During the Christmas Eve Mass, Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to Let us ask the Lord to help us see through the superficial glitter of this season…  All well and good, except that he did this while wearing gold brocade, sitting on a golden throne surrounded by golden trappings, holding up a book festooned [...]

Larry Stickney and Gary Randall, two of the most active anti-gay zealots in Washington, each sent out Christmas Eve messages under the auspices of their respective organizations.  Though united in their antipathy for gays, they seem to part company when it comes to weaponizing Christmas Day itself. If you thought Jesus was “the reason for [...]

An email from Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery has introduced me to StandForChristmas.com.  This new Focus on the Faggot website invites enablers of Christmas profiteering Real ChristiansTM to rate retailers based on their level of “Christmas-friendliness.”  In Tom’s words Christmas is not only a memorable family time, it is the season in which we [...]