Federal Marriage Protection Act Moves Forward

The proposed amendment to the US constitution which would ban same-sex marriages moved out of the sub-committee and was sent to the entire committee for vote.

The deciding vote Wednesday was cast by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). Specter, the chair of the full Judiciary Committee, repeating remarks he made on the weekend said that while he opposes the amendment he believes it should receive a vote on the Senate floor.

Spector claims that, when this issue comes before the full Senate for a vote, he will oppose it.

I think I may understand what he's doing here. I think he wants it to come before the full Senate, for defeat, so that it can be put to rest once and for all. I'd like to think this is what his motives are.

But then again, sometimes people call me Pollyanna.

In the name of God

It would seem that some Fred Phelps wannabes have surfaced in Bloomfield, Indiana.

Carrying signs that said "Fags Die, God Laughs" the group of about 25 denounced the university for its LGBT diversity program. The group has held a number of anti-gay protests at UI over the past few years but, the campus newspaper, The Indiana Daily Student, said this was the largest.

What true Christian believes that God would laugh at the death of any of his children? What true Christian would even suggest such a thing?

When I see or hear things like this, I'm often reminded of the part of the movie Oh God! where God says that the good "reverend" claims to be speaking the word of God, but he ran out of God's words years before.

I wonder how any real Christian can claim to speak on behalf of God, anyway. Isn't that blasphemy?

And here's the kicker:

The protest came less than a month after two teenagers stole and burned a similar Rainbow flag that had been hanging outside the store.

A witness saw the teens take the flag and took a picture of their license plate with a cell phone camera. Police later tracked the plate and arrested the pair. They have been charged with theft.

The teens told police they thought the flag was unpatriotic

Unpatriotic?

Was there ever a better time for one of these?