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Catholic priest says Caitlyn Jenner is just a ‘man dressed up as a whore.’

I want to reiterate what Heman Mehta said writing on this same subject. I love writing here at Patheos, but, as Mehta says, we do share our platform with many different religious groups. While not all are bad, and many have taught me a lot about their beliefs and their tolerance and acceptance of other groups, some of downright vile.

Bernie Sanders explains why socialism is not a dirty word and that ‘health care is right for all people.’

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who is running for president on the democratic ticket paid a visit to Late Night with Seth Myers and addressed the often controversial claim that Sander is a democratic socialist.

Mike Huckabee says he should have pretended to be transgender so he could shower with girls

Presidential hopeful and all around lowlife, Mike Huckabee never misses a chance to attack oppressed minority groups and spared no expense on attacking transgender youth by claiming they only say they are trans in order to shower with the opposite sex.

Duggar family pastor compares Caitlyn Jenner’s transformation to sexually abusing children

The pastor of the Duggar family's church, Dr. Ronnie Floyd of the five-branch Pinnacle Cross Church said over the weekend said that Caitlyn Jenner had sinned against God when she transitioned to a woman and compared her "sins" to that of a family member sinning by abusing children.

Fox News mocks Caitlyn Jenner after Vanity Fair cover released

I posted a comment on Facebook earlier today shaming Fox News for their poor coverage of Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, referring to her as Bruce (her former name) and avoiding using gender pronouns at all costs, opting instead of call her “Jenner” or “the reality show star.” It now appears it is even worse [Read More...]

A Response To Salon’s Plea to Stop Writing “God” with a lower-case “G”

Richard Eskow of Salon has asked that we stop using “god” instead of “God”. Actually, he asked it in January–I’ve only come across his piece today so I hope I’m forgiven for the late response. He writes: In a world wracked by war, climate change and economic inequality, this may seem a trivial point. In [Read More...]

Science Alert: How California is proposing to fight the drought

This is a piece I wrote this week for the science site, Science Alert. It explains the desalination plants being proposed by California's governor, Jerry Brown and the positive and negative aspects of such a project.

Jim Bob Duggar may have covered up his son’s crimes to continue homeschooling

If Josh Duggar had been charged for his crimes of sexually assaulting minors and labeled a sex offender, the Duggars would have had a whole new problem on their hands.

Joe Biden says US should follow Ireland’s lead and legalize same-sex marriage

Vice President Joe Biden congratulated Ireland for legalizing same-sex marriage saying the country took a "courageous stand for love and family when they overwhelmingly chose marriage equality."

American Atheists president David Silverman tells Sean Hannity that religious freedom is ‘about bigotry’

American Atheists president David Silverman appeared on Fox News last night with host Sean Hannity. Joining Silverman were two Christian pastors,Robert Jeffress and Dr. Samuel Rodriguez and the group discussed Senator Marco Rubio’s recent comments that LGBT equality would lead to Christianity being labeled as hate speech. Silverman told Hannity that no one is forcing [Read More...]