Pro-Choice Nun Volunteers as Escort
You read that right–a nun is a clinic escort volunteer. News comes from weird sources and this time is no exception. In a recent Google Alert on the topic of “gender discrimination,” I found that there is a nun who volunteers her time as a clinic escort because she perceives choice to be a gender [...]
Admitting Feminism: The Dalai Lama
After being introduced at an event by Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi, the Dalai Lama let it slip that he’s a feminist:
The globetrotting monk recalled that on one of his recent long-haul flights, he noticed a mother taking care of a child throughout the night and disembarking with red eyes, while the father had [...]
Playing God With Human Rights
I feel like this is going to be a regular sitcom-esque parade of idiocy with this guy. From Day One he has pissed me off in a way I didn’t know was possible. Sure I disagreed with JPII, but there were a lot of things I agreed with him on as well. This Benedict fellow [...]
Vatican Says The Pill Has Made Men Sterile
Apparently the Vatican failed to note the ever-growing population on Earth when they started making claims about the so-called detrimental effects of oral birth control, otherwise known affectionately as “The Pill.” On Saturday, the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, reported that the Pill is hurting the “environment” and male fertility:
The pill “has for some years [...]
The Pope’s Christmas Gift is Hatred
Too bad he didn’t give us the gift receipt, because this is one gift I’d like to give back. In his Christmas greetings to the Vatican Curia today, Pope Benedict XVI decided it was time to make ridiculous hyperbole and liken the LGBT community to global warming and overpopulation.
“(The Church) should also protect man from [...]
Why Religion and Politics Don’t Mix
I grew up Catholic and for some intents and purposes consider myself Catholic. As any survivor of a Catholic upbringing will tell you, being Catholic is not all about belief–it’s about traditions, rules and a way of life. There are good things that came from this upbringing.
At the same time, I was always that kid [...]
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