Baptists throw the first stone

The Rev. Lonnie W. Latham was arrested on Jan 3, 2006 in Oklahoma City for asking for sex from an undercover policeman. His attorney filed a motion to have the misdemanor lewdness charge thrown out based on the 2003 Supreme court decision Lawrence v. Texas that it was not illegal for consenting adults to engage in private homosexual acts.
The hypocrisy of this story is that Reverend Lonnie W. Latham was a Baptist minister who had supported a resolution calling on gay men and lesbians to reject their sinful ways as well as a state amendment to protect the traditional definition of marriage.

Catholics against sex

Cardinal Edward Egan and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio issued a statement against New York's Valentine's day condom give away and stated that the city officials "fail to protect the moral tone of our community when they encourage inappropriate sexual activity by blanketing our neighborhoods with condoms."
Mayor Michael Bloomburg responded by saying (which I agree with) the city is trying to find ways to reduce its rates of HIV and AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases. "They should preach to their congregants what they think is the appropriate ways to live your lives, but the health department has to work with the real world of people not practicing protected sex, not practicing abstinence, and this is a ways to keep people alive."
If Catholics really wanted to reduce rates of premarital sex and abortions, they should stop bringing up their faithful completely ignorant of the cause and effect of premarital sex.

United we stand

There is a meeting of the Anglican church in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania this week in part to discuss 'issues' regarding homosexuality and its relation to the church. The Nigerian Church is threatening to break away from the Anglican church by next year if something isn't done about those "damn gays and lesbians."

In December the Anglican Church of Tanzania decided to not take funding from liberal U.S. churches that condone homosexual practices or bless same sex unions. At least one African bishop is breaking ranks from this position and taking the money in good conscience with the statement "Let the judgement be done by God, not by me."

Unfortunately not all of the African primates (not monkeys, the leaders of the church are called primates) agree with that assessment. Several of them refused to participate in some of the ceremonies of the meeting with the leader of the Episcopal church in the U.S. because they are in fact quite judgemental.

Sell your soul, and a milkshake

Pat Robertson knows how to play his crowd (and feed them too aparently). I guess I give him too much credit for being a religious figure when really the difference between him and some nutcase pushing a shopping cart around the neighborhood is about 700 million dollars. This video is Pat doing one of his other video endorsements. Its hilarious!

Don't vote for him because he's Mormon (and brainwashed)

Mit Romney is facing an uphill battle with his presidential campaign because he is Mormon and many evangelical christians don't think that the Mormon religion is christian:
"His faith is inconsistent with my faith. His faith is consistent with the Book of Mormon. My faith is consistent with God's word, the Bible, and they're not compatible," said South Carolina State Rep. Gloria Arias Haskins.
I don't just hope that Mit Romney's faith bites him in the ass, I want it to eat him alive after comments like the following:
"People in this country want a person of faith to lead them as their…president." Along with his shift in position on gay rights and abortion to something that aligns more closely with his church will hopefully make him completely unelectable. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is weird, secretive, and ultra-conservative. Be afraid, be very afraid.

If the shoe fits...

Two muslim groups are suing over cartoons published in a French magazine. We have all heard the ridiculous stories about suicide bombers believing that they are going to receive (roughly 72) virgins in heaven. I have a hard time believing that a Muslim understands what the word 'offensive' means if that story can perpetuate itself within Islam. We should all be able to laugh at the stupidity of that idea, but what do we see instead? Violent protests. These groups don't deserve a day in court.
Caption of this cartoon: Its hard to be loved by idiots.

Update: The French court aquitted Philippe Val on March 22.

He is cured!

I started this blog a few months after the story of Ted Haggard came out last year who was the president of the National Association of Evangelicals and it was revealed that he had sex with a gay escort that also sold him crystal meth.
Now after three weeks of therapy Ted says he is no longer gay. The big hypocrisy of the story is that Ted had come out publicly against gay marriage and even appeared in the movie Jesus Camp preaching against gays. I won't comment about how sincere I think Ted is.

Love the sinner, hate the sin

New South Wales Baptist churches have been displaying signs which say "Jesus loves Osama." That may be true, but many of Jesus' followers don't show that love.