OK folks, taking a little break from religion and politics to share some Internets humor. Alright, not entirely an escape from politics…but this is effing hilarious. Excerpts: HILARY: WTF you guys. Why am I playing the cleric? MCCAIN: Hilary, we’ve been over this. HILARY: No, dude. I am so sick of being the girlfriend healer. [...]

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Colin Powell’s endorsement of Obama was important, but perhaps not as significant as his defense of American Muslims. This is where I break with the more dogmatic of my atheist sistren and brethren. While I believe that institutional religion is a net negative in its impact on society, religious labels shouldn’t be used as slurs [...]

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I just wanted to point you all to a great series of pics of Senator Obama by photojournalist Callie Shell.

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So, we’ve got these posters up all over campus for an “event” tonight called “AFTERdark” and it’s pissing me off because I think this is a microcosm of the general bait-and-switch of religion. The campus event of the year AFTERdark the compelling drama of Joe White “a top 10 influencer of the century” -New Man [...]

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I feel bad for missing National Coming Out Day.  Better late than never?  I wanted to reaffirm my position as a queer ally and Mind on Fire as an open and affirming blog.  I also want to acknowledge Sean and Craig and to point you to their Coming Out Day posts, if you haven’t read [...]

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(even when I’m a dorky Christian rocker) This is an absolutely priceless vid from the—oh, what would you guess—the 70s? I’m trying to extrapolate from the hair, the instruments, and the pants. Could be the 60s. Or who knows, could be last week and the band members simply live in a Christian time warp (they [...]

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or, xJane gets mushy Yesterday was DH’s and my 3rd anniversary. It gave me a chance to reflect on love, marriage, and rights. Specifically on why I did (and did not) get married & what that makes me think about the rights of others. I did not get married so that I could bear DH’s [...]

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Upshot: Well, McCain said he was gonna whoop Obama’s you-know-what; I didn’t see that happen.  He threw a few punches and Obama dodged ‘em and threw a couple back, and basically stood firm.  I think that graphs of McCain’s polling numbers will still be difficult to distinguish from recent stock market indices. 19:29 PDT: McCain’s [...]

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This was cross-posted from my account at GoodReads, where I gave it two stars (of five). I would like to note that I did not read the whole book—I got through the fifth chapter before it was due at the library (and I couldn’t renew it because someone else had a hold on it). I [...]

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This time, Dean Starr introduced Monte Stewart, of the Marriage Law Foundation (or MLF). I bet I can guess which way this one will go. There were questions but no rebuttal. It was sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Society, who described its mission as exploring how religious belief influences practice of the law. Proposition [...]

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