The Weekly Upchuck: The Place Where Religion Meets Your Rights

Abortion

 

• 5-4-Heartbreak: Breaking: SCOTUS allowing TX  to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that have led to more than 1/3 of  clinics stopping abortions. https://abcn.ws/1fewZKs

• Purple Is The New Blue-Chuck? Voter rejection of late-term abortion ban in New Mexico, a reliably purple state, spells trouble for the GOP. https://thebea.st/1bG5tid

Beyond Loony, Beyond Hate – Simply Insane!

 

• Jesus Rapes-Chuck? Man charged in unspeakably brutal rape claims to ‘have Jesus on his side’ bit.ly/1eiWVBv

• No Doubt A Church Goer-Chuck: North Carolina Republican Senate Candidate Worked For Neo-Confederate Group –bit.ly/1aUfCGY

Creationism

 

• Breach of Constitution-Chuck! Williamstown,KY Partners w/Answers in Genesis 2 Issue $62 Million in Securities 2 Help Noah’s Ark Replica Park https://bit.ly/HRJQno

• Hot And Bothered Ham-Chuck: Ken, the ham-headed fool, is disturbed by certain biblical liberties “Hollywood” took with the film, Noah.bit.ly/1aqkeJ4

• Uh-Oh Ham-Chuck: 4.4 billion-year-old meteorite found in the Sahara sheds light on infant Mars bit.ly/17NnR7C

• Ham-Handed Narcissist Spews: Creationist Ham Rejects Idea tt Charity Can Earn Ted Turner’s Place in Heaven Since Ham is such a fine man himself  bit.ly/1foAI8f

 

Education

 

• Public Schulz Rulz-Chuck: Washington, D.C.’s voucher experiment has failed. It’s time to admit that the forces driving this scheme are hatred of public education (and indeed government-sponsored programs generally), a desire to undermine church-state separation by propping up flagging Catholic schools and a data-proof belief among anti-government ideologues that a private system is always better than a public one. https://bit.ly/19zkkd1

• Drip. Drip. Drip. Chuck: Schools accept ‘In God We Trust’ posters. bit.ly/1hSOiT8

• Pulling The Plug-Chuck: Perkins & FRC up in arms when SC school pulls evangelical toy program.bit.ly/18M5LTW

• Is Education Itself Abstinent-Chuck? Religious abstinence-only speakers are a serious problem in public high schools. bit.ly/18lw8ne

• Crafty Spew: Hobby Lobby President Proposes Bible Elective in Oklahoma Public School  bit.ly/1fZ2llV

• Education For All-Chuck? Charter Schools Are Wrecking Public Education & that’s Before We even Begin Talking Vouchers. https://bit.ly/1dj23sq

• Reality Bites-Chuck: Principal cut its ties to evangelical Christian charity admitting their position is ‘indefensible’ in church-state fight.bit.ly/1h5yDyu

• They Might Be Coming To a School Near You-Chuck: 5 Christians Who Make Their Living Telling Kids Outrageous Lies About Sex

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End Times/Hagee/Christian Zionism

 

• Hagee Dancing The Hora-Chuck? Apocalyptic storm floods Sardinia. https://apne.ws/IelQuw

• Like Taking CandyFrom A Baby-Chuck: SAGU 2 unveil $21 million Hagee Communications Center. Wonder how many widows & needy they bilked to build this repository of lies:. bit.ly/1cHaBEr

Evangelism

 

• The Great Toy Bribe-Chuck: SC School Cancels Partnership w/Proselytizing Christian Charity bit.ly/1bzi8n7

 

Fifty Shades Of Hate

 

• What Me Racist-Chuck? Tea Party activists at pro-coup rally featuring Confederate flag emblem insist they’re not racist bit.ly/18MITDM

• Chilling-Chuck: And here’s how staggeringly much Allen West hates Muslims: bit.ly/1dVaZjQ

• How Low Can They Go-Chuck? New WorldNetDaily Book Portrays George Zimmerman As A Right-Wing Hero bit.ly/I3ms6K

