Today's Cultural Warfare Update, with Bonus Comic Page

Slow day today, presumably to the American holiday. So this issue includes a COMIC STRIP! YAY! Well, a link to one. It's on theme. CLICKIE!

This Philip Slater essay, ganked from zarq, is one attempt to discuss the roots of rising global fundamentalism and other, similar movements. If something else is on that page - I couldn't find a permalink - you can grab the 11-page PDF from here.

Focus on the Family continues attacking "Plan B," the emergency (or morning-after) birth control pill; continues to state as fact the complete fabrication that it causes abortions;

FotF on efforts spearheaded by fundamentalists in Georgia to attack Gay-Straight Alliance and similar clubs; "George Considers Outing Extracurricular Clubs"; they've also been trying to ban them in violation of the same Supreme Court ruling that they site when talking about evangelical clubs; revives "recruiting our children" language;

FotF self-interview on the globalisation of their anti-gay, anti-abortion-rights efforts; working to file suits overturning the parliamentary legalisation of marriage rights for same-sex couples in Spain; working to combat abortion rights globally; working to spread "ex-gay" rhetoric up and down the Americas;

Fundamentalists had gotten a revision to the Air Force guidelines on religious practices that they approved of; the people who had sued over religious harassment have decided to continue their suit after all, because the new guidelines put the previous status quo substantially back into place; Andrew Sullivan mentioned this last week as a "quiet victory" for the fundamentalist movement, so now it's going to go to the courts again;

Focus on the Family angry that a Missouri judge has approved a lesbian couple's foster-parent application; blames Lawrence v. Texas, which declared "sodomy" laws making all gay and lesbian people effectively illegal to be unconstitutional;

FotF quotes French report: marriage rights for queers, adoption for queers, and procreation-assistance for same-sex couples should all be illegal; I have no details on this report, they're quoting LifeNews quoting it;

And the Bonus Comic Page: Bob the Angry Flower. CLICKIE!

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Marshall, Will, and Holly
On a poutine exposition
Found the greaaaaaaaatest gravy
Ever knooooooooown!
Aaaaaaaaaadded some cheeze whiz
Atop their tasty snack
And chowed on down
back to Ontariooooooo

On a Caaaaaaanaaaaaaadian daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
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On a CanaaaaaaAAAAAAdian DAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaAAAATE
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BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!