…then why hasn’t God torn we married gays asunder? Either God is in actuality approving of marriage equality, or there is no God.

On Saturday, April 15, Katie Ricks will become the first openly lesbian minister ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). In May of 2011 the 2.1-million member denomination voted to allow openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including those in same-sex relationships, to be ordained as ministers, elders, and deacons. A 2002 graduate of [...]

This is a guest post by Ron Hill, a Republican who is appalled at the religious right hijacking of his party. — Pam The whole purpose of my blog, republicans4freedom, is to point out the extremism that has become popular in my party. My hope is that rational conservatives will then work to help bring [...]

Sometimes the ignorance is simply staggering. Take this #atheists + Libertine Left: 2 ppl of the same sex will NEVER be “married” in the eyes of God. #Truth #gay #tcot #hhrs #p2

‘I have in my life, but I haven’t recently.’ –Mitt Romney to Newsweek magazine when asked if he personally had performed ‘posthumous baptisms’ on anyone. Man, when the sh*t hits the fan, GOP Clown Car occupant Mittens is right there in the path of flying feces. He has studiously avoided speaking about his Mormon faith [...]

Today is MLK Day. I am proud to count myself among the many people working for social justice today who stand on the shoulders of Martin Luther King, Jr. Too many people think King’s statements regarding justice are only about race and the African-American community – thus excluding the LGBTQ community. But King said that, [...]

You can’t make this stuff up. In addition, several of those charged have the surname of Mullet. That said, the acts described here are definitely a hate crime. A federal grand jury in Ohio returned a seven-count indictment on Tuesday that charges 10 men and two women with federal crimes related to what the feds [...]

What century is this? This story intrigues me because it makes me wonder how many houses of worship are this racist in this day and age? At Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church in Pike County, Kentucky, an inter-racial couple, Stella Harville, who is white and who was baptized there and a member of the church as a [...]

Opponents of marriage equality often rely on “time immemorial” type excuses for their anti-gay bias, saying that marriage has been defined as a relationship between one man and one woman for so many thousands of years. How many thousands of years, however, has never been agreed upon. For this reason we’re accustomed to hearing contradictory [...]

Here’s how you throw down against the religion-based bigotry. In the last week we’ve seen embarrassing public spectacles by political leaders and purported men of god in the  media pushing a vote on a marriage amendment, such as Sen. James Forrester,  Johnny “two locks don’t go together” Hunter, and Donald “Faggots!” Fozard. That recent pitiful [...]