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This Week In Holy Crimes

Courtesy JoeMyGod.com Over the last seven days…. Indiana: Father Byron Canada sentenced to 11 years in prison in $2.7M real estate scam. Arkansas: Pastor Robert Burnham resigns after bust in prostitution sting. Indiana: Pastor Vaughn Reeves sentenced to 54 years in prison for embezzling over $13M from church construction investors. New York: Rabbi Victor Koltun […]

LGBT Kids Face Harsher Punishments in Schools

On top of all the recent attention on the bullying LGBT kids face every day in school, a recent study has found that LGBT students receive harsher punishments in school than their heterosexual counterparts.   The report states… Non heterosexual youth suffer disproportionate educational and criminal-justice punishments that are not explained by greater engagement in

OUT 100 – Andrew McIntosh Makes The List

Andrew McIntosh, who spoke this year in Fresno about his coming out experience as a college athlete, has made it onto OUT Magazine’s "Out 100" list for 2010… Welcome to the Out 100 List for 2010 The theme of the 2010 Out 100 portfolio is “celebration.” In a year marked by battles won and lost,

Study Finds No Abuse In Lesbian Families

Although it’s a small group, composed of 78 children raised in homes with two lesbian parents, the Williams Institute has found that within their study over the last 24 years, there has been ZERO physical or sexual abuse among the children.   Within the regular population, 26 percent of American adolescents report physical abuse and

Another Teen Suicide

There seems to be no end. In a society purporting to be more advanced, more forward thinking, even in the face of restricted civil rights for millions of Americans, stories of suicide keep coming… Over the weekend another teen suicide, resulting from bullying, has occurred. In Pennsylvania, freshman Brandon Bitner, 14, of Mount Pleasant Mills,

Shirvell Gets EXACTLY What He Deserves

Justice rears its head once in a while, as it has done now, in the case of Andrew Shirvell, the assistant state attorney general in Michigan. Shirvell was very deservedly fired on Monday. If you missed the bizarre story, Shirvell is infamous for the stalking and harassment of Chris Armstrong, a student at the University

Olbermann Goes Back To Work

  After an online signature campaign collected more than 250,000 signatures, it looks like Keith Olbermann is headed back to his MSNBC show starting Tuesday, November 8th. The entire incident stemmed from the revelation that Olbermann was suspended due to political contributions he made which were against the policy of the network. This, despite the

Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop Resigns

  Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, has announced that he will retire in 2013, a decision based on the threats he and his family have received since his consecration  as the first openly gay bishop in 2003. The strain on him and his family has reached a breaking point, and he can no longer accept the