Today in religious craziness

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, [...]

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I’m glad the Soviet Union no longer exists

If a hated atheist government were still the U.S.’s main enemy, people might be as willing to deny rights to atheists as they are to deny rights to Muslims.

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Obama Administration: We Can Kill Whoever We Want

The world has officially gone insane. Last week, the Washington Times reported that Obama’s Director of National Intelligence came out and said that the executive branch has no qualms about assassinating American citizens on its own initiative if it thinks doing so would be a good thing for the fight against terrorism. A number of [...]

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The fragility of free speech

So: a non-profit puts out a documentary critical of a presidential candidate. The government tries to stop it. It’s a no-brainer that what the government is doing is wrong, right? Well, that’s what the Supreme Court thought, but I’m dismayed to see a couple of my favorite bloggers disagreeing: Vjack said that this decision makes [...]

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On Geert Wilders and free speech

Dutch politician Geert Wilders is being prosecuted for his criticisms of Islam. This is obviously a bad thing (at least, obviously to anyone who thinks free speech is a good idea). There’s a bit of irony here: Wilders is not himself a big fan of free speech, having called for the banning of the Qur’an.
However, [...]

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