K. C. Boyd, is the author of Being Christian - A Novel,: A black comedy guaranteed to take you on a wild and frightening ride deep into the dark side of the religious right. It is available on Amazon in multiple formats.

She is the go-to blogger for religion, hypocrisy, and all things church v. state.  You can read her earlier posts on The Political Carnival here and more about who she is on her own website here

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The Weekly Upchuck January 11, 2015

All Things LGBT

• Lions And Tigers And Gays, Oh Chuck: No More Courthouse Weddings in 3 Florida Counties to Avoid Gay Marriage Ceremonies
• Fingers Crossed, No Upchuck: Texas’ Omnibus Anti-Abortion Law Heads to Fifth Circuit Court

Abortion, Contraception And Other Women’s Issues

• What’s The Upchuck With Kansas? Heartbeat Ban, 72-Hour Waiting Period Laws Likely To Be Debated in Kansas
• Barefoot, Preggers, Churnin’ The Upchuck: Keep ‘em barefoot & pregnant:
• First Day Upchuck: Congress Introduces A National Abortion Ban On Its Very First Day Back
• By Hook Or By Upchuck: Anti-Choice Florida Lawmakers Introduce Admitting Privileges Bill
• Collusionary Spew: Lawsuit Questions Communication Between Ohio Anti-Choice Group and State Health Agency

Creationism

• Ouch. Upchucketh The Ham: How a MIT Science Prof Is Threatening to Undo Everything the Religious Right Holds Dear
• Ham A La Upchuck: Ken Ham Demands Taxpayers Pay For ‘One Of The Greatest Evangelist Outreaches Of Our Day’

Education

• Theocratic Spew: Atheists demand apology after university head says that secularism ‘threatens American democracy’
• Dumb-Chuck: West Virginia Alters Curriculum To Cast Doubt On Climate Science
• Squirreley-Shifty Spew: Texas Voucher Scam Would Shift Hundreds of Millions in Tax Dollars from Public to Private Schools

Fifty Shades Of Hate

• HURL! Christian Megachurch Pastor Casually Says “Nigga” During Christmas Eve Sermon
• Homegrown Projectiles: The Right-Wing Terror Plot You Didn’t Hear About This Week: Members of a right-wing militia in Georgia plotted to attack police and other government agents.

Fifty Shades Of Hate

• Prefers Duck-Chuck: Religious Right Hater Warns Christians To Beware Of All The Gays On TV
• BoynkerDoes A Pukey-Puke: Jerry Boykin: Police Can’t Go Into Dearborn, Michigan, Because Of Muslim Population

Fifty Shades Of Stark Raving Mad

• Bubble Bath Barf: God Came To Jim Bakker In The Bath To Tell Him That He’s Punishing America For Abortion Rights
• Upside The Upchuck: Pat Robertson: Beat non-religious kids on Christmas until they appreciate ‘blessings of discipline

If Media’sThe Message

• Off With Your Upchuck: Fox News ignores Christians beheading people while obsessing over Muslim beheading in Oklahoma
• Upchucks To Be Her: Janet Porter Will Stop Taking Tylenol In Protest Of Gay-Inclusive Ad
• Toilet Turds: MSM complicit in softening the very conservative Jeb Bush image
• Up Your Chuck: Pat Robertson and Christian Broadcasting Network reporter Erick Stakelbeck Fault Obama For Paris Attack
• Vomit On The Rim: WSJ Promoting “Christian Heart of American Exceptionalism”

Israel, Hagee And End Times

• Bibi-Barf: Netanyahu: If reelected, I won’t evacuate any West Bank settlements
• Majoring In Vomit: CUFI Is A Most Dangerous RW Voting Bloc: Christians United for Israel (@CUFI) hits 2 million members
• Manish Tana Chuck? Spend your Passover with Ted Cruz.
• Political Lurch: ‘Savvy’ Pro-Israel Christian Group Primed to Impact 2016 Races
• Toilet Talk: WorldNetDaily: Obama Replacing Constitution With Sharia Law
• Jehovah’s Spew: The end is nigh — Jehovah’s Witnesses

LGBT

• Upchuck Sandwich: Leelah Alcorn’s Death Proves LGBT Advocates Are ‘Satan’s Little Soldiers’
• Archbishop of Ka-Ka: Archbishop Of Miami Threatens To Fire Employees Who Support Marriage Equality
• Bry-Bry The Fish Puke: ‘Being An Active Homosexual Should Disqualify You From Public
• Head In The Toilet: RW Israeli party called out for ‘homophobic’ video
• Gone Fishin’. Oops, Meant Vomiting: One Lawmaker’s Sneaky Attempt To Keep Marriage Equality Out Of Texas

