Guest Blog: Catholic Church should stay out of politics

This op-ed, written by Duane Dubey, a regular commenter here at Blogging Blue, was originally posted at LaCrosseTribune.com In November, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a request with the Internal Revenue Service “to investigate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for engaging in prohibited political activity in violation of its protected tax [...]

Nuns Are In And Priests Are Out

Sister Simone getting uppity

The Catholic Church has taken a lot of abuse lately, and for good reason. On the first day of February it was announced that retired LA Cardinal Roger Mohony would be stripped of his duties. Under his watch, an unprecedented number of children were sexually abused by various priests. Instead [...]

Shocking News: Turns out Mitt Wasn’t Fit (HUMOR AND SATIRE)

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CALIFORNIA: Former Presidential hopeful and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney has reportedly been rushed to a mental health facility (conveniently located just five minutes outside of La Jolla, California) earlier this morning! According to sources close to the Romney family, the former Governor and his wife Ann were uttering their bedtime prayers [...]

President To Take Oath of Office on MLK and Lincoln Bibles But WHY?

First of all I don’t understand why he needs two bibles…but then on the other hand I don’t understand why we are using bibles at all…the President and every elected and appointed official who has to take an oath of office should be using a copy of the US Constitution…it is after all the document [...]

Mike Huckabee Supports a Vengeful god

This absolute nonsense is beyond the pale. From Friday, December 14th, 2012 (YES THAT VERY FRIDAY) TPMLivewire:

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee attributed the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in part to restrictions on school prayer and religious materials in the classroom.

“We ask why there is violence in our schools, but [...]

Paul Ryan cites anti-religion Ayn Rand as the reason he got into public service

“The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand,”

- Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, in a 2005 speech to a group of Rand devotees called the Atlas Society.

Here’s what Ayn Rand has to say about religion:

Republican Rep. Gohmert doubles down on anti-Muslim witchhunt

Apparently Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas really really wants to be this generation’s Joe McCarthy.

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert doubled down on warnings of Muslim Brotherhood influence in America Thursday while taking a shot at the media for not investigating his claims further.

The Republican suggested reporters were more interested in attacking him than [...]

Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner defends Huma Abedin

I’ll admit I never would have expected it, but during a town hall meeting on Sunday, Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of the 5th Congressional district came to the defense of Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, in the face of vicious and bigoted accusations by Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of [...]

Why I think Paul Ryan is a terrible Catholic

Says Pope Benedict XVI on the right of all to have access to health care: “The care of man, his transcendent dignity and his inalienable rights” are issues that should concern Christians, the pope said.

Because an individual’s health is a “precious asset” to society as well as to himself, governments and other agencies should [...]

Marriage Equality, President Obama, and Freedom of Religion

“…I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married,” President Obama

I had started down this path earlier this week in response to Vice President Joe Biden’s comments from Sunday May 6th edition of Meet [...]