This Watergate felon was just as adamant about the government's right to keep secrets when he was conspiring with Nixon to undermine American democracy. This treasonous criminal's advice means nothing to me.

Dear Watergate felon, have you read the ruling? The court says absolutely nothing whatsoever about the legality of any religious opinion or statement, so your whining about Christians losing the right to hate homosexuals is all deceptive grandstanding (though from a man of your legendary criminal background, this is unsurprising). Read the opinion. What Walker found was that absolutely zero actual...more

Dear Watergate felon, have you read the ruling? The court says absolutely nothing whatsoever about the legality of any religious opinion or statement, so your whining about Christians losing the right to hate homosexuals is all deceptive grandstanding (though from a man of your legendary criminal background, this is unsurprising). Read the opinion. What Walker found was that absolutely zero actual facts supported the ban on gay marriage, literally 100% of the rhetoric used against gay marriage was found to be factually incorrect, that the state has identifiable economic interests in gay marriage, that the state has no right to deny consenting adults access to the civil contract known as marriage, and that the state has no interest in reducing homosexuality in California.

Perhaps the most striking thing about the case is the testimony of the "Christians" who wanted the state to be allowed to decide who gets married and who doesn't. None of the usual rhetoric of the "Christian" Right even showed up. You see, in public, the "Christians" talk to each other like children because they all agree with each other and with the Republicans anyway. But in court, where you have to actually use your brain and act like a grownup, garbage like "traditional marriage" gets you laughed out of court- which is exactly what happened in this case.

I will apologize for this comment, retract it, eat my own pants, and give a billion dollars to the Manhattan Declaration project if Mr. Colson can identify a single right that he has as a Christian before this decision that he will lose if this ruling is sustained.less

I watched the debate and all I can say is: poor Dembski. The guy got totally clobbered; he was a stuttering mess by the end. He seemed to spend most of the debate whining about his academic career going "down the toilet" (ie, to the Discovery Institute) while Hitchens walked all over him. Is this really the best that the creationists can do?

Good for these Protestants. Anyone with the courage to fight for America's freedom and security deserves the fullest measure of respect, including the right to publicly live their lives according to who they really are. The greedy megachurch millionaires who stay at home and rail against America's soldiers from their pulpits should be ashamed of themselves, and so should all the "Christians" who p...more

Good for these Protestants. Anyone with the courage to fight for America's freedom and security deserves the fullest measure of respect, including the right to publicly live their lives according to who they really are. The greedy megachurch millionaires who stay at home and rail against America's soldiers from their pulpits should be ashamed of themselves, and so should all the "Christians" who patronize them with their tithes.less

Wow, only the fallen "Christianity" of America could be so grossly amoral as to be against anti-bullying legislation like this. The Republican Party, which is the taskmaster of this fallen church, has been having its minions spin this as some kind of attack on free speech, as if schoolchildren aren't allowed to express negative opinions about homosexuality any more. The bill basically requires sch...more

Wow, only the fallen "Christianity" of America could be so grossly amoral as to be against anti-bullying legislation like this. The Republican Party, which is the taskmaster of this fallen church, has been having its minions spin this as some kind of attack on free speech, as if schoolchildren aren't allowed to express negative opinions about homosexuality any more. The bill basically requires schools to uphold pre-existing policies against taunting in a vicious manner that makes the school into an unsafe learning environment. The "Christians" who oppose this bill, essentially, are in favor of schools being unsafe. I say it plainly: these "Christians" have the blood of children on their hands.less

Hazen says that humanists have no business interpreting the Bible, but I notice that he thinks he has LOTS of business interpreting humanism!

This is pure posturing. No judge would ever consult sharia law as controlling or persuasive authority in the United States. This is a joke designed to show how much people from Oklahoma hate brown people, pure and simple. Remember when Christians used to be the oppressed? Now they can't get enough of quieting the voices of others- gays, Muslims, etc.

