Some Links On The DOMA Ruling

Here's a few stories from today on the death of DOMA.

Atheist Reactions:

Atheists Celebrate Supreme Court Decisions on Marriage Equality (via @StillRichEnough)

What Secular Groups Are Saying About the Supreme Court Rulings (via @hemantmehta)

Impact:

Minutes After Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA, Immigration Judge Stops Deportation Of Married Gay Man (via @ChrisDStedman)

On Gay Marriage In Churches, Stances Vary Among Religions, Clergy, Members (via @HuffPostRelig)

Supreme Court ruling sets up new wave of gay marriage battles (via Perri)

On Right Wing Reactions:

The Five Craziest Reactions To The Marriage Equality Rulings (via Aaron & Science and Skepticism)

Westboro Baptist Church Freaks Over DOMA Ruling, Claims Hell Is Near (via Angie)

Religious leaders see tragedy and justice in Supreme Court gay marriage decisions (via @kathsstewart)

DOMA and Prop 8 are history. Tony Perkins is a sad panda. (via @jteberhard)

Head Of 'American Family Association' Says It's Now Inevitable That You Will Have Sex With Your Horse (via @BryanJFischer)

Sunday Morning Shares - 05-26-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  It's a day later than normal, but I suspect that didn't traumatize anyone.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

(via @mashable)

(via No Hope For the Human Race)

(via I Must Geek Out)

Has Photoshop Gone Too Far? (via Zach)

10 Life Lessons from Calvin & Hobbes (via Sarah & Ivy)

(via Ivy & The Dangers of Baby Training)

(via @mashable)

(via @mashable)

Religion Stuff:

‘I’m Actually An Atheist’ Shirts Being Sold to Help Out Atheist Who Spoke to Wolf Blitzer (via @hemantmehta)

The abusive theology of “deserved” tragedy… (via New York City Atheists)

(via Atheist Mingle)

Gay Stuff:

Kids in the Hall Alum Scott Thompson on Hannibal and Why Being Gay Is Now Boring (via Kids in the Hall)

Political Stuff:

Maddow: Real Benghazi scandal is how media got played by GOP ‘sources’ (via Ken)

Pope blames tyranny of capitalism for making people miserable

(via @GoAngelo)

Ron Lindsay & Women in Secularism 2:

An Open Letter to Ron Lindsay

An Open Letter to the Center for Inquiry

The Silencing of Men

Tone Policing Only Goes One Way (via Vyckie)

Statement of Objection to Center for Inquiry CEO Ron Lindsay's Actions Regarding Feminism

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (05/23/2013)

Asshole Of The Week:

I'm not worried about my son becoming gay. I'm worried about him living in a society that doesn't recognize it as a sin.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 23, 2013

Reddit Porn:

(via /r/MilitaryPorn)

Saturday Morning Shares - 05-18-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

To Abercrombie and Fitch: My weight was never my worth (via /r/BodyAcceptance/)

'Star Wars Kid' Blasts Bullies, Jedi Knights Defend Him (via @mashable)

20 Animals So Ugly They're Cute (via @mashable)

Sylvia Browne's Failed Amanda Berry Prediction Returns To Haunt Her

Dialect Map Of U.S. Shows How Americans Speak By Region (IMAGE) (via Jennifer)

Photograph shows a lion, tiger, and bear that live together in the same enclosure at an animal sanctuary (via @snopes)

Mark Twain Captured on Film by Thomas Edison in 1909. It’s the Only Known Footage of the Author. (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Science!:

Google Timelapse Shows How Earth Has Changed in 28 Years (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Religion Stuff:

Butthurt Christians Oppressed By Sports Thing That Never Happened (via Becky)

The Myth of Christian Persecution (via /r/Freethought/)

Daddy, Daughter Discuss God (Again); More Cuteness Ensues (via /r/Freethought/)

(via Occupy Bacon)

9 Questions That Atheists Might Find Insulting (And the Answers) (via Sarah)

Atheists to Accept Georgia Governor’s Offer by Sending Atheist Books to State Parks

