Posted on August 13th, 2012 by Staks
I follow a liberal Christian woman on YouTube named MJ and she recently posted a video about a blog post she wrote that got a lot of attention. I didn’t really know she had a blog, but now I do. The post was her criticism of what has been dubbed, “Mommy Porn” (totally not what […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, culture war, Progressive Christians, sex, sin | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 3rd, 2012 by Staks
Yesterday, I wrote an Examiner article responding to Jefferson Bethke’s latest video called “Sex, Marriage, and Fairytales.” Today, I still have more to say on the topic. I thought of making my own spoken word on the subject, but I would rather be more informative. First, I want to talk about sex before marriage. People […]
Filed under: culture war, family values, Love, sex, Valentines Day | 2 Comments »
Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Staks
As Halloween approaches, I always look forward to seeing adults dressing up in sexy costumes. Some people however, maintain the religious demonization of sexuality and label anyone who wears a scantily clad outfit a “slut.” They use this term to demean others who chose to express their sexuality publicly. I don’t consider myself to be […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Blasphemy, censorship, culture war, Halloween, sex | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Staks
Today is International Blasphemy Day! I love holidays like this. For one thing, I am a huge supporter of free speech and this is an opportunity to express free speech in a creative way that hopefully sends a powerful message to those who need it most. For this reason, I consider it among the most […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, church/state, culture war, family values, free speech, Law, Offensiveness, Political Activism, sex | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 17th, 2011 by Staks
On Thursday, Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned from the House of Representatives over some crotch photos he tweeted. Why did he resign? Well, it was a whole scandal. What was the big deal? Why was it a scandal? The way I see it, it is because religion has skewed our priorities as moral agents. Yeah, […]
Filed under: culture war, Evils of Christianity, family values, Politics, sex, twitter | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 29th, 2011 by Staks
Last night, I attended the Freethought Society’s monthly meeting. Our special guest was Jill McDevitt, who is a Sexologist and the owner of a “sex shop.” In other words, her store, Feminique Boutique sells lingerie, vibrators, and has sex positive lectures. I was working in West Chester, PA (where her store is located) when her […]
Filed under: atheism, culture war, family values, Religion, sex | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 30th, 2010 by Staks
So lately the media has been obsessed with the TSA’s body scanners and pat downs. I am pretty sure that the body scanners have been in use for months but have only filtered down to the news media’s attention recently. In any case, we don’t really need either the scanners or the pat down. It […]
Filed under: Authority, culture war, islam, Politics, sex | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 20th, 2010 by Staks
In this final installment of my response to Jeffrey T. Kuhner’s article “Why God is Great,” I want to talk about a few paragraphs within his article dealing with sexuality. In fact, I would like to even focus on Mr. Kuhner’s particular view of masturbation. First, I would like to give credit where credit is […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, Catholics, conversation, Religion, sex | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Staks
Yesterday was Boobquake and even though we don’t live in a Muslim nation and hopefully no one in America actually thinks boobs cause earthquakes, breasts are still considered dangerous. Yesterday facebook labeled at least some if not all of the boobquake photos indecent and pulled them from the site. For those who don’t know what […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, culture war, facebook, family values, islam, Religion, sex | 7 Comments »
Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Staks
Today’s blog needs a little back story. A few years ago when I was interested in working with progressive Christians on our shared goals, I read a book by progressive Christians and founder of Sojourners Magazine, Jim Wallis. After reading his book, God’s Politics, I realized that he wasn’t much better than the fundamentalists and […]
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Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Staks
There have been hundreds of thousands of reported cases of child sexual assault and child rape committed by leaders in the Catholic Church. In America, most towns and cities have ordinances which forbid “adult” themed stories and businesses from being within a certain distance from schools. Maybe there ought to be an ordinance restricting churches […]
Filed under: Catholics, culture war, Evils of Christianity, family values, Law, Political Activism, Religion, sex | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Staks
Over the weekend I watched a documentary titled: The Education of Shelby Knox. The documentary is about a teenaged girl’s attempt to bring comprehensive sex education to the fundamentalist controlled city of Lubbock, Texas. Shelby Knox is a Christian. Her whole family is Christian and the film portrays the city as being almost entirely fundamentalist […]
Filed under: church/state, culture war, education, Evils of Christianity, family values, Gay Issues, Religion, sex, Vague Higher Power | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Staks
