civil rights – April Fox

June 28, 2015

Pat Robertson on Anal Sex: Christians Will Like It

Robertson claimed that “You’re gonna say that you like anal sex…”

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June 26, 2015

Gay Marriage Ruined My Life: A Right Wing Fairy Tale

I don’t know where to begin with this. One year, six months, and five days ago, I got straight married. This morning, that marriage is over, the sanctity of it ripped apart by the selfish ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States of America. The Court has ruled that states no longer have…

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May 14, 2012

On Religion, Love and Government

To love is not a privilege or even a right, but an inherent trait, like the ability to breathe. If you believe that god breathed his breath into your existence, then you must also believe that he loved your love into existence. To try to deny anyone the ability to love, freely and openly and…

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May 9, 2012

Amendment One

i feel as if amendment one is being read by the light of a bulb shining through the skins of my family, friends- my children. how can you cry your careful, scripted tears over the loss of a life not yet started and tell the child before you that his life means less than yours?…

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May 8, 2012

Why I Voted Against Amendment One

This is what my life looks like: I am an adult heterosexual female. I live with an adult heterosexual male. We have expressed, both verbally and through the way we live, our commitment to each other. We each wear a ring that symbolizes that commitment. We share responsibilities: grocery shopping, bills, housework-though I will say…

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April 23, 2012

How NC’s Amendment One Will Turn America into China (And Other Foolish Points)

What happens if amendment one passes: 1: Homos run amok, using their incredible mind control powers to hypnotize all the heteros and force them to marry in the same bigoted backwoods churches that sentenced them to hell for putting their wieners on other boys’ wieners. (Lesbians are ok, per most clergy. They got that shit…

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March 13, 2012

Why the Religious Right is Scared of Old Ladies

This photo has been passed around on Facebook all day today. I don’t know who took it-if anyone does, let me know, so I can give the photographer proper credit-but I do know this: it’s absolutely terrifying. These women are the biggest threat facing our society today. Our entire nation is at risk because of…

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