]

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 [...]

Says Porno Pete‘s toady little sidekick Matt Barber, director of cultural affairs at Liberty Counsel: “This is an unfortunate testament to the level with which the government at nearly every level is completely out of touch with the very people that it purports to represent.” Right. That or it’s a fortunate testament to the people [...]

Can anyone explain why this message so intimidates the theists? (photo: The Freedom from religion Foundation) Well, quelle frickin’ surprise! The bigots are at it again. A Watertown, Wisconsin billboard placed by the Freedom from Religion Foundation has been hit by vandals with yellow paint — probably extracted from whatever’s left of their spines. Here’s [...]

How do they love us? Let us count NOM’s lies. Exodus Ministries stripped of tax-exempt status in New Zealand ~ NOM Blog An earthquake is beginning: If “gay is like black,” then “Christian is like racist.” The early warning signs are now taking place all over the globe. In New Zealand, Exodus Ministries was just [...]

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 [...]

This con ought to be drummed out of the Democratic Party and deposited on one of those islands of filth and garbage floating around the ocean. There are single-celled organisms that qualify as lifeforms higher than New York State Senator and rabid homophobe Ruben Diaz. Fight Back NY opens State Senator Ruben Diaz’s Closet ~ [...]

“1. What the fuck was that? No, really. Before it happened, Beck was promising nothing short of a “miracle.” Instead, what we got was a Very Special Episode of The Glenn Beck Show, starring Glenn Beck as the lovable lump Glenn Beck, featuring the Glenn Beck Minstrels. It was terrible and boring and old and [...]

“To penalize someone because of their sexual orientation is like what used to happen to us; to be penalized for something which we could do nothing [about] — our ethnicity, our race. I would find it quite unacceptable to condemn, persecute a minority that has already been persecuted.” — Desmond Tutu, South African activist, former [...]

“Our nation’s destiny will be disastrous, not divine, if Glenn Beck has his way. The message Beck and his cronies want to send is clear: if you don’t believe in a government based on his religious vision, you should expect to be treated like a second-class citizen. Beck has made it clear that he has [...]