Good. The Colorado Personhood amendment is completely unbiblical. Exodus 21:22 states very clearly that the punishment for terminating a pregnancy is a fine, but the Old Testament is also very clear that the punishment for murder is death. If terminating a pregnancy were murder, it would be punished by death. It is not punished by death. Therefore, terminating a pregnancy is not murder. The Bible ...more

Good. The Colorado Personhood amendment is completely unbiblical. Exodus 21:22 states very clearly that the punishment for terminating a pregnancy is a fine, but the Old Testament is also very clear that the punishment for murder is death. If terminating a pregnancy were murder, it would be punished by death. It is not punished by death. Therefore, terminating a pregnancy is not murder. The Bible is absolutely plain-spoken on this issue, so can we please discard this charade that the anti-choice movement is "Biblical" or "Christian?"less

He's referring to a comedy sketch put on youtube by a science advocacy group as "an ad:" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FkB4uiizVo&feature=player_embedded The facts mean nothing to this Watergate felon.

Dear Watergate felon, you as someone who worked tirelessly to sabotage democracy and only "converted" as a politically expedient way to earn a pardon do not have the authority to inflict your backward morality on the rest of us. You Republicans are quite big into personal autonomy where guns (see Micah 4:3 for God's thoughts on weapons) and money (see John 2:15 for God's thoughts on money) are inv...more

Dear Watergate felon, you as someone who worked tirelessly to sabotage democracy and only "converted" as a politically expedient way to earn a pardon do not have the authority to inflict your backward morality on the rest of us. You Republicans are quite big into personal autonomy where guns (see Micah 4:3 for God's thoughts on weapons) and money (see John 2:15 for God's thoughts on money) are involved, but when it comes to a woman's right to the integrity of her own body, you are opposed. Just as conservatives were opposed when it came to a woman's right to vote, own property, wear pants, go to school, or serve in political office. Your libertarianism is radically inconsistent.less

The difference between alcohol and marijuana is that alcohol sellers check IDs.

You know what REALLY "increases family problems?" When a member of a family is put in jail for using a recreational drug that is less dangerous than alcohol and less harmful to the body than tobacco, both of which are quite legal and widely-distributed. You know what REALLY "worsens drug problems?" When a vast marijuana black market gives Mexican drug lords the resources to build up an infrastruct...more

You know what REALLY "increases family problems?" When a member of a family is put in jail for using a recreational drug that is less dangerous than alcohol and less harmful to the body than tobacco, both of which are quite legal and widely-distributed. You know what REALLY "worsens drug problems?" When a vast marijuana black market gives Mexican drug lords the resources to build up an infrastructure for cocaine and heroin, rather than have that marijuana legalized, regulated, and taxed by well-armed governments. You know what REALLY "increases adolescent usage?" When drug dealers who don't check IDs have a monopoly on the market, rather than corporations that can regulate it at least as well as they regulate alcohol and tobacco- imperfectly, but way better than a speakeasy ever could!less

How much more money do the moneychangers in the temple really deserve? These frauds lived on the largesse of their followers, who worship a man who said "give EVERYTHING YOU HAVE to the poor," "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," and who threw out the greedy frauds who ran the temples. These fake "Christian" businessthugs got exactly what they deserved, and it's a pity that they can all re...more

How much more money do the moneychangers in the temple really deserve? These frauds lived on the largesse of their followers, who worship a man who said "give EVERYTHING YOU HAVE to the poor," "render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's," and who threw out the greedy frauds who ran the temples. These fake "Christian" businessthugs got exactly what they deserved, and it's a pity that they can all retire as millionaires while their flock is now without a church, even a bad church.less

Dear Watergate felon, humans engineer the planet every time they build a building, dam a river, turn coal into electricity, exhale, farm, and water their lawns. If this is "playing God," then our civilization and our economy depends upon playing God. Are you saying that humans shouldn't be allowed to interact with the environment over which God gave us dominion? That is dangerous, radical environm...more

Dear Watergate felon, humans engineer the planet every time they build a building, dam a river, turn coal into electricity, exhale, farm, and water their lawns. If this is "playing God," then our civilization and our economy depends upon playing God. Are you saying that humans shouldn't be allowed to interact with the environment over which God gave us dominion? That is dangerous, radical environmentalism, and coming from you, I worry that some people will take it seriously. It is especially dangerous because you are a criminal, so the people most likely to follow in your footsteps are other criminal-minded people. Your project of sabotaging democracy failed; please don't try to talk the next generation into following in your footsteps!less

