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A Week of Many Upchucks: Education – Or Not

Posted by GottaLaff

· Monday, June 10th, 2013 at 1:42 pm

Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts. We’re only posting part of this one, but you can link over to read the rest here.

Another Upchuckable Week - the place where religion meets your rights – by K. C. Boyd

The Weekly Upchuck

No-Uh Upchuck: Family de-education continues as Ark Encounter theme park plan to include their Ride Through the Plagues of Egypt. - http://ow.ly/lKuW6
Don’t Teach Your Children Well Upchuck: Tea Party and Conservatives protest Common Core as a federal overreach and a threat to Homeschoolers – Translation: it’s all about a proper Christian education, science and history be damned. - ow.ly/lKyNa
Bad News Upchuck: Four thousand after school Good News Clubs reach 14 million students in public schools today. - http://ow.ly/lKzgI
Mythology of Creationism Upchuck: Louisiana’s Education Committee Votes to Keep State’s Creationism Act. - ow.ly/lKA6W
Sis-Boom-Bah Upchuck: School District to Challenge Cheerleader Bible Banner Ruling. - ow.ly/lKCed
Too Uncool for School Upchuck: High School Class President prays in Jesus’ name at graduation despite Atheist objections. - ow.ly/lKCJG
Taxpayer Funded Upchuck: NYC Council Passes a ‘Right to Worship’ Resolution to Give Churches Access to Schools. - ow.ly/lLE9U
Anti-ABC’s Upchuck: Salvation must be near: Kindergartener is permitted to perform Christian song at the school Talent Show after lawyers intervene. –  ow.ly/lLCdy
Pray It Away Upchuck: John Paulk, the former poster boy for the ex-gay movement, is deemed a fallen man after claiming that he has not been de-gay-ified. - ow.ly/lKvMu

[...]

Guns and Religion

Forgive Me Father Upchuck: Certain right wing Catholics thinking: The assault on religion & on gun rights come from people who hate freedom. - ow.ly/lR3Il

John Hagee

Nut-job Upchuck: Eric Cantor, Glenn Beck, Senator Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann to speak at CUFI 2013 Annual Conference. Remember the CUFI at ’08 conference when Joe Lieberman likened Hagee to Moses? Upchuck, upchuck! - http://ow.ly/lKwpR

Military

Boy Who Cries Wolf Upchuck: Fear-mongering continues. Using the familiar tools of hate and fear, the Family Research Council and American Family Association repeatedly cry that Mikey Weinstein’s MRRF success with the removal of a most crusader-like painting from an Idaho Air Force Base dining hall is a danger to Christians in the military. - ow.ly/lKwEi http://ow.ly/lKwZH
Propaganda Upchuck: In a dangerous slant, the supposedly non-partisan Sacramento Bee calls Weinstein anti-Christian. - http://ow.ly/lNTh8
Fundy Upchuck: Seems that even Christian military chaplains are afraid of the Fundamentalist Christians. - http://ow.ly/lR5vu

Politics

501C3 Upchuck? Christian Coalition heads Sunday church voter registration drive. - ow.ly/lKxHu
Bogeyman Upchuck: Lusting for Hispanic support, the president of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership tells them that their very religious freedoms are in danger. - ow.ly/lKzUR
Superstar Upchuck: This year’s Values Voters Summit will once again feature a virtual Who’s-Who of Dominionist “thinkers.” - http://ow.ly/lLDfn
Close to the Action Upchuck: The Center for Christian Statesmanship opens the doors to a brand new Christian indoctrination club on Capitol Hill to “restore Christian statesmanship and to re-establish the practices of Christian principles that were prevalent at the birth of our nation. ” - ow.ly/lNRNK

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Upchuck of the Week

Upchuckable to the Nth Upchuck: The most vile, election-stealing and uber-Dominionist Ken Blackwell promotes Islam-bashing/hatred in a shameless attack on Mikey Weinstein’s very real concerns about the Dominionist infiltration in the military. - ow.ly/lQVPq

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Tags : abortion rights, christian fundamentalists, civil rights, creationism, education, gay rights, gop fail, gun control, K.C. Boyd, religion, separation of church and state, tea party, U.S. military

Politico: “2014 could be the gravest threat to [Michele Bachmann's] political career yet.” Dems are “positively giddy.”

Posted by GottaLaff

· Monday, May 27th, 2013 at 4:35 pm

· 1 Comment

Let’s get comfy, curl up together, and scroll through a few of TPC’s previous posts about Michele Bachmann, mmkay?

