To quote Michael Shermer, I “investigate paranormal claims, pseudoscience and fringe groups, and cults and claims of all kinds between science and pseudoscience, and non-science, and junk science, voodoo science, pathological science, bad science, non-science, and plain old nonsense.”
The latest target of the bigoted American Family Association are PepsiCo. According to the AFA, they’re merely requesting PepsiCo “remain neutral in the culture war.” Of course such a position has the same effect as if one were to “remain neutral in the culture war” in the 19th Century over the issue of slavery. Neutrality when a minority is being marginalized is the equivilent of choosing the oppressing side, making it an absurd request.
It also speaks volumes about the state of mind of Donald E. Wildmon of the AFA when they regard this letter from PepsiCo as “condescending” simply because they didn’t give this fascist what he wants. Well suck it up and quit acting like a baby, Donnie boy! To quote the Rolling Stones, you can’t always get what you want.
Well I for one applaud PepsiCo for not just throwing some money at a problem for good PR but actively getting involved in this issue and not backing down because of bigots like Wildmon and his band of bigots:
In the last two years, Pepsi has given $500,000 to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and $500,000 to the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). The $1,000,000 was to be used to help promote homosexuality in the workplace. Pepsi refuses to give money to any pro-family organization that opposes the homosexual agenda. Plus, every homosexual organization we know of is overwhelmingly pro-abortion.
Both HRC and PFLAG supported efforts in California to defeat Proposition 8 which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. HRC, the homosexual group financially supported by Pepsi, gave $2.3 million to defeat Prop 8.
Pepsi forces all employees to attend sexual orientation and gender identity diversity training where they are taught to accept homosexuality.
Anyone who thinks supporting human rights, civil rights, tolerance, and diversity is something shameful deserves perpetual unhappiness. What’s that The Bible says about this? “He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.”
I encourage everyone to buy some Pepsi and drink to their support of human rights and gay civil rights and to the misery of delusional fools like Donald E. Wildmon.
And while you’re at it, support Campbell’s Soup, who the AFA also targets for they too have the audacity to “not remain neutral in the culture war” by supporting gay Americans everywhere. Apparently all it takes to piss off Wildmon is to recognize that gay consumers exist and marketing in gay magazines.
It must so sad for Donald E. Wildmon, to witness the world progressing beyond his limited worldview, to constantly be at war with everyone like Fred Phelps. What a sad, pathetic, small man he must be.
So as the weather gets colder, you can stay warm while at the same time spitting in the face of hate groups like this one with hot Campbell’s Soup. Mmm.
Homophobic, Bible-thumpers trying to overturn California same-sex marriage law – With the war in Iraqi, the genocide in Darfur, the hostilities in Georgia, the AIDS epidemic in Africa, constant chaos throughout the Middle East, widespread poverty, and a host of other crises around the world, I for one applaud these guys for having their priorities straight [rolling eyes].
“An estimated 15,000 backers of the measure, most of them members of Mormon, Catholic and evangelical Christian churches, knocked on doors and distributed campaign literature to registered voters throughout the state this weekend and last, according to Jennifer Kerns, a spokeswoman for the Yes on 8 campaign.”
Did you know that the four major television networks have declared war on decency by suing the FCC for the right to air profanity and nudity at any time of day? We do have a counter attack but the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act (S. 1780) is currently stalled in the U.S. Senate. The Act (S. 1780) would reaffirm Congress’ support for vigorous enforcement of the existing broadcast dece! ncy laws and the importance of protecting the public airwaves from indecent content.
In order to ensure the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ability to fine broadcasters over “fleeting” instances of profanity or nudity, S. 1780 needs to be voted on by the full Senate. If S. 1780 does not pass, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act passed two years ago will be rendered essentially meaningless.
Recently, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia threw out a $550,000 indecency fine levied against CBS for the infamous 2004 Super Bowl “wardrobe malfunction.” CBS also allowed profanity during Big Brother 10, which airs during prime time.
