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Last-minute Bush administration rule would let pharmacists and doctors turn you away for any “religious” reason, like if they don’t like gays

http://www.americablog.com…
John Aravosis (DC) · 12/08/2008 04:30:00 PM
For example, under the new proposed Bush rule, it seems that pharmacists could refuse to help you if you come asking for:
1. Condoms
2. Birth control
3. Anything they find morally objectionable (Does that mean only “innocent victims” of HIV/AIDS will be able to get their medicine? And what about [...]

Lawmaker to Homeland Security: Don’t forget to credit God for keeping Kentuckians safe

http://rawstory.com…
RAW STORY
Published: Friday November 28, 2008
A lawmaker is upset with his state’s Department of Homeland Security for its lack of credit to a “higher power” for its work in protecting the state’s citizens.
Kentucky State Rep. Tom Riner, a Southern Baptist minister who helped establish a requirement that the federally funded agency credit God with keeping [...]

Link Love [26 November 2008]

1. White House sends out Christmas-themed Hanukkah invitations.…
President and First Lady Bush recently sent Jewish community leaders invitations to a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month. But as the New York Post reports, the invitations “raised more than a few eyebrows” because the image on them was that of a “Clydesdale horse hauling [...]

Link Love [25 November 2008]

1. GOP congressman says Congress must investigate the Bush administration…
There should be a thorough investigation of the ways in which the current Administration may have disregarded the Constitution

2. Mormon church under investigation for possible election fraud …
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) confirmed Monday that it will investigate allegations that the LDS Church failed [...]

Like “Reefer Madness” this has goofy cult classic written all over it

These people are certifiable. Or desperate to NOT be taken seriously. There are gay people EVERYWHERE. They’re not “coming to your town”, they’re already IN your town. They’re in everybody’s town. These guys are just itching to put their necks out for ridicule:

Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party.

http://www.washingtonpost.com…
hat tip: John Aravosis at AMERICAblog, who says:
A real tour de force here. You may recall that Parker was one of the first, and only, conservatives to come out an admit that Sarah Palin was an embarrassment. Here she takes on quite possible the GOP’s biggest sacred cow, the religious right. She calls it “armband [...]

Link Love [15 November 2008]

1. Targeted L.A. restaurant donates to group challenging Prop. 8…
El Coyote Mexican Cafe came under fire after a manager gave $100 to the campaign to ban same-sex marriage. Employees make an online donation of $500 to an advocacy group challenging the ban.
2. El Coyote: Anger, Tears–and Maybe Hope?…
But protesters, the majority of whom were El [...]

Worse Than Fascists: Christian Political Group ‘The Family’ Openly Reveres Hitler

http://www.alternet.org/…
By Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet
Posted on June 12, 2008, Printed on June 13, 2008
Did you know that the National Prayer Breakfast is sponsored by a shadowy cabal of elite Christian fundamentalists? Jeff Sharlet’s new book, “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power,” offers a rare glimpse of this remarkable network, which is [...]

NBC: Secretive DC prayer group has worldwide reach

http://rawstory.com/…
Nick Langewis and David Edwards
Published: Saturday April 5, 2008
Who is Douglas Coe?
“The most important religious leader you’ve never seen or heard,” says NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
Coe, leader of a group called The Fellowship, is a powerful, secretive and well-connected religious leader, widely known among senators across the aisles, and across faiths; but not by the general [...]

The Bible and the Zodiac

hat tip ~ Harry
http://www.theosophy-nw.org/…
By Donna L. Preble
What is the zodiac? According to the dictionary, it is “an imaginary belt encircling the heavens, extending about eight degrees to either side of the ecliptic, and containing twelve constellations.” Actually it is a mathematically arranged map of the sun’s influence, including that of the planets, upon the earth [...]