• Bry’s Christian Nation Upchuck: Fischer fumes that Obama is a “Christophobic bigot” for reading Gettysburg Address that didn’t include “under God’: . . . even though it wasn’t in the original. bit.ly/1cGypII

Fifty Shades of Lies/Hypocrisy/Propaganda

 

• A Monday Morning Scandal-Chuck: Nine pastors & priests arrested in massive international child porn bust.bit.ly/1f8JkQf

• Macho Christ-Chuck: Boykin’s Jesus  Is A Tough Guy – A Man’s Man’ – bit.ly/1f8KGup

• White Bearded Crime-Chuck?  Israeli Ex-Chief Rabbi Metzger arrested 4 diverting millions of shekels. https://bit.ly/1jg6FwW

• Nowhere In The Bible-Chuck: Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus demand we accept him into our hearts as our personal Lord & Savior.bit.ly/1h0mtH9

• Sigh-Chuck: Corruption and hypocrisy: It’s in all the power structures of all faiths:

• Flock Fleecing-Hurl: Aiding delegitimization of Israel’s conversion system,Chief Rabbi’s arrest casts harsh light on rabbinate. bit.ly/18MfQQO

• According To Them-Chuck: Biblical Justification 2 Keep Immigrants Out of US: bit.ly/1aUh63W

• Lying’s A Sin-Chuck: Article in Christian Post outright lies: Bush DID appear at Messianic Jewish fundraiser.bit.ly/18rJRZI

• Delusional Heavers: 5 Christian Right Delusions and Lies About History

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• Cursed-Chuck: Palin: God ‘blessed’ with me a platform on Fox News to defend myself bit.ly/1i6ZWdq

Fifty Shades Of Loony

 

• Pleading Insanity-Chuck: Ain’t no longer a fight for snake handling- it’s a fight for freedom of insane religion. An’ I do it withcopperheads and boas. Pastor  Pleads Not Guilty-Continues 2Handle Snakes bit.ly/1bzhR3i

• Cuppa Joe-Chuck? Drinking Starbucks Is Like Committing Treason Against God. bit.ly/1aqljRc

• Thou Shalt Not-Chuck!: Aabama State Rep. proposed an amendment to the state’s constitution on Monday that would allow public schools and other state properties to display the Ten Commandments. ‘Our country wasn’t founded on the Koran!’ https://bit.ly/HXEhUx

• Because Devastating Events Are Almost Always Caused By Gays-Chuck: Conservative Catholic group links tornadoes in Illinois to state’s new gay marriage law bit.ly/1h1hF4m

• MED Check-Chuck: “Right Wing Hallucinations with Pat Robertson!” bit.ly/1bG6JBR

• Say what-Chuck? The Obama-Soros Conspiracy To Nuke America And Kill 300 Million People Exposed! bit.ly/1aUhH5M

 

Guns

 

• Falwell’s Guns-Chuck: Student Shot & Killed At Liberty University,one of the few universities 2 allow(encourage) student carry.bit.ly/1aqpr3y

• Jesus Packs-Chuck? This kid was troubled whether or not he “loved the Lord” Another example of too many guns in too many hands. bit.ly/1aUgkEf

Legislators And Their Legislation

 

• Michelle Still Upchucking Away: ‘Treasonous’ Obama Wants Iran 2 Have A Nuclear Bomb bit.ly/I1JrPB

• Another Blow To The “Family Values” Crowd-Chuck: Wingnut Freshman Rep. Trey Radel Arrested For Coke in D.C. https://bit.ly/1fed3Hs

• Worrisome Hurl: Blueprints for Capitol renovation include plans for chapel. bit.ly/18nKmUz

• Uses Jesus To Justify-Chuck:Paul Ryan last week at the Heritage forum: “You cure poverty eye to eye, soul to soul,” he said last week at the Heritage forum. “Spiritual redemption: That’s what saves people.” https://bit.ly/17oUfAC

• He Turns The Other Cheek-Chuck: No, Paul Ryan, You Cannot Fight Poverty With Religion. bit.ly/1bV0cXG

