Today's Cultural Warfare Update

"Operation Save America" claims they managed to "push back into the closet" a queer pride event via several years of systematic harassment of attendees at the event; they urge other fundamentalist groups to do the same (from Andrew Sullivan);

"Faith and Freedom Network" fundraising letter; interestingly, they again claim donations to their anti-GBLT initiative are tax deductable. As they are a political organisation, I'm not aware of that being true;

Focus on the Family ACTION ITEM for a Federal anti-marriage initiative includes an appeal from the Catholic bishop William Skystad to support the comprehensive marriage ban;

FotF pleased that Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida "abortion risks" law;

Minnesota reports 8% rise in teen STD cases; FotF plays defense, saying it's not abstinence-only education at fault, it's just better reporting, warns against anything other than faith-based abstinence-only blah blah blah;

Family Research Council condemns Maryland decision to fund embryonic stem-cell research; they want such research banned entirely;

Article 8 Alliance responds to lawsuit over secret audiotaping: "The homosexual movement wants to punish anyone who exposes their activities with kids";

LifeSite ACTION ITEM to protest Toronto, Ontario, Canada "gay radio station";

Institute for Canadian Values reprints part, but not all, of LifeSite's news article cum action item against the Toronto radio station's CRTC approval;

Concerned Women for America push "Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act" - their article says, "When blood samples were drawn from 18 premature babies from 25 to 45 weeks of development, scans proved that the pain did reach their brains"; 25 is third trimester, 45 weeks is over 11 months, so I have no idea what they're on about there.

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iGod

annathepiper pointed me at a silly thing called iGod: repenting made easy! Making Eliza say goofy things is still unexpectedly funny.

solarbird: hello eliza
iGod: Hello there. Eliza for President!

iGod: What do you do in your spare time?
solarbird: the dog
iGod: I hear you.

solarbird: i heard from somebody that you were a lesbian¹
iGod: Thanks for telling me that gossip. I will remember it.
solarbird: i like lesbians
iGod: A lot of people like that. I like science fiction. I like .
solarbird: you like your period?
iGod: Yes I am proud of my period.

¹: I got traditional Eliza to come out of the closet. It got all defensive, too, and was all, "Why does it bother you that I am a lesbian?" Finite state automatons are funny when they aren't desperately creepy.