Gays’ Rights vs Toasters’ Rights
A great link that was shared with me that explains very well the difference between gay rights and how they won’t give us the right to marry animals, toasters or other silly and ignorant ideas. http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/how-gay-rights-is-nothing-like-legalizing-beastali Not exactly a religious argument, but the counter is often made by the religious.
The only parts of his face that were not covered in blood were the small streaks where his tears had fallen
Thirteen years ago, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and left to die, simply because he was gay. He was found almost a full day later tied to a fence, and died in the hospital on October 12. When he was found, the only parts of his face that were not covered [...]
Gay man commits suicide after Mormon church severs afterlife ties to his children
Bryan Egnew grew up in an observant LDS family in Arizona, the fourth of ten children. After graduating high school, he attended Brigham Young University, served a proselytizing mission in France, and then married in an LDS temple. He became the father of five children. He served in his local LDS congregation. He did everything [...]
Atheists meet in secret at Brigham Young University
Once a month, at an undisclosed location in Utah County, a group of students predominantly from BYU gather to talk about agnosticism, secular humanism and other religious ideologies not accepted by the mainstream group on campus. It operates anonymously—known to its members simply as The Group—because a “disaffiliation” from The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]
The Book of Mormon by Penn Gillette
The best thing Penn Gillette has EVER seen. The Book of Mormon.
Artist yanks prints from ‘liberal’ BYU bookstore
If you’re looking for a print of Jon McNaughton’s “One Nation Under God” paintings, don’t bother going to the Brigham Young University bookstore. The Provo-based artist pulled his prints from campus this week, claiming the LDS-Church owned school is catering to liberals offended by his painting, “One Nation Under God.” McNaughton said the university backed [...]
Magic Mormon Underwear
We just couldn’t resist a quick exploration into the Mormon church’s most famous “secret.” Via: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThinkingAtheist
Diary of an Ex-Mormon
Hear the story of a young teenager indoctrinated into the Mormon church and culture, growing to a man who would one day reject everything he’d been taught to believe. Stan’s full story can be found in written form at: http://www.exmormon.org/whylft79.htm
