Hemant Mehta's Blog, page 583

Ark Encounter Ticket Sales Picked Up Steam in March

Ken Ham has temporarily plugged the leak in the boat. For now.

Islamists Are Behind the Sri Lanka Easter Bombings, Investigators Say

A government official has said the attacks were retaliation for the massacre in two New Zealand mosques.

Santa Fe Officials Want a Local Church’s Blessing Before Approving New Banners

Why does a church get any say in what local retailers want to do?

Christian Hate-Preacher Attacks Dems (But Not Trump) Over Sri Lanka Tweets

If this preacher is mad about what Democrats said, wait till he sees Donald Trump's tweet.

WA Lawmaker Behind Biblical War Plan Discussed Violent Tactics with Extremists

A Christian legislator secretly chatted with right-wing activists who threatened violence against the Left.

Iowa Lawmaker Tells State Senate We’re All “Guilty of Disobedience” to His God

This is the state government, not Dennis Guth's personal pulpit.

KY Restaurant Sells Shirts Supporting “LGBTQ: Liberty, Guns, Bible, Trump, BBQ”

Hahahaha. It's funny because it's cruel to already marginalized people. Hahahaha.

FOX Host Slams Dems (But Not Trump) Over Not-Christian-Enough Sri Lanka Tweets

This is such a clear-cut example of right-wing hypocrisy.

In Letter to Irish Government, Bishops Admitted Religion Makes Kids Dumber

The bishops worried that kids who skip religious education classes might do better academically.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Progressive Christianity is Nothing to Celebrate, Either

Author David Niose says we'd be better off if presidential candidates, even progressive ones, stopped talking about religion.