We are in a pivotal time regarding the ownership of America’s broadcast airwaves. The law says these airwaves belong to the American people, but the networks are trying to take them over and turn them into a toxic sewer. Now is the time to fight back!
Deist Thomas Paine–one of, if not the most important of our Founding Fathers and one of, if not the most anti-religious of our mostly anti-religious Founding Fathers returns to my neighboring town of Fort Lee, New Jersey in the form of a statue to be placed where the man himself once stood.
The only thing that bites is this journalist’s investigative reporting skills – Another article about a “pet psychic.” This one is from a New England paper and begins with the title, “City puts the bite on pet psychic,” With a title like that you’d think you were in for a triumph of common sense against a con artist. But sadly, no. It’s another thinly veiled advertisement for this “pet psychic’s” services. Someone should tell the “psychic,” Willow that she still has time to enter to win the JREF million dollar prize. I’m sure she’ll get right on that as it’s the obvious solution to her problems.
Anti-vaxxer moron actually laughs at measles epidemic – Why? Everything she knows about the measles she learned from Leave It To Beaver and other sitcoms…with plotlines about CHICKEN POX. I can see how Kim Stagliano, Managing Editor of Age of Autism, could mix those 2 up; they sound so similar. According to Wikipedia:
“Globally, measles deaths are down 60 percent, from an estimated 873,000 deaths in 1999 to 345,000 in 2005. Africa has seen the most success, with annual measles deaths falling by 75 percent in just 5 years, from an estimated 506,000 to 126,000.[13]“
Oh, and Kim, there is no Thimerosal in MMR vaccines. Just thought you should know.
Article on atheist billboard in Playboy Magazine – I was fortunate enough to see an almost identical billboard on my commute to work every day on the New Jersey Turnpike for a few months last year.
How large is Big Religion in America? – I’m not entirely in favor of the whole “framing” thing with regards to these issues but I’m personally just a big fan of the phrase “Big Religion” myself…though I only use it somewhat ironically, not so much as a “framing” technique or for propaganda purposes.
“But what is much more remarkable than that economic achievement is that the contents – or rather lack of contents – of this book show Dawkins himself to have become what he and his fellow secularists typically believe to be an impossibility: namely, a secularist bigot. (Helpfully, my copy of The Oxford Dictionary defines a bigot as ‘an obstinate or intolerant adherent of a point of view’).”
Then I guess that makes Flew a Creationist bigot by the same definition and us all math bigots and history bigots too. I know I personally am intolerant of the belief that 2 + 2 = 5 and am completely intolerant of beliefs that are just plain: WRONG! I think Mr. Flew greatly undermines and diminishes the severity of what that word means. Maybe he should visit Afghanistan with some female friends or he should pretend to be an out of the closet gay man in the Bible Belt to learn what bigotry really means. If intellectual honesty is bigotry then call me a proud bigot!
Monkeys Enjoy Giving To Others – “Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have shown capuchin monkeys, just like humans, find giving to be a satisfying experience. This finding comes on the coattails of a recent imaging study in humans that documented activity in reward centers of the brain after humans gave to charity.”
Bizarre Qualities Can Drive Species Evolution – “The ostentatious, sometimes bizarre qualities that improve a creature’s chances of finding a mate may also drive the reproductive separation of populations and the evolution of new species, say two Indiana University Bloomington biologists.”
Researchers Study ‘Cocktail Party Effect’ – “Call it the cocktail party effect: how an individual can participate in a one-on-one conversation within a cluster of people, switch to another, pick up important comments while tuning out others, change topics and return to the first conversation.”
Because I’m always interested in the current ramblings of the religious kooks I’m on the American Family Association’s newsletter mailing list. And so after already posting a story about the overreactions of religious evangelicals over “an infringement on their rights” today, I couldn’t resist opening the AFA newsletter with the subject line:
“Gay rights trump religious freedom”
So how was the rights of these homophobic jackasses being “trumped” by gay rights?