These "Christians" ought to be ashamed of themselves. Someone has the courage and the honor to join the military, to lay his or her life on the line for all of our freedoms, but they aren't allowed to be who they are because it would scare the "Christians?" DADT is destined by the ash-heap of history and I say good riddance. A soldier is a soldier, and anyone who says that soldiers shouldn't be al...more

These "Christians" ought to be ashamed of themselves. Someone has the courage and the honor to join the military, to lay his or her life on the line for all of our freedoms, but they aren't allowed to be who they are because it would scare the "Christians?" DADT is destined by the ash-heap of history and I say good riddance. A soldier is a soldier, and anyone who says that soldiers shouldn't be allowed to be who they are is just plain unpatriotic.less

Now that God has failed these miners badly enough to let their lives get canceled for a few weeks, when will God make up for it by punishing the greedy Chilean mining companies who can't spend a few extra bucks on the safety regulations required to prevent these things from happening? God hasn't even gotten around to immolating the businesspeople who let disasters like this happen in West Virginia...more

Now that God has failed these miners badly enough to let their lives get canceled for a few weeks, when will God make up for it by punishing the greedy Chilean mining companies who can't spend a few extra bucks on the safety regulations required to prevent these things from happening? God hasn't even gotten around to immolating the businesspeople who let disasters like this happen in West Virginia, so maybe I won't hold my breath.less

Thanks to IVF, millions of people who once could not have had children now can. There are millions of families now where there once were not, thanks entirely to this wonder of medical science. Why is the "pro-family" crowd against so many families? American "Christianity," ie the Republican Party, is just upset because anything that makes science look good makes their fallen "Christian" heresy loo...more

Thanks to IVF, millions of people who once could not have had children now can. There are millions of families now where there once were not, thanks entirely to this wonder of medical science. Why is the "pro-family" crowd against so many families? American "Christianity," ie the Republican Party, is just upset because anything that makes science look good makes their fallen "Christian" heresy look bad. "Pro-family" is a joke- if they were "pro-family," they would have been dumping a fortune into IVF research since the 60s.less

Did anybody actually READ Walker's ruling? I did. Does anyone else find it irksome that the anti-gay propagandists were consistently unable to provide any evidence for their claims? He asked them for evidence that gay marriage would undermine straight marriage. They failed. He asked them for evidence that gays are worse at raising families. They failed. Also, did anybody else notice that they w...more

Did anybody actually READ Walker's ruling? I did. Does anyone else find it irksome that the anti-gay propagandists were consistently unable to provide any evidence for their claims? He asked them for evidence that gay marriage would undermine straight marriage. They failed. He asked them for evidence that gays are worse at raising families. They failed.

Also, did anybody else notice that they weren't using their usual propaganda in the courtroom? When they're in public, they really let their hair down and rant and rail about God's condemnation of homosexuality. But when they're in court and they have to act like grown-ups, they're meek and ineffectual. Why? Because grown-ups know that their case is awful. They lost on the merits of the law and that's that- "gay agenda" conspiracy nuts notwithstanding, these guys just straight up failed at jurisprudence.less

Haven't these people been telling us that school violence happens because of "secularism" or "evolutionism" in public schools? I guess now they're going to have to argue that this evangelical "Christian" school is a front organization for secularism. Which they will- the Religious Right is above no slander. I'd mention that maybe easy access to guns is partially responsible for so many gun deat...more

Haven't these people been telling us that school violence happens because of "secularism" or "evolutionism" in public schools? I guess now they're going to have to argue that this evangelical "Christian" school is a front organization for secularism. Which they will- the Religious Right is above no slander.

I'd mention that maybe easy access to guns is partially responsible for so many gun deaths at the hands of children, but I'd worry that the Republicans (ie, every American "Christian") would flag me for disagreeing with their pro-violence Pharisaic worldview.less