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Posts tagged religion
Gay Muslims
February 3, 2009
“I can be a good Muslim and be gay.” The LA Times recently ran a story on Aliyah Bacchs, who is a Muslim lesbian that left an arranged marriage and came to her family with two choices: accept her sexuality or lose her forever. Her case... [+]
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03Feb
Moron of the Week: Kingdom of Heaven
November 20, 2008
Comic relief time my pro-migrant, pro-queer comrades! This amicus curie brief a MUST-READ for when you are down, depressed or taking a shit (though it is not worth printing out so take the laptop with you…) Some great quotes: “In order to fill the earth with human physical... [+]
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20Nov
The Perversion of Tolerance - I...
November 14, 2008
Tolerance is intolerant and demands assimilation. —Herman Broch, cited in the Jewish Museum, Vienna, Austria Conversely, what is proclaimed and practiced as tolerance today, is in many of its ... [+]
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14Nov
Church of England Owes Apologize to...
September 16, 2008
We all know he is dead now. But nonetheless, one clergyman thinks the Church of England shall apologize to the dead man. Maybe if we were to buy into the Hindu theory of Transmigration, Darwin might be a phytoplankton, an oak tree or bird right... [+]
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16Sep
American Muslims Not What You Think...
August 20, 2008
There is this great Pakistani song titled “Yeh Hum Nahin” meaning “This is Not Us” as in “We are not Terrorists”–a truly great message. Here is a subtitled version: Anyway, I was reminded of that song as I discovered a surprisingly good editorial in the Pittsburgh... [+]
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20Aug
Can you be bible-thumping and...
July 1, 2008
I suppose. The religious “right” pick and follow whatever is convenient. Love thy neighbor is forgotten when the neighbor is gay. Is this another one of those cases? Take a look. Leviticus 19:34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born.... [+]
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01Jul
Who is more 'undesirable ?' The...
May 19, 2008
Over the weekend, I was reading some pro-migrant news at a Catholic site that I had stumbled on via Google News Alert service. And on the sidebar, the very site was spewing hatred about same-sex marriage in California. The churches and religious ‘right’ who first... [+]
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19May