Michele Bachmann may be sued over “Protect Religious Freedom in The Military” campaign

Former Michele Bachmann chief of staff to break silence on “alleged” violations, improper payments

Office of Congressional Ethics has been investigating the Bachmann campaign for “alleged intentional” violations

Okay, that’ll do for now. I’d hate for you to O.D. on someone this toxic. Not good for the digestive tract.

Now let’s stretch our legs, deep breathe, have a swig of our favorite beverage, and curl up again for Politico’s latest:

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann may be the congresswoman with nine lives. But 2014 could be the gravest threat to her political career yet.

The bomb-throwing conservative and onetime Republican presidential candidate is girding for what promises to be a ferocious reelection contest. Awaiting Bachmann is a serious Democratic opponent who has the full backing of his national party and a suburban Twin Cities electorate that six months ago nearly tossed her out of office.

The most glaring problem for Bachmann, though, may be a swirl of investigations into her campaign finances.

Bachmann will be going up against Democrat Jim Graves again, and he already has a narrow lead in the polls.

Democrats have tried to knock off Bachmann before — each time she’s run for reelection, in fact. But they’re positively giddy over the campaign finance investigations, saying they give hope that 2014 will finally be the year she goes down.

The reason she even stands a chance of winning again, and why she has in the past, is that the 6th District is the most conservative in the state. “If conservative anger at Obama boils over, as it did in 2010, Bachmann… will be in a position to exploit it,” Politico reports.

When has conservative anger not boiled over at Obama? It’s finally time for Bachmann to go.

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Tags : 2014 elections, ethics violation, gop fail, legal issues, lies, minnesota, religion, Rep. Michele Bachmann, right wing losers, ruh roh, tea party, U.S. military

Another Upchuckable Week: The place where religion meets your rights

Posted by GottaLaff

· Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 at 12:37 pm

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Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts.

A Monday Morning of Upchucks

Church

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down Upchuck: Head of Brazil’s Assembly of God of the Latter Days Church justifies rape, claiming exorcism. http://aje.me/17MONpt
Backdoor Upchuck: Hospitals merging with Catholic institutions can do what laws cannot and that is to prevent abortion. http://nyti.ms/11x9yGY
Easily Led Upchuck: 54% of Protestant pastors support Young Earth Creationism (in a poll commissioned by Evangelicals http://bit.ly/11zdmr4
God’s Divine Upchuck: Scaring young women through God, Pastor sez the new strain of gonorrhea aka, the “sex superbug” is divine punishment for sexual immorality. http://bit.ly/17qQPhr
Tell Us Something New New Upchuck: A Chicago suburb community church volunteer is charged with sexual abuse. http://bit.ly/19yj8qI

Education

Gideon’s Upchuck: Dispute over Bible distribution in Tennessee’s Hamilton County public schools. http://bit.ly/ZVQKOI
Congressional Jesus Upchuck: House votes to cut $2.5B in Food Stamps after biblical/Jesus debate. http://bit.ly/11N47DZ
Drown ‘Em In the Bathtub Upchuck: Mike Pence puts Common Core, seen as “government propaganda” by Christian crazies, on hold. In Indiana. http://bit.ly/14hHeF3

Federal Government

1^st Amendment Upchuck: “Jesus is calling our country.” Great summary of the National Day of Prayer. http://bit.ly/106VM7j

Elections

Gubernatorial Upchuck: Ken Cuccinelli supports LGBT discrimination, attacks climate science, was called “the most overtly partisan attorney general in Virginia’s history” by WAPO, and . . . thinks Justice Antonin Scalia is too liberal, is running to be governor of Virginia. http://bit.ly/WNuVM0

Military

Family-Friendly Upchuck: Family Research Council continues its scare tactics to fundraise on the back of Mikey Weinstein. http://bit.ly/165Dewd
Government Paid Missionary Upchuck: Designed to win and train the military for Jesus Christ. http://bit.ly/OOhGdX
Spin Me ‘Round Upchuck: 59 Congress members demand Hagel answer to Breitbart.com’s version of black is white. http://bit.ly/19jgRQ7
Out of Control Upchuck: The moment Lawrence Wilkerson speaks authoritatively about the dangerous religious situation in the military, Tony Perkins comes out with this vomit. http://bit.ly/18JbJXZ
Me Fears MRRF Has Something Upchuck? Tony Perkins’s FRC takes the time to list Mikey Weinstein’s accomplishments, According to Perkins, we are indeed in a holy war. http://bit.ly/10Yo17s
Persecution Complex Upchuck: John Fleming (R-LA) calls Mikey Weinstein an anti-Christian extremist on the floor of the U.S. House. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4451421