Pat Robertson marriage counseling: men sometimes cheat – go make the house nice. (via @jteberhard)

Gay Stuff:

George Takei Responds To "Traditional" Marriage Fans (via George Takei)

"Where were you when it mattered?" (via @hemantmehta)

'Geography of Hate' Maps Racist, Homophobic, Ableist Tweets (via @mashable)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (05/16/2013)

Asshole Of The Week:

Scandalous Hat TrickMr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas. Today in... fb.me/zAZryzjj
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) May 17, 2013

Because:

(via Reaganomics , Raping America since 1981)

Space Porn:

(via /r/spaceporn/)

Saturday Morning Shares - 05-11-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

(via +Wil Wheaton)

(via @mashable)

Has the internet killed the Loch Ness monster? (via @SkeptInquiry)

15 Pop-Culture Realizations That Will Blow Your Mind

Science!:

Terrifying images from the microscope (16 pictures) (via Science-fact)

Religion Stuff:

(via +Jeff Schneider)

(via Godless Heathens of America)

Why Are Christian Homeschooling Parents Pushing to Expose Their Children to Evolution? (via @hemantmehta)

Elizabeth Smart Speaks Out Against Abstinence Only Education, Mormon Upbringing (via /r/exmormon/)

(via Apostacon)

Political Stuff:

(via Daily Kos)

Getting the Freedom to Die (via American Humanist Association)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (05/09/2013)

Asshole Of The Week:

26,000 unreported sexual assults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2013

Space Porn:

(via /r/spaceporn/)

Saturday Morning Shares - 05-04-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

Become an 'Iron Man' Expert in 30 GIFs (via @mashable)

Based on the nature of their character, which Muppet would have the highest probable factor of successfully assassinating Hitler? (via @hemantmehta)

23 Ubelievable Places (via Sarah)

Religion Stuff:

The Best Ricky Gervais Atheist Tweets (via Sarah)

Space Porn:

(via /r/spaceporn)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (05/02/2013)

Saturday Morning Shares - 04-27-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

8-Bit Socks Bring the '90s to Your Wardrobe (via @mashable)

(via @mashable)

Hear 15 Classic Songs Remixed With Mario's Help (via @mashable)

(via @thinkgeek)

The First Ever Email, the First Tweet, and 10 Other Famous Internet Firsts (via @Alyssa_Milano)

100 Ideas That Changed Film (via @Alyssa_Milano)

8 Ways to Recycle Your Old Smartphone (via @mashable)

Reddit Blacks Out Some Comments to Protest CISPA (via @mashable)

Science!:

Here's what the Big Bang probably sounded like (via @GoAngelo)

Today in Geek History: In 1990, @nasa launched Hubble aboard STS-31. 3 years later, it saw clearly: twitpic.com/cllvuh
— thinkgeek (@thinkgeek) April 24, 2013

Religion Stuff:

(via @ASHlmThtAtheist)

(via @PumaBare)

(via Progressive Secular Humanist Examiner)

Conspiracy Theory Stuff:

The Conspiracy Theory Flowchart "THEY" Don't Want You To See (via @hemantmehta)

Why people believe in conspiracy theories (via Doris)

Why Boston Marathon Bombings Ignited Conspiracies (via @SkeptInquiry)

Bangladesh:

Bangladesh Atheist Bloggers Are Getting Censored and Threatened (Friendly Atheist)

Protest the injustices against atheists in Bangladesh. (WWJTD)

Bangladesh censorship: gotta stop militant atheists. (WWJTD)

‘Hang atheist bloggers’: Bangladeshi Muslims call for execution of blasphemers (PHOTOS) (RT)

Bangladeshi clerics fight atheist bloggers (Al Jazeera)

Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh (Center for Inquiry)

Join us in New York City on Thursday for #DefendDissent: A Protest to Support Free Expression in Bangladesh (American Atheists)

Tweet Of The Week:

When he started to say what separates Hitler from Mother Teresa, I really wanted to say a mustache. #reasonfest
— Rachal Davidson (@Rachalsaurusrex) April 21, 2013

