Morning News 5/06/10

I don't know a Howard Hunt... Family Research Council's Tony Perkins isn't sure who George Rekers is. Here's some info on Rekers. ...and here's Stephen Colbert's take via Huffpo.

Rock, scissors, paper. Brits go to polls today.

Waaah! Cardinal Lavada's response to the church's systematic abuse and cover up is that the media is mean.

Mazeltov!  Nigeria has a new President.

FLUSH! European economy not doing so well. Rest of planet mulls joining them.

Woof. Massachusetts church to offer worship services for "well mannered, leashed" dogs. Isn't it the other kind of dog that really needs to go to church?

(UberChrist Canine via CafePress.)

Morning News 4/03/10

To paraphrase Bart Simpson: "Easter is a time when people of all faiths get together to worship Jesus Christ." Obama urges us all to come together in a "shared spirit of humanity."

Angels, I have a job for you: Actor John Forsythe shuffles off this mortal coil at age 92.

Paula Brooks over at Lez Get Real tells us that Gay rights protections in Salt Lake City are just the beginning of LGBTQ rights in Utah.

The Food police are determined to make Easter less fun, for your own good. A man who runs a string of weight loss camps for children insists that Easter isn't about candy. Good luck, fella.

(Marshmallow Peeps are a product of the Just Born Candy Company from Bethlehem Pennsylvania.)