Phil Robertson Of 'Duck Dynasty' Reveals Bizarre Atheist Rape And Murder Fantasy
“Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson delivered a bizarre speech in which he created a hypothetical scenario about an atheist being forced to watch his “little atheist daughters” get raped and then having his penis hacked off and shown to him.

Speaking at a Christian event in Florida on Friday, Robertson was apparently trying to “prove” that having no belief in the afterlife and its consequences would make any level of violence acceptable.

“Two guys break into an atheist’s home. He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters,” Robertson said in audio from the Vero Beach Prayer Breakfast, obtained by Right Wing Watch. “Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him.”

Robertson continued:

“And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot ’em and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off in front of him. And then they can look at him and say, ‘Isn’t it great that I don’t have to worry about being judged? Isn’t it great that there’s nothing wrong with this? There’s no right or wrong, now is it dude?’

Then you take a sharp knife and take his manhood and hold it in front of him and say, ‘Wouldn’t it be something if this was something wrong with this? But you’re the one who says there is no God, there’s no right, there’s no wrong, so we’re just having fun. We’re sick in the head, have a nice day.’

If it happened to them, they probably would say, ‘Something about this just ain’t right.'”

Listen to the audio here, which begins with an apparent attack on healthcare.

Robertson has a history of inflammatory comments. Previously, he compared homosexuality to bestiality and called AIDS a punishment for immorality.

He also said ISIS terrorists should be converted to Jesus or killed, and more recently, blamed “beatniks” and “hippies” for sexually transmitted diseases.

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Arkansas Committee Advances Sweeping Anti-LGBT Legislation

HB 1228 would allow individuals to sue government actors—including teachers, firefighters and police officers—if that individual believed that their personal religious beliefs were being violated.
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Harry Potter Author Schools Fan Who 'Can't See' Dumbledore as Gay

J.K. Rowling answers back at a fan who questions why she made Dumbledore a gay character.

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Yezmin Villarreal

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Gay or Straight, Today's Dads Are the New Moms
The administrator at our children’s school recently called our house and asked if she could speak with “Mrs. Diamond.” I understood instantly — she wanted to speak to the mom. But my kids don’t have a mom. They have two dads. To her surprise I replied, “This is Mrs. Diamond.”

The administrator apologized, explaining that she had recently returned from a leave of absence. But my mind was racing: Why do schools and so many aspects of childcare — from diaper commercials to changing stations in public restrooms — focus on moms and exclude dads, gay or not? Even when coordinating things from school parties to carpools, the moms always make the assumption that everyone on the list is a mom. The email chain often begins with “Dear Ladies”. When we travel with our kids on a trip, frequently we get asked if we gave the moms a weekend off. Even as women have rapidly moved out of the home and into the workplace, even as our society has increasingly accepted diverse family structures (including two-dad families), and even as more dads are staying home with their children, the perception of mom as sole caregiver has persisted.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is challenging this notion. In recent years, she has pushed to increase women’s power in the workplace with her “lean in” mantra. Now she’s asking men to join that effort, in a new “Lean in Together” campaign that encourages men not only to advocate for women in the office, but also take on more responsibility at home. I am thrilled that men have been invited to the “lean in” conversation and I share Sandberg’s gender equality goal. Her noble aspiration to broaden society’s perceptions of what women can accomplish in the workplace is matched by my hope to broaden perceptions of what men do at home. In a Yahoo News interview, Sandberg got it right when she said, “We also haven’t supported men as caregivers. … Women get discriminated against in the office; men get discriminated against when it comes to care.”

Addressing gender equality in the home has mostly focused on getting men involved in housework. As a dad in the mommy-centric world of child care, I often have a front-row seat at school events, ballet lessons and playing fields when moms discuss how challenging it is to juggle the demands of their jobs with the demands of their families. They feel unsupported when it comes to everyday responsibilities, ranging from taking care of a sick child to getting dinner on the table. Maybe, just maybe, dad could load the dishwasher? Sandberg has validated this notion, insisting that men stand to gain when they “lean in” to the laundry. There’s a carrot at the end of all that choreplay, she says: Research declares couples who share chores equally have more sex.

But the burden should not be just on dads. Moms — and society in general — seem to be under the impression that dads are incompetent when it comes to matters of the home. A very smart mom I know shared with me her secret to dividing labor and keeping harmony in her house. When her husband makes the bed she says “thank you” — even if he doesn’t make the bed the right way. And she never remakes the bed after him to ensure she is not always stuck doing the chore. Validating that her husband is capable of doing housework was the key to freeing up her time.

As in housework, dads have more to provide in childcare than they are given credit for. Recently, I saw a letter online at popsugar.com written by a mom expounding her motherly wisdom and insisting on her infallibility “because I am a mom!” From the most everyday occurrence to the most tragic, she believes that mothers have more empathy than non-mothers. I have heard this refrain for 10 years, from mothers providing tips on everything from setting a sleep schedule to dealing with preteen mood swings. While I am grateful for these pearls of wisdom, the “I know because I am a mom” refrain insists that women know more, feel more, intuit more. It assumes that moms are naturally better at this parenting game than dads. My experience hasn’t supported that. Recently, my 10-year-old daughter insisted she wanted bouncy hair just like Jessie on the Disney Channel. One YouTube lesson later, her hair was more “That Girl” than Disney, but she was happy. Some moms around town were astounded and exclaimed, “I couldn’t do that, much less my husband.”

Sometimes I hear my mom-friends say that their husbands are “babysitting” their kids, implying that dad is not a true parent, but just an inferior caregiver. If we want more gender equality at home, we have to get rid of these outdated notions. Moms and dads have come a long way from the “Leave it to Beaver” days. The assumption that moms have a greater sense of connection to and empathy for their children is based on outdated gender roles. Asserting superiority alienates fathers and undermines society’s effort to bring more gender balance to parenting.

There is some evidence that these notions are changing. If we believe what we saw in the latest Super Bowl commercials, there is a new dad in town. In between the tackles and touchdowns, there were images of dads dancing with their daughters and hugging their sons. Dove compiled images of dads taking care of their kids — lathering them in sunscreen, brushing their hair, comforting them and kissing them — under the tagline “care makes a man stronger.” As a marketer, I know this softer and more helpful guy must exist if advertisers are willing to spend $150,000 dollars a second to reach him. This enlightened dad also knows what detergent to use to get out food stains, sweeps up behind his kids and sentimentally records moments in his child’s life. It appears that we are on the cusp of a lean-in dad archetype.

It’s about time that we realized that dads can clear both the dishes and their sons’ tears. Just as outmoded gender stereotypes are being challenged by women in the office, old assumptions about roles in the family need to be thrown out as well. Society, schools and even some moms need to get comfortable with men contributing to a traditionally female domain. Dads are ready to lean in, and many already are. With 10 years’ experience as “Mrs. Diamond,” I am happy to be among them.

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Senator Inhofe Throws Red Meat At Anti-LGBT Base Attacking Marriage Equality

Today HRC condemned an amendment introduced in the Senate as a last ditch effort to undermine marriage equality.
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“Masturbation Will Make Me Turn Gay” And 40 More Wacky Lies From The Mormon Church

Some of these would be hilarious if they weren’t still actually-held beliefs by many people. And some are just terrifying no matter the context.

Reformed brainwashee Mormon Redditer VilateandHelen recently racked their brain to come up with all the lies learned  (and subsequently unlearned) growing up in the church.

There must be plenty more, but this is a pretty comprehensive list.

Buckle up:

Black people were not valiant in the pre-existence.

Joseph Smith never practiced polygamy.

Brigham Young did everything he could to prosecute the killers in Mountain Meadows Massacre.

Gay people choose to be gay.

Mary had sex with God in Heaven.

People with mental illness are possessed by the Devil.

The second coming would be in the Year 2000.

Mormons didn’t practice polygamy after 1890.

So many young ladies joined the church in the 1800’s because the men died in wars.

I would probably end up living in Jackson County Virginia.

The earth is only six thousand years old.

Evolution is a lie.

Dinosaur bones were put on Earth by the devil.

The Church has the Gold Plates and Sword of Laban in its vaults.

The sealed portion of the Golden Plates would be released any day.

I was one of the greatest generals in the War in Heaven.

Brigham Young mostly just married widows.

African people weren’t prepared enough to handle the priesthood.

The temple would be an amazing experience.

Masturbation with make me turn gay.

Bishops can read my mind.

All my tithing goes to building churches and temples.

The RLDS church was led by the Devil.

The church had secret missionaries in China.

Women should not wear makeup or dye their hair.

Angels helped push the handcarts.

The Book of Mormon is the most perfect book on Earth.

The Book of Abraham was written by Abraham and translated by Joseph Smith.

The devil ruled the waters.

All the Indians were Lamanites.

Joseph translated the Book of Mormon using the Urim and Thummim.

There had been no changes in the temple ceremony.

The Masons got their ceremony from looking at Solomon’s Temple.

People leave the Mormon church because they want to sin.

It will be proven that coffee is as bad as smoking.

The Catholic church is run by the devil.

Archeologists have tons of proof of the Book of Mormon.

God’s doctrine never changes.

Anything not written by the church is Anti – Mormon.

The Holy Ghost is a better witness than logic.

Church leaders are not paid.

Christ walks the halls of the temple with the Prophet.

 

Dan Tracer

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Texas Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiffs Endure 2nd Harrowing Child Birth With No Parental Rights: PHOTOS

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After Brutal Beating of Gay Man in Miss., Suspect Outs Himself

Whatever the cause, no one is disputing how savagely Devin Norman was beaten.

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Neal Broverman

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How I Will Express My Religious Freedom in Indiana
Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Senate Bill 101, overwhelmingly passed in the House of Representatives today with a vote of 63-31. This bill would make it legal for businesses to refuse services to people based on religious beliefs. The bill will now go back to the Senate for some minor changes and quickly end up on the desk of Governor Mike Pence, who apparently can’t wait to sign his name, freeing those slaves who are unable to express their religious beliefs. Since the bill passed earlier in the day, I’ve received several texts and messages from people asking me what I think. After much thought and deliberation, the following is how I’ve decided to respond.

It is on days like today that I truly miss my mother. Although deeply political, she was able to stand back from any scenario and see humanity at the core of the issue. She taught me to be understanding of other people’s political and religious beliefs and freedoms because we must all be accepting of each other for democracy to work in a healthy manner. She truly understood democracy. One minute a rager with the Chicago Seven the next minute sitting on my father’s shoulders at a Janis Joplin concert at Ravinia. Later, as a mother, one minute reading Amelia Bedelia books to me in bed and years later, giving me a signed copy of Maya Angelou’s And Still I Rise for a birthday present. She loved Bob Dylan and Bob Marley equally, could overeat oranges or vanilla ice cream and loved to dance in the kitchen. In fact, dancing in the kitchen might have been her favorite thing in life. She attended church every Sunday and participated in the Kid’s Diner for underprivileged children in the church’s neighborhood. She was a woman of strong faith. But most of all, she believed in humanity. “Just as soon as you feel like the bottom has fallen out, people will rise back up and surprise you,” she’d was fond of saying.

My mother taught me five very valuable life lessons: Treat others the way you would want to be treated, love passionately and compassionately, forgive easily and refuse to be the victim of other people’s oppression. The fifth and final lesson was the most important; We are on borrowed time as it is.

I’ve thought a lot about that last statement today, because you see, my mother isn’t here anymore. She passed away seven years ago. And in those final moments in the hospital room, stillness and serenity on her lips, the only thing that remained, was between her…and God.

I don’t claim to know or understand God. I know there is one and I’m not it. I don’t need to reinvent the wheel but I also believe in religious freedom. But this isn’t about religious freedom. What knowing LGBT person would want to spend their money or hire someone who so opposed who they are at their core? Not me.

But I’m tired of fighting. I’ve been fighting since I was 5 years old to have other people accept me for something I never understood in the first place. And if I couldn’t understand it then I know they certainly can’t understand. And I’m done trying. I’m tired of explaining to people who would never be affected by such a bill how it haunts me and once again makes me feel different; less than.

My life is probably more than half over anyway. This is for our children. I refuse to fight so that when I’m 80 I can have my picture taken for the local paper because it’s such an honor that they finally passed some ridiculous bill of rights that I should have had all along. Nope. I’m done fighting. And to me, that is freedom. It is obvious that my word is not important anyway. It is obvious that my life does not matter to those voting in fear, hiding behind religious freedoms that do not specifically affect their personal lives. The best that I can do is step away.

In situations like today, I think a lot about my mother and the lessons she taught me that made her such an amazing role model. Respect for family values and a strong commitment to be a person of character have the led the life I’ve tried to live, as seen in through the actions of both of my parents.

In knowing that, I will move forward with those five lessons in place, knowing that I can’t change the circumstances, I can only change myself. Treat others the way I would want to be treated, love compassionately and passionately, forgive easily, refuse to be the victim of other people’s oppression and live as if I’m on borrowed time as it is, because I am.

And in the end, the truest conditions of my heart, those softest words and wishes that are only whispered between myself and my God, are what will matter most.

This is how I will be expressing my religious freedom.

Much love,

Peter

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Vote Affirms Rights of All United Nations Employees

An attempt by Russia to deny benefits to same-sex partners of United Nations (UN) staff has been pushed back in an overwhelming vote affirming the right of the UN to set its own internal policies.
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