Politics

Nut-Job Upchuck: Steve Stockman (R-TX) sez “Democrats worship abortion with same fervor the Canaanites worshipped Molech.” http://huff.to/19nJStT
Voices In Her Head Upchuck: Campaign posters for mayoral candidate Anna Pierre tout that her bid in North Miami is endorsed by Jesus Christ. http://bit.ly/13vmWcu

States

Wrong Again Upchuck: Tennessee sheriff defends Ten Commandments display in jail lobby calling it a document “that all laws are derived from in this country. http://bit.ly/14g5PdC
Try Till it Sticks Upchuck: Ohio House Republicans attach language revision to budget to defund Planned Parenthood. http://bit.ly/15tdvfY
Pandering Upchuck: New Jersey’s Chris Christie wants to fund religious education at the college level. http://bit.ly/YwcZtr
Christmas Wars Upchuck: Here it is May and the crazies are feeding the troops with early Xmas persecution. http://bit.ly/YFh0vE
Coat Hanger Upchuck: Denying poor women safe abortion and effective birth control. http://bit.ly/12jVzPV
Texas-Style Family Planning Upchuck: Perry takes away family planning funding and gives the money to crisis pregnancy centers. http://bit.ly/12jVzPV

Novelist K.C. Boyd is the author of Being Christian: A Novel, a steamy, pulp-fiction of a read.According to Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “Boyd created a story so riveting that not only could I not put it down, but upon finishing it, I found myself, like an addict, craving more.

Here’s the link.

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Tags : abortion rights, christian fundamentalists, civil rights, creationism, education, equal rights, gay rights, gop fail, Islamophobia, K.C. Boyd, religion, reproductive rights, separation of church and state, U.S. military, War on Women, womens rights

Another Upchuckable Week: The place where religion meets your rights

Posted by GottaLaff

· Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 at 11:08 am

· 1 Comment

Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts. We’re only posting part of this one, but you can link over to read the rest here.

Another Upchuckable Week - the place where religion meets your rights – by K. C. Boyd

The Weekly Upchuck

Church:

A Day in the Life of the Family Values Gang Upchuck: Ohio youth pastor accused of sex with teen  in church-owned house. ow.ly/kEGMK
Seditious Upchuck: Right wing propaganda machine incites an ignorant public. ow.ly/kIhxK
Taliban-like Upchuck: Houston mega-pastor teaches his manly men how to get the most out of their biblically obedient women. ow.ly/kIhD8

Education

Taliban-like Upchuckable Redux: Women, we’ll teach you who’s boss. http://bit.ly/147Q34j
Dominionism Meets Corporatism Meets ALEC Upchuck: Yikes. This is big . . . this is scary. Read please. http://bit.ly/15wFJaT
Education Is Highly Overrated Upchuck: T-Rex Ted (Cruz) Sets His Sites on education. http://bit.ly/16zBcDK

Islamaphobia

Klan-like Upchuck: Greeting card turns “Muslim” doll into a “Terrorist.” http://bit.ly/Ytz2mF
The Tie That Binds Upchuck: Islamophobia is one of the few things left to unify the GOP. http://bit.ly/11pKRMv

Military

Lie It Often, Lie It Loud Upchuck: Bad-boy Mikey’s a-tryin’ to criminalize religion in the trenches. http://bit.ly/16IjiPt
Christian Nation Upchuck: Yadda, yadda. http://bit.ly/15Qfig9
1984 Upchuck: Orwell couldn’t do name ‘em better himself. http://bit.ly/17lfi7M

Politics

God Luvs Guns Upchuck: Santorum loves him some NRA. http://bit.ly/18iLO9o
Jeezus Saves Upchuck: As one of Jesus’ legitimate “Chosen,” Mark Sanford is risen. http://bit.ly/190kmuI
Prime(ary)-Time Upchuck: The National Organization for Marriage declares it’s a no-go for Portman in ’16. http://bit.ly/10GB2lR

Same Sex Marriage

Sodom Meets Gomorrah Upchuck: Homosexual activists go after the “low hanging fruit,” no pun on their part intended. http://bit.ly/16nPPdE

States

Ten-Gallon Upchuck: BSA Texas Council votes to continue ban on gay members. Rick-the-Perry stands with them. http://bit.ly/10GB2lR

Another Upchuckable Week: The place where religion meets your rights

Posted by GottaLaff

· Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 4:49 pm

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Please welcome back guest blogger K.C. Boyd. You might remember her from her earlier posts. This one is longer than her others, so we’re only posting part of it. You can link over to read the rest here.

