Fundie Watch: September 2011

US Catholic Bishops Threaten Obama Over DOMA
Filed by Father Tony | September 29, 2011 | 8:00 AM |In the context of this letter, the suddenly thunderous saber-rattling of the US Catholic bishops appears to be rooted in the prospect of lost funding rather than in the imaginary moral outrage of its flock.Read More

Signorile's Must-Hear Interview with NC Fundie Politician
Filed by Bil Browning | September 28, 2011 | 3:00 PM |Listen as Signorile eviscerates general jackass North Carolina legislator and doctor, James Forrester. The state senator has been the main force behind the state's proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions.Read More

Rev Lou Sheldon's Pathetic Press Conference
Filed by Bil Browning | September 27, 2011 | 10:30 AM |Poor Sheldon didn't have much luck with his presser. No one showed up except three staffers from the Courage Campaign.Read More

Unreal: The Haggards on Reality TV
Filed by Leslie Robinson | September 26, 2011 | 6:00 PM |I have to think Gayle Haggard had major qualms about participating. I can just hear her praying over the subject...Read More

Maggie Out: NOM Elects New Board Chair
Filed by Bil Browning | September 22, 2011 | 5:00 PM |The National Organization for Marriage announced today that it is replacing board chair Maggie Gallagher with attorney Dr. John Eastman. Gallagher will remain on the board but is stepping back her day-to-day involvement with the organization.Read More

Ted Haggard on Celebrity Wife Swap
Filed by Bil Browning | September 22, 2011 | 2:00 PM |Everyone's favorite fundie isn't just willing to smoke meth and have sex with a male prostitute, now he's going to swap his wife with Gary Busey.Read More

Free Speech Explained in Four Sentences
Filed by Bil Browning | September 20, 2011 | 5:00 PM |I ran across this story on the Christian Broadcasting Network today and it stunned me for the illogical tone it took with the article. Talk about preaching to the choir...Read More

Maggie Gallagher Attends Prop 8 Play Reading
Filed by Bil Browning | September 20, 2011 | 3:00 PM |Looks like National Organization for Marriage board chair Maggie Gallagher can't get enough of herself.Read More

California Sunshine: Prop. 8 Tapes to be Released
Filed by Jerame Davis | September 19, 2011 | 3:00 PM |Today, US District Judge James Ware ruled that the video of the Prop. 8 trial will be released to the public. Of course, the proponents of Prop 8, who fought to keep the trial from being televised originally, aren't very happy.Read More

Christian School Gives Lesbian the Boot
Filed by Bil Browning | September 19, 2011 | 1:00 PM |LGBT-affirming Christians always have such a hard time convincing our community that their god is a loving savior thanks to jackasses like the headmaster of The Master's School.Read More

Anti-gay Televangelist Pat Robertson Redefines Marriage Vows
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 18, 2011 | 10:00 AM |Watch as notoriously anti-gay televangelist Pat Robertson radically redefines marriage!Read More

Suing the Vatican for 'Crimes Against Humanity'
Filed by Bil Browning | September 14, 2011 | 8:00 AM |I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV. Can any of our legal beagles fill us in on whether or not this has a chance of happening?Read More

Is VA Guv Allowing Religious Group to Direct Abortion Policies?
Filed by Michael Hamar | September 01, 2011 | 1:00 PM |The deputy secretary of health and human resources for Virginia who heads the office that will interpret new anti-abortion regulations is none other than Matt Cobb, husband of religious extremist Victoria Cobb, President of the Family Foundation.Read More