Category Archives: religion

Rosaries, punishment, the usual stuff

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The recently announced electronic rosary pictured here appears to do just what it says on the packet. You press a button for each Hail Mary and receive a short but satisfying buzz. When you’ve totted up enough HMs, the buzz … Continue reading →

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Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925-2006

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Charles Lambert

An interesting article about Ian Hamilton Finlay in today’s Guardian. I’m not sure if his first — and, I think, only — collection of traditional, as opposed to concrete, poems is still available, but I thought it might be nice … Continue reading →

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Watch out! Relativism!

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Charles Lambert

As an example of sloppy thinking, the latest Vatican broadside would be hard to beat. According to King of Bling Benedict and his new mouthpiece, Bagnasco, opening the door to civil unions would let in, as an inevitable consequence, incest … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Christ gets licked

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Tasteful? Well, obviously not. Bannable? Apparently, yes. This statue of a hanging man made entirely out of chocolate and drawing on a familiar religious icon for its inspiration has attracted the ire of something called the Catholic League, a non-elected … Continue reading →

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Elton speaks out

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Threatened by homophobes in Tobago, Elton John has been saying some important things recently. You can find out more in this article from today’s Independent, but I’d like to draw your attention to this bit: Mr Hernandez has publicly accused … Continue reading →

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Love is all you need (and it’s free!)

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If you know of any priests, pastors, vicars, bishops, hey, even popes who need a little TLC, direct them to this site. They’ll never be able to thank you enough.

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Phylogenetic, ontogenetic… As long as our mothers love us

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Berlusconi totty, Mara Carfagna, ex showgirl transformed into member of parliament for the capo’s ‘political’ party,Forza Italia, announced a couple of days ago that gay couples couldn’t be considered families because they were ‘constitutionally sterile’. Tell that to a broody … Continue reading →

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Copernicus got it wrong…

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…according to Warren Chisum, the chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee. He has hard evidence of, you guessed it, a Jewish conspiracy to undermine the Old Testament by inventing the absurd notion that the earth goes round the sun. … Continue reading →

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A blacklist, or should that be lavender…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Thank you so much, Love God’s Way! What a helpful list this is if you feel like listening to a little gay-friendly music. There’s something for everyone, from the Scissor Sisters to Barry Manilow. Barry Manilow? My acknowledgements to popbitch … Continue reading →

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