Another Upchuckable Week - the place where religion meets your rights – by K. C. Boyd

With the 2012 election a dim memory and it’s crazy-making religion soaked primaries even dimmer, you’d be well advised to keep an eye on the states because that’s where it’s happening when it comes to Christian Crazies. For a brief sampling, take a read:

Here

Proving there’s still a little ‘Year of the Bible’ in all of us, last month the Pennsylvania House of Representatives declared the fast-approaching April 30 as “National Fast Day.” http://bit.ly/108RbBq

There

North Dakota Personhood Amendment Heads To Ballot http://bit.ly/157x8ed

& Everywhere

Conservatives target political funding, investing where it gets the biggest political bang: in statehouses. Take a look here to learn about state funding efforts : http://bit.ly/17BbL2Ls

The “State” of Education

A Central Mississippi high school allegedly forced students to watch a Christian video and listen to church officials preach about Jesus Christ. http://bit.ly/11WzIMN
In Tennessee: The Blue Ridge Christian Academy Gave Fourth Graders the Creationism Test Heard Around the Internet. http://bit.ly/158eumJ
In New York, the Godly wonder: Can the Bible Save Minority Students From NYC’s Failing Public Education System? http://bit.ly/12tlgyG
HB 1017, which sailed through the Arkansas House of Representatives, would require the state board of education to approve public school courses that teach the Bible. Similar measures were introduced in North Carolina and Wyoming. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
Virginia politicians tried a different tactic: a state constitutional amendment mandating that citizens as well as elected officials and state employees have the right to pray on government premises and public property. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
Pennsylvania must have some pretty dumb pencils because: 20 percent of its high school science teachers say they believe in creationism. Zowie.Zounds. Egad. http://bit.ly/166pZdL
Mississippi, (Yet again. – do I detect a pattern – er, a takeover?) opens the door to student-led prayer. The state makes schools develop policies giving opportunity to pray/preach at official school events. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
In the hang-loose, shake your bootie state of Hawaii; Governor Neil Abercrombie (alas, he’s a Dem) proposed amending the state constitution to allow for public funding of religious pre-schools. http://bit.ly/108Smkv
Alaska legislators have proposed amending the state constitution to allow for tax aid to religious schools. http://bit.ly/108Smkv
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled that school districts and cities are in violation of the State Constitution for offering health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of their employees.. http://bit.ly/16qIs51
A new Alabama tax-credit law that subsidizes tuition at private schools will likely end up helping academies founded to get around racial desegregation of public schools. http://bit.ly/108Smkv
Down in the bayou, a Louisiana voucher plan subsidizes religion: http://bit.ly/108Smkv

Speaking of Louisiana, Here’s an Extra Bit of Educational Lagniappe

Despite a half century Of Supreme Court Rulings, states still look for ways to sneak prayer Into Public Schools. http://bit.ly/18sAMfa
The eight most conservative senators join fight against common core education standards. http://bit.ly/12Jg9up

It’s on to the 2014 Election Upchuckables aka, How To Insure Religion Remains On the Ballot

The American Renewal Project, whatever the frick that means, plans to target twelve key swing states in the mid-terms. Reminiscent of Ohio’s ’06 dance with the “Patriot Pastors,” they plan to organize pastor briefings and voter registration drives in an attempt to restore the U. S. to its Judeo-Christian roots. http://yhoo.it/YwDsGE
Mat Staver’s Liberty Counsel, an affiliate of Jerry Falwell Liberty University, announced that it is gearing up to mobilize pastors who share the belief “that America was established as a Christian nation, and the guardians of those Biblical principles has always been His church.” http://bit.ly/17BcYal

Military Issues Provide for Deadly Serious Upchucks (thanks goes to Mikey Weinstein and his Military Religious Freedom Foundation)

Novelist K.C. Boyd is the author of Being Christian: A Novel. According to Mikey Weinstein, President of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, “Boyd created a story so riveting that not only could I not put it down, but upon finishing it, I found myself, like an addict, craving more.

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Michele Bachmann may be sued over “Protect Religious Freedom in The Military” campaign

Posted by GottaLaff

· Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 11:53 am

· 2 Comments

bachmann pledge religion military Link

See that image? Here’s what the text says (bolding is mine):

What if our brave soldiers were told they couldn’t practice their religion? That they were able to fight for OUR religious freedoms but they couldn’t practice their own?

This may seem far-fetched, but unfortunately if some get their wish, it could soon become a reality.