Military

 

• A Road Too Far-Chuck? Kenneth Copeland & sidekick David Barton think war-related PTSD  is result of demonic possession. https://bit.ly/HVDHqc

• The Fox Is Counseling The Hens-Chuck? Air Force Academy has `ex-gay` cure advocate overseeing cadet counseling.bit.ly/17J7ARb

• A Question Of Character-Chuck: MRFF Calls on Air Force Academy to immediately fire fundamentalist Christian who claimed to “cure” homosexuality. tinyurl.com/USAFAexGay

• Boggles The Mind-Chuck: Here’s how much Christers hate gays: Oklahoma Drops National Guard Benefits For All Couples To Avoid Serving Same-Sex Couples bit.ly/1bOzPma

• Disappointing As Hell-Chuck: And oh so wrong: Air Force Academy won’t discipline trainer who pledge

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• USAFA Upchucks Big-Chuck: Gay Cadet Lashes Out At Air Force Press Release Claiming Gays Are Welcome”If I and the many other cadets I know who are LGB came out it would be devastating for our cadet and future Air Force careers,” https://huff.to/1fo45HH

• Rachel’s On It-Chuck! Maddow: Why is a quack ‘ex-gay therapist’ on staff at the U.S. Air Force Academy? bit.ly/1cIfzRg

Same Sex Issues

 

• When religion Does Bad-Chuck: Methodist pastor found guilty at church trial for officiating at gay son’s wedding wapo.st/1h0rJuk

• Bry-The-Fish Hurls-Chuck: Bryan Fischer sides with Liz Cheney because her sister Mary is an “intolerant lesbian bigot”: bit.ly/1jkgXvU

• And That’s Religion-Chuck: Minister convicted by peers for presiding at his son’s same-sex wedding sez he’ll never be silent again yhoo.it/18nJYpd Calls his church ‘evil’ after fellow pastor convicted for gay wedding bit.ly/1b8qEhS

• You’re Dead To Me-Chuck: Methodist pastor has 30 days to renounce his gay children or be defrocked bit.ly/18bmsxu

• He Actually Did It-Chuck:.Sheesh! Cathl bishop performs ‘exorcism’ w/armed officers over Illinois same sex marriage. bit.ly/1bG6xm1

• Will Indy Go Gay-Chuck? GOP ponders tweak in same-sex marriage ban https://indy.st/1c1wTRo

Supremes And Lower Courts

 

• Bad Time For Libs-Chuck: “The single most important fact to understand about the Federalist Society — indeed, about the conservative legal movement in general — is that it once viewed the Supreme Court as its greatest enemy, but the Roberts Court is now the best friend it has in the American government.” https://bit.ly/1irjerz

• False Flagging-Chuck: “I suspect prayer isn’t the real issue in Greece v Galloway; the real issue is establishing faith as the superior view for all Americans. bit.ly/1e4qMNz

• So Sayeth Breitbart-Chuck: SCOTUS suggests they’re likely to take up TX case requiring clinics 2 have hosp admitting privileges. https://bit.ly/1bPpYfN

Women’s Issues

 

• How They Really Feel-Chuck: Wives who aren’t subservient to husbands are preaching ‘false gospel,’ Southern Baptist official warns bit.ly/17PhtSJ

Antidotes

When religion is good:

Links 2 religious organizations mobilizing on climate change bit.ly/18M3jww

Repent ye sinner, ye great sinner: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big thebea.st/1bAAWSS

Score 1 4 the good guys:OH Supreme Court Is Right 2 Uphold Firing Of Public School Teacher Who Promoted Creationism, bit.ly/1aqgtDt

After nationwide outrage, nearly $7,000 in taxpayer money will no longer go to the religious organization Child Evangelism Fellowship. .bit.ly/18nHtDa

BREAKING NEWS: Science Education Wins in Texas!fb.me/3iAgtdpxB

Judge strikes down clergy tax-free housing money wapo.st/1bfdmAl