“The California Supreme Court, which recently legalized same-sex marriage, has ruled by a 7-0 vote that homosexual rights trump religious freedom. The ruling barred doctors, because of their Christian beliefs, from withholding unnecessary medical care to gays and lesbians. The ruling says that under state law sexual orientation rights trump religious freedom.”
So let me get this straight. Government officials from both parties who were elected to decide on laws decided unaniously now to insist that medical doctors DO THEIR JOBS by treating patients with the best known medical care without discrimination–and it’s the Christions who feel persecuted and are crying foul? WHAT?
If you can stand to even hear the rest of what these dumbasses had to say, here’s more of their “Action Alert” newsletter:
Justice Joyce Kennard wrote in the ruling that two Christian fertility doctors who refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian have neither a free speech right nor a religious exemption from the state’s law, which “imposes on business establishments certain antidiscrimination obligations.”
Doctors at the Christian clinic referred the lesbian to another clinic, but the lesbian refused their referral – demanding that the Christian clinic perform the procedure. When the Christian doctors refused to violate their religious convictions, the lesbian sued and the Supreme Court gave her the victory.
This ruling will affect every business in California. If a similar victory in a federal court is won, every business in America will be affected.
For example: Alabama Fertility Specialists (AFS) has begun a campaign to bring Honda of Alabama to its knees because Honda will not cover artificial insemination for a lesbian in it’s insurance.
Honda advised their insurance carrier to “exclude domestic partners (same-sex partners) from ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) benefits including diagnostic services related to fertility/infertility…” If this doesn’t work, then count on AFS to sue.
Alabama Fertility Specialists alerted the media, their supporters and gay groups about Honda’s actions and called on supporters and gays to bombard Honda with phone calls and letters.
American Family Association orders a Super-Sized McBoycott -These are the same guys who last Christmas boycotted Mrs. Field’s cookies because they switched from “Merry Christmas” to “Happy Holidays” and boycotted Ford Motors for “promoting the gay agenda.” These guys are just pathetic. It’s also worth noting that the “news” website One News Now is a front for their propaganda. For a hate group, they’ve got such a friendly name. I’m reminded of the Sinclair Lewis quote: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
The Myths About Organic Food -New column in The Independent about organic food. To quote blogger The Amateur Scientist: “Isn’t organic farming good for the environment? No, it actually requires more land than non-organic farming. Doesn’t organic farming refrain from using poisonous pesticides? No, it just uses natural pesticide chemicals, some of which can be more harmful than the evil artificial ones. Doesn’t organic food cost a lot more? Yes. Yes, it does.
Genetics Of White Horses Unraveled -An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the mutation causing this spectacular trait and show that white horses carry an identical mutation that can be traced back to a common ancestor that lived thousands of years ago.
Unique Fossil Shows Antarctic Once Much Warmer -A new fossil discovery- the first of its kind from the whole of the Antarctic continent- provides scientists with new evidence to support the theory that the polar region was once much warmer.
The latest target of the bigoted American Family Association are PepsiCo. According to the AFA, they’re merely requesting PepsiCo “remain neutral in the culture war.” Of course such a position has the same effect as if one were to “remain neutral in the culture war” in the 19th Century over the issue of slavery. Neutrality when a minority is being marginalized is the equivilent of choosing the oppressing side, making it an absurd request. 
It also speaks volumes about the state of mind of Donald E. Wildmon of the AFA when they regard this letter from PepsiCo as “condescending” simply because they didn’t give this fascist what he wants. Well suck it up and quit acting like a baby, Donnie boy! To quote the Rolling Stones, you can’t always get what you want.
And while you’re at it, support Campbell’s Soup, who the AFA also targets for they too have the audacity to “not remain neutral in the culture war” by supporting gay Americans everywhere. Apparently all it takes to piss off Wildmon is to recognize that gay consumers exist and marketing in gay magazines.
So as the weather gets colder, you can stay warm while at the same time spitting in the face of hate groups like this one with hot Campbell’s Soup. Mmm.
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