As many people in the greater atheist community know, Angie the Anti-Theist has just gotten an abortion. She has been blogging and tweeting her experiences during the process. When I was younger, there was a short period of time in which I considered myself pro-life. But during my early college days I had more than […]
Filed under: abortion, culture war, family values, Parenting, responsibility, sex | 55 Comments »
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Staks
I am sure by now everyone is aware of the death of evangelical televangelist Oral Roberts. The man was a legend. He was considered by many to be the father of televangelism and the inspiration for Jerry Falwell and James Dobson. Last night I wrote my very polite and politically correct perspective on his death […]
Filed under: Current Events, Oral Roberts, Preaching, Religion, sex | No Comments »
Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Staks
One of the issues that I have always had with Christianity is that belief that human beings are inherently evil. This means that every time they speak to another human being, they think they are talking to an evil person. Now, I know that some people will claim that not all Christians see other people […]
Filed under: Evils of Christianity, morality, Religion, satan, sex | 7 Comments »
Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Staks
A very popular 11th grade English teacher was suspended last week because he handed out a short story by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. The story was called “Guts” and is a cautionary tale about teens experimenting with masturbation techniques. The story is pretty graphic and is full of strong imagery. Aside from the obvious […]
Filed under: education, Religion, sex | 8 Comments »
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by Staks
Recently the internet and media have been abuzz because yet another young hot Hollywood celebrity had naked photos leaked on the internets. Ashley Greene is best know for playing vampire Alice Cullen in the film Twilight and is set to reprise the role for the rest of the film franchise. While Miss Greene seems to […]
Filed under: Religion, sex | 9 Comments »
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by Staks
Fundamentalist Christians love to talk about how homosexual behavior is an “abomination.” They are always talking about how God loves everyone, but hates that gay people engage in gayness. It is the whole “love the sinner, hate the sin” thing which just seems to look a lot like hating the sinner in most of these […]
Filed under: Gay Issues, Religion, sex, the bible | 15 Comments »
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Staks
Politicians should not make sex tapes. I think we need to add that to the Constitution or something. It appears that former presidential candidate John Edwards may have made a sex tape with his “videographer,” Rielle Hunter. I know she was supposed to video tape his every move and everything, but I think she might […]
Filed under: Current Events, Politics, sex | 20 Comments »
Posted on June 8th, 2009 by Staks
In modern society, the idea of the right to privacy is something that most Americans value. Liberals fight to keep government laws out of the bedroom and right wing groups are strongly support the idea of government non-interference. Whether someone is right or left, privacy seems to be a value that we all hold. So […]
Filed under: Religion, sex | 31 Comments »
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Staks
For a long time now, the Democratic Party Leadership has held the dogmatic view that they believe that “marriage should be between a man and a woman.” During the 2008 Presidential campaign every Democratic candidate echoed those words with the exception of the two long shot candidates Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel. While most people […]
Filed under: Gay Issues, Politics, Religion, sex | 28 Comments »
Posted on April 27th, 2009 by Staks
While American society today is in some ways overly sexual and sex obsessed, in other ways we are a very prudish and sexually repressed society. While the Porn industry is one of the few industries that is growing in this declining economy, it is still looked down upon and viewed in secret. Millions of Americans […]
Filed under: Religion, sex | 32 Comments »
Posted on April 24th, 2009 by Staks
It is a small victory for science and reason, but at least it is a step in the right direction. A Federal Judge has overturned the Religious Right driven restriction on Emergency Contraceptives. Under the Bush Administration, the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) restricted the purchase of the “Morning After Pill” to women eighteen years or […]
Filed under: Religion, sex | 23 Comments »
Posted on April 13th, 2009 by Staks
Last year when the whole Proposition 8 campaign was in full swing, all the fundamentalist religious groups raised record amounts of money. Just to give you an idea of what record amounts of money looks like, here are the top two fundamentalist groups: Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) – $278.7 MILLION Dollars Focus On The Family […]
Filed under: Decline of Religion, Gay Issues, Politics, Religion, sex | 18 Comments »
Posted on March 5th, 2009 by Staks
Today, the California Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in the Proposition 8 case with a decision set to come in 90 days. Back when I was in college, a gay friend of mine was putting on an educational program called “Homosexuality and Spirituality.” This was the second time that she was putting on […]
Filed under: Gay Issues, Politics, Religion, sex | 35 Comments »
Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Staks
Well, Valentines Day is approaching and I am starting to get a lot of e-mails claiming that love is magical and some how proof of God, so I thought I would talk a little about love and attraction. Love and attraction are actually more like a science and so I thought that the best way […]
Filed under: sex | 7 Comments »