You see, just last week Pentagon officials met with left-wing, anti-Christian activists to discuss military issues. And one of their biggest concerns? Not military readiness… Not sexual assault… Not the safety of our brave men and women… But religion and religious proselytizing in the military.

How radical are these anti-Christian activists consulting with the Pentagon? One of the activists in the meeting compared sharing the gospel to “spiritual rape” and “treason” that should be “punished.”

If you agree that we cannot and should not prevent our military from practicing their own faith, then I hope you will sign the pledge and afterwards forward to your friends and family.

That’s Michele Bachmann’s “Protect Religious Freedom in the Military Pledge” that she shared in a fundraising email to her supporters. Watch out for those “radical left-wing, anti-Christian activists”! They’re out to get you and turn you into godless, soulless, Satan-loving libs!

However, per Washington Whispers:

A series of media reports that allege the Pentagon could start court-martialing soldiers for their Christian faith has been debunked by the fact-checking website PolitiFact and even the Pentagon itself.

To quote Rick Perry, “Oops.” But ‘Chele didn’t let a little thing like facts stop her. And Mikey Weinstein– former Reagan administration lawyer and founder of the civil rights advocacy group Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)– had a thing or two to say about that:

Now, the man at the center of the court-martial allegations, Mikey Weinstein, says he may sue Bachmann for “propagating complete and utter lies.”

As you can see, ‘Chele called Weinstein “radical” and “anti-Christian” in the pledge. Mikey had a thing or two to say about that, too:

“About 96 percent of our members [at MRFF] are Protestant or Roman Catholic… of our unpaid volunteers, at least well over 80 percent are Christian… I say [to Bachmann]: Tell it to the judge.”

Josh Glasstetter, research director at People For the American Way, said that Bachmann is forcing religion on people and that the military draws the line at “unwanted, intrusive attempts to convert others.”

Did Michele forget about that “stay out of our lives” obsession of hers? Apparently she did, at least when it comes to her own beliefs being shoved down the throats of others.

Washington Whispers has more.

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Tags : gop fail, lawsuit, legal issues, lies, Mikey Weinstein, pledge, religion, Rep. Michele Bachmann, U.S. military

Here it is: The article every liberal needs to show a conservative

Posted by GottaLaff

· Monday, May 6th, 2013 at 11:23 am

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How many times have you been in a conversation with a conservative on Twitter, Facebook, face-to-face, on the phone, or just standing in line somewhere, and you blank on an easy to understand, informative comeback? Need a handy dandy guide that sums it all up beautifully? Why, here’s one now!

Here are a few excerpts from a substantive post that includes gun rights, marriage equality, “Christian values,” fiscal responsibility, “small” government, abortion, the debt ceiling, spending, and tax cuts. Thank you, Forward Progressives:

Marriage is a Sacred Bond Before God: [...]

[I]f you feel your religion should control all others, and all Americans, you then support a theocracy and apparently oppose the United States and our Constitutionally protected freedoms. [...]

I Want Big Intrusive Government–That Never Does Anything Good–Out of My Life!

Did you drive today? Did you take your children to public school? Did you enjoy a safe commute as you traveled thanks to traffic signals and signs? Did you whisk through your city or state on an Interstate Highway? Did you enjoy running water and plumbing that properly, and safely, disposes of waste? Did you get a college degree at a public university because it was much cheaper than a private one?

Hey genius, that’s all government.

Republicans: The Party for Christian Values: [...]

If you want to say you’re the party of “Christian values” and you worship Jesus Christ…

Start by helping the sick, the poor, the needy—not opposing programs that do. [...]

Republicans are the Party of Small Government

Big government regulations, they’re un-American! They’re unconstitutional and ruining your way of life!

Unless that big government regulates:

What language to speak
Religion to follow
When life is created
Who can marry
Who can serve in the military
Invasive health procedures on women
That we have prayer in school
Mosques aren’t built in certain locations
Corporations are people
The Patriot Act
Unions don’t have rights
When alcohol can be sold
The requirement of an ID to vote

Those were but a few of the responses that Forward Progressives provided. Please follow the link for more.

The post was written by Allen Clifton who has a degree in Political Science. He is the founder of the popular Facebook page “Right Off A Cliff,” on which he routinely voices his opinions and stirs the pot for the Progressive movement. His work has been featured on many sites online, and on Current TV’s popular “The Young Turks” program.

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Tags : big government, Christians, conservatives, gay rights, gop fail, liberals, marriage equality, questions and answers, religion, small government my ass

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