Politics Nation

• Huck-A-Chuck: Huckabee Departs Fox News, Will Make Decision On ’16 Campaign By Late Spring
• Huck-A-Chuckicle’s Ethics: Mike Huckabee Sold Out His FOX Fans To A Quack Doctor, Conspiracy Theorists, And Financial Fraudsters
• Lousy Louie Lurching: Gohmert For Speaker! Meet The Two Far-Right Republicans Hoping To Oust John Boehner
• Pandering Puker: Courting Moderates, Jeb Bush calls for ‘respect’ of same-sex marriages
• KKKa-Chooie: Hate Group Ties Become Issue for Tony Perkins in Possible Run for Congress
• Vomitrociously Disabled: Mike Huckabee: Ban Marriage Equality Because Bisexuals Demand Two Spouses
• Huck Gets Visual: “Bend Over and Take it Like a Prisoner!” is the title of the 10th chapter of Huckabee’s 12th book, God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy – which, as a whole, is an achievement in the genre of poorly written pandering.”

Religion Gone Bad

• Here, There And Every-Chuck: Religious nationalism finds a footing in the Middle East
• Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Vomit: Alarming Rise Of Religious Cults
• Mother Mary Upchucks: Damn that ‘Whore Of Babylon’ CONSERVATIVES HATE ON THE POPE, THE LATEST GOP TARGET

Supremes And Lower Courts

• Guv Goo: Governor Asks Supreme Court To Make Same Sex Marriage Illegal Again
• Slam, Bam, Thank You Chuck:: Hundreds of churches encourage members to beat each other bloody because ‘men are made for combat’
• Vomited Outta There: 350 Youth With A Mission Missionaries Fear Forced Exit from United Kingdom After License Suspended
• Upchucketh The Man In the Velvet Robe:“It requires a certain manly discipline to serve as an altar boy,” Cardinal Raymond Burke.
• Orthos Ooze: Transgender woman says she was denied access to Western Wall

Scandal

• Vomit In Me Mouth: Pastor, former police officer accused of child sex crimes
• Pomona Puke: Pastor accused in Pasadena embezzlement stripped of authority at Pomona church
• Priestly Puke: Priest arrested in Florida; accused of child porn on phone
• Biblical Barf: Five church members indicted: Young man tells story of assault because of sexual orientation
• Patsy Pukes: Pat Robertson: Bob McDonnell, Like Adam, Was Seduced By A Woman Into Corruption
• Upchuckery: Why do Christian authors buy their way onto NYT bestseller list?
• Comes With The Job Chuck? Cop Fired For Misconduct Becomes Pastor; Now Charged With 37 Crimes Involving Sex With Children
• Holy Hypocrisy Chuckles: Six of the top eight porn-searching countries are Muslim states.
• Exterminator Expectorates: DeLay explains how Jesus Christ helped him through his legal ordeal
• Hit And Upchuck: Drunk and texting: Maryland’s first female bishop charged with manslaughter in hit-and-run death

Supremes And Lower Courts

• SCROTUS To Hurl? Fifth Circuit Hears Marriage Equality Arguments as SCOTUS Considers Stepping In
• Lurching From Bush League: Texas Abortion Clinics Face Long Odds in Fight on Limits
• Regurgitae: It’s a matter of when, not if, the Supreme Court will tackle same-sex marriage
• Dakota Doo-Doo: North Dakota Supreme Court Won’t Re-Hear Medication Abortion Arguments

Theocracy Rising

• One Upchuck, Under God? Taxpayers give religions more than $82.5 billion a year
• Theocratic Poop: Tony Perkins Regrets Direct Election Of Senators Because It Led To Gay Marriage
• Drooling Vomit: City Officials Declare God ‘Owner’ of Their Alabama Town
• Louie, Louie, Oh No. Time To Vomit-Oh. Louie Gohmert: I will say ‘Thank you God’ when Republicans finally kick me out of Congress. So will we
• Rising In Our Craw: It’s 2015 and Congress Is Almost Entirely Made Up of White Christian Men
• Marriage Made Of Upchuck: Galt and God: The Courtship Between Ayn Randians and Right-Wing Christians
• DeBunking De Ka-Ka: Another Supposed Tale Of Christian Persecution Gets Quickly Debunked

Antidotes

• Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet refused to pose for photo with gay marriage foe Rick Santorum
• Grand Haven, MI will no longer display a large Christian cross on public property.
• Atheist parents take on Christian ‘Good News Club’ with ‘Better News Club’
• Hatred Extinguished: Atlanta Fire Chief Terminated For Distributing Anti-Gay Book To Employees
• Boom. Dublin priest receives standing ovation after saying he is gay during Mass
• Mario Cuomo: ““The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman. To most of us, the manipulative invoking of religion to advance a politician or a party is frightening and divisive