Asshole Of The Week:

Who's giving the order? Who has the guts to take responsibility for this nonsense? fb.me/PYSD8rfe
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) April 23, 2013

Saturday Morning Shares - 04-20-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

(via @mashable)

(via @mashable)

Why Do We Love Cats So Much? [INFOGRAPHIC] (via @mashable)

Arrested Development On Vinyl (via @MattersofGrey)

(via @mashable)

Why The Mantis Shrimp Is My New Favorite Animal

The NYPD's Taunting Thieves with iPads and Purses Full of Cash (via Aaron)

The 50 Most Perfectly Timed Photos Ever (via Sarah)

20 Gentle Quotations from Mister Rogers (via @Alyssa_Milano)


How to Get Along with an Introvert

Science!:

Belief in Angry God Associated with Poor Mental Health (via Atheism Resource)

Ancient creature mixed human, apelike traits

Political Stuff:

Here Are The Twitter Handles Of The Senators Who Voted No On Background Checks Bill (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Religion Stuff:

An Atheist Mission Trip… Without the Proselytizing (via @hemantmehta)

15 Unintentionally Sexual Church Signs (via Mommy Has A Potty Mouth)

Gay Stuff:

How to Respond to the Anti-Gay ‘Day of Dialogue’ (via @hemantmehta)

Macklemore is pretty awesome – almost as awesome as coming out of the closet. (via @jteberhard)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (04/18/2013)

More On Boston

The Boston Marathon Bombing have sparked an incredible amount of stories.  If you're so inclined to read any of it, I've compiled a few of them below.  Observant readers may notice that great sources for information are @Mashable, @Alyssa_Milano, and Reddit.

My Previous Posts On This Topic:

About Today's Bombings

Young Turks On Reacting To Tragedy

Help For Victims & Their Loved Ones:

Register here to find loved ones. (via @MattersofGrey)

Immediate Aftermath:

Boston Blast: Man Knocked Over By Explosion, Got Up, Finished Race (via @nprnews)

Police Tweet Request for Video From Boston Marathon After Blast (via @mashable)

Obama Addresses the Nation Following Boston Blasts (via @mashable)

Aftermath of Boston Marathon Bombing: How Do Terrorists Use Improvised Explosive Devices? (via @sciam)

Inspiration And Stuff:

(via @Alyssa_Milano)

Did Mr. Rogers say that his mother responded to scary news by telling him, "Look for the helpers"? (via @snopes)

"This could help restore your faith in humanity after yesterday: http://bostonmarathonconspiracy.com/" (via HuffPost Politics)

Chicago Tribune Sports Section Expresses Solidarity With Boston After Marathon Bombings (PHOTO) (via @Alyssa_Milano)

10 Powerful Images of NYC Showing Its Love for Boston (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Boston Marathon Tragedy Met With Unbelievable Acts Of Kindness (via @Alyssa_Milano)

The Internet Offers Pizza to Displaced Boston Marathoners (via @mashable)

Boston Marathon Volunteer Who Helped Injured Shares Story on Reddit (via @mashable)

Official Responses:

American Humanist Association (via @hemantmehta)

American Atheists (via @hemantmehta)

On How To Deal With It:

Boston Marathon bombings: How to talk to your kids about tragedy (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Boston Marathon Explosions: How You Can Help (via Reddit)

Atheists Giving Aid - Boston Marathon Tragedy (via @OmahaCoR)

General:

Less Than Four Hours After Boston Bombings, There’s a Theory For Whatever You Want

The Boston bombing produces familiar and revealing reactions (via The Wrong Stuff)

Twitter Mentions of 'Boston' Increased 20,000% (via @mashable)

Rumors and conspiracy theories associated with the Boston Marathon bombing (via @snopes)

5 viral stories about Boston attacks that aren't true (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Atheist Groups Team Up to Fundraise for Boston Bombing Victims and Their Families (via @hemantmehta)

Our Values Must Unite Us After Tragedy in Boston (via @HuffPostRelig)

