Category Archives: Pissing Jesus Off

There is NO such thing as “ex-gay”.

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Wouldn’t it be nice if such a switch existed? If you could go from Gay to Not Gay as easily and painlessly as turning off a light? Sadly, it doesn’t exist. And being gay doesn’t work that way. And trying … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yup, this is in Ireland. That is a man’s hand on a woman’s butt (how charmingly patriarchal!) And, coming on the heels of this, it makes me want to smack a different kind of bum…the kind that trots around all … Continue reading →

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“Sam Bacile” — unmasked?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Egyptian protesters in Cairo, courtesy al-Ahram. I’m still trying to find a picture of the man they’re protesting against. For the past two days, violent protests have been raging outside US embassies in Libya, Egypt, and most recently, Yemen. The … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: One (seriously stupid) flesh

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Via Jezebel, we learn that there’s a new fundie-crapaganda astroturf org out there determined to make sex better…by making it procreation-only. Never mind that the whole purpose of birth control is to make sex better by taking the threat of … Continue reading →

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Darwin Award goes to…

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…the snake-handlin’ preacher-man from the hollers of West Virginia, who didn’t realize that lightning does strike twice…and so do timber rattlers: A “serpent-handling” West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man … Continue reading →

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Holy shit, literally

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Today in Don’t Drink the Water OR the Kool-Aid, this little odd-news item from India: Thousands of believers flocked to a suburban street in the west of Mumbai in March, when drops of water began to fall from the feet … Continue reading →

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Quotable: George Orwell on poverty and religiosity

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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Quotable: George Carlin on the Ten Commandments

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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Ontario ready to fire the pope; Québec student strike more popular than you knew

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Couple of quick education-related items for ya. First, one from my own province, one that spells bad news for institutionalized bigotry: Ontarians favour the right of students to form gay-straight alliance clubs in Catholic schools by a margin of almost … Continue reading →

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On “personhood” and what it means to be a non-person in Canada

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The Famous Five, gagged. This is what it’s coming down to, folks. Well. How about that “debate” in the House of Commons today? Or should I say, that NON-debate? Because the legal status of zygotes, embryos and fetuses in Canada … Continue reading →