October 2009
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Prosperity for whom?
Newsoftheweird.com brought this one to my attention.
As Easter approached, the ad ran repeatedly on the Inspiration Network: David Cerullo, clutching a Bible, told viewers they, too, could receive prosperity, physical healing and other blessings God gave the ancient Israelites.
All they had to do, the televangelist said, was send $200 or more.
This is called “prosperity theology”....
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In "your experience"?
Another bit of WTF for your thinking pleasure:
“A justice of the peace in Louisiana who has drawn widespread criticism for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple says he has no regrets about his decision. “It’s kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven’t done wrong,” Keith Bardwell told...
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WTF, Morehouse?
“An all-male college in Atlanta, Georgia, has banned the wearing of women’s clothes, makeup, high heels and purses as part of a new crackdown on what the institution calls inappropriate attire.”
Okay. This far into the article, I was only mildly annoyed with Morehouse college regulating what students do on campus (not just when they go to class). Then I came to this...