Other Compilations Of Links:

Live Update Thread On Reddit (via @mashable)

Live Update Thread #2 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #3 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #4 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #5 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #6 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #7 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #8 On Reddit

Live Update Thread #9 On Reddit

Summary Of Events On Reddit

Crazy People Reacted Too:

Alex Jones On Boston Blasts: U.S. Gov't Is "Prime Suspect"

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Saturday Morning Shares - 04-13-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

What's in a Nickname? The Origins of All 30 MLB Team Names (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Kermit the Frog's Kickass Vacation in 15 Epic Photos (via @mashable)

Science!:

'The Dumbest Generation' by Mark Bauerlein

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things (via Reddit)

Religion Stuff:

Atheists plan large national convention in Utah next Easter weekend

Logs reveal someone in Vatican is illegally downloading porn

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (04/11/2013)

Asshole Of The Week:

Apparently MSNBC doesn't think your children belong to you. Unflippingbelievable. youtu.be/Oa9temz_Cxw
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) April 7, 2013

Funniness:

(via @thinkgeek)

Saturday Morning Shares - 04-06-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please feel free to add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

New 'GTA V' Screens Show Extreme Action and a Beautiful Game World (via @mashable)

24 Things You Didn't Know About Beer (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Science!:

Major study finds no link between vaccines and autism

(via @hemantmehta)

(via @hemantmehta)

Gay Stuff:

Marriage Equality: 18 Creative Red Facebook Pics (via @mashable)

God Condemns Same-Sex Marriage? Really? (via @HuffPostRelig)

Religion Stuff:

Teresa MacBain, a Pastor-Turned-Atheist, Celebrates Her One Year ‘Coming Out’ Anniversary (via @hemantmehta)

(via @mikecannytalk)

I’m now a target for believers (via @PatheosAtheist)

The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense (via @hemantmehta)

(via God of the week)

(

(via New York City Atheists)

(via @jteberhard & @hemantmehta)

Painting of Jesus comes down in Jackson school (via United Atheists of America)

"Islamaphobia":

Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens: New Atheists flirt with Islamophobia (via @mxoom)

Criticism of Islam Is Not ‘Islamophobia’ (via @hemantmehta)

The Open Letter & Some Responses:

An Open Letter to the Secular Community

Why the American Secular Census didn't sign 'An Open Letter to the Secular Community'

A Response to "An Open Letter to the Secular Community"

#AACon13 (American Atheists Convention 2013:

Salas: Bringing people of all faiths — and no faith — together (via @exploregod)

American Atheists Convention 2013 recap: Friday (via @RussellGlasser)

American Atheists Convention 2013 recap: Saturday (via @RussellGlasser)

American Atheists Convention 2013 recap: Sunday morning (via @RussellGlasser)

American Atheists Convention 2013 recap: Sunday evening (via @RussellGlasser)

Reflections on #AAcon13 (via @DaylightAtheism)

(via @RussellGlasser)

(via @ShamarHawkins)

Preacher or Parodist? Jerry DeWitt’s Inspired Self-Deconstruction and Self-Affirmation (via @jerry_dewitt)

Back from American Atheist convention and other things. (via @SkeptimusPrime)

American Atheists Conference (via @hemantmehta)

Roger Ebert:

I do not fear death

The ‘Roger Ebert is in Heaven’ Cartoons Are Coming… (via @hemantmehta)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (04/04/2013)

Asshole Of The Week:

(via @jteberhard)

Saturday Morning Shares - 03-30-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please feel free to add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

5 Alternatives to Unfriending Someone on Facebook (via @mashable)

Top NewsMax headlines. For those thinking NewMax reports news, you'd be wrong. It's all conservative BS twitpic.com/cdqyfx
— Clay Skot (@ClaySkot) March 23, 2013

Tea Partiers boycotting FOX News for being too leftist. (via @jteberhard)

(via George Takei)

Science!:

Gay Stuff:

GLAAD to Fox News: You're on Thin Ice (via The Advocate magazine)

