While browsing Google News, I happened across this headline: “Ugandan Pastor Airs Gay Porn in Church.” What’s this? Some uber-liberal religious leader giving the finger to Ugandan authorities in the most ridiculous, over-the-top way possible? No, even funnier: the pastor in question is Martin Ssempa, one of the better-known supporters of Uganda’s “kill-the-gays” bill. Yes, a leading anti-gay, completely heterosexual religious figure just organized a public showing of gay porn. This totally doesn’t remind me of anything.

In other news, a member of Obama’s administration is being attacked as an “anti-Catholic biggot.” Because he criticized the Pope over the Pope’s claim that condoms spread AIDS, and criticized the Knights of Columbus for supporting Prop 8. The only question I have about this story is why anybody thinks throwing out the word “bigot” is a good response to criticisms of things Catholics do. My best guess is that for many years in this country, the loudest critics of the Catholic Church were Jack Chick-style whackjobs who thought the Catholic Church was a Satanic conspiracy. But the reason Jack Chick is crazy is that Satan doesn’t exist, not that the Catholic Church is perfect.