(via Americans Against the Tea Party)

Religion Stuff:

(via Steven Olsen)

‘Militant Atheism’ Isn’t a Religion; It’s an Oxymoron (via @hemantmehta)

Creationist offers $10,000 to anyone willing to challenge literal interpretation of Genesis in court (via Bob)

How Skeptics Can Break the Cycle of False Beliefs (via Becky)

(via @hemantmehta)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (03/28/2013)

Asshole Of The Week:

Once you redefine marriage - who's to say you can't redefine it again - and again - and again? "Do you Fluffy take this human..."
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 26, 2013

Funniness:

Is it ok to ask a very pregnant librarian if she's overdue?
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) March 25, 2013

Saturday Morning Shares - 03-23-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Most were also shared on this Facebook page or retweeted.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Random Stuff:

(via George Takei)

Science!:

There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written (via Sarah)

Two ships passing in the night: neuroscience and social media (via @Alyssa_Milano)

Shorter-winged swallows evolve around highways (via Mark)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (03/21/2013)

Religion Stuff:

The High School Performing a Play About ‘Adam and Steve’ Isn’t Being Anti-Christian (via @hemantmehta)

(via Atheism)

Cardinal asserts that child raping priests shouldn’t be punished. (via @jteberhard)

Frans de Waal's Bottom-Up Morality: We're Not Good Because Of God (via Omaha Coalition of Reason)

(via @tsh1118)

An Increasing Number of Atheist and Agnostic Alcoholics Anonymous Groups Are Altering the Twelve Steps (via @hemantmehta)

Digital Bible Reaches 100 Million Listeners (via @mashable)

Atheist Student Questioned By Police For Being an Atheist (via Kansas City Atheist Coalition (KCAC))

Expert: Gay Rights Opponents Misrepresenting Religious Liberty

(via @jteberhard)

ACT NOW:  Tell your Senators not to use your taxpayer money to fund religious schools! (via @OmahaCoR)

Pope Stuff:

Geography of the Conclave: Where Do the Cardinals Come From? (via @ZacharyNelson)

(via Rational Hub)

Asshole Of The Week:

Saturday Morning Shares - 03-16-2013

Here's the links & tweets to share from the last week.  Please add any fun or informative stories I missed in the comments.

Not At All About Religion:

Meet the woman with the world’s strongest VAGINA (via Todd N Tyler Radio Empire)

designed-for-life: Invisible Farm (via @ZacharyNelson)

Seals Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans (via @mashable)

R2-D2 Papercraft  (via @MattersofGrey)

(via @thinkgeek)

Don't Be Offended. Seriously, Don't. (via @SethMacFarlane)

Secular Coalition of America's Weekly Update:

National Secular Movement Update Call (03/14/2013)

About Religion:

Young, Sick and Invisible: A Skeptic's Journey With Chronic Illness (via @jteberhard)

Humanist Essay Contest (via @Teresamacbain)

(Thanks to Kevin, fellow fan of Atheist Experience & Non-Prophets)

(via @hemantmehta)

My father, the hate preacher: Nate Phelps on escaping Westboro Baptist Church (via @OuRR_World)

Petition Interdiction: Tenn. Legislator Seeks To Make It A Crime To Protest Church-State Violations

CIA Director takes his oath of office the right way. (via @jteberhard)

Last Year, Atheists Raised $430,000 for Cancer Research; Let’s Do Even Better This Year (via @hemantmehta)

Next Week Is ‘A’ Week (via Omaha Atheists)

Pope Stuff:

Who Is Pope Francis? (via @hemantmehta)

New Pope, Same Old Homophobia (via @hemantmehta)

Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires Rages Against Abortion “Death Sentence” (via @hemantmehta)

All Of These Pope Twitter And Facebook Accounts Are Fake  (via @Alyssa_Milano)

What a New Pope Means for Atheists (via @hemantmehta)

Pope Francis in 92 Seconds (via @mashable)

(via Satan, thanks to Sarah for sharing)

Asshole Of The Week: