My Zen Arcade

Lets summarize first.

Rick Warren is anti-gay.
Dr Warren said that homosexuality is not a natural way of life and thus not a human right. “We shall not tolerate this aspect at all,” Dr Warren said.

Rick Warren is anti-woman (see #32) I don’t see how you can tell a woman to let a man beat her instead [...]

Daily Kos: Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother [Photos+Video]
Short Version: Palin claimed to be pregnant. At seven months, she made the announcement. No one had noticed a thing.Pictures even after that time show no signs of pregnancy.After much shenanigans, she ‘give birth’. But hey, look back over pictures of her 16 year old [...]

From StreetProphets
I don’t know what I find the most tragic aspect of this case to be.  That a child suffered and died a needless death.  That the parents of the child had such a narrow and distorted faith that their actions led to that death.  That those same parents now face charges and jail time [...]

Its OK, we killed our daughter because of our religion.  Shouldn’t we get a free pass?
A day before Madeline died, according to the criminal complaint, the father wrote an e-mail with the headline, “Help our daughter needs emergency prayer!!!!.” It said his daughter was “very weak and pale at the moment with hardly any strength.”
Fuck [...]

Of course.  Because we always think about the children.
On the plus side, it looks like the states are about the tell GW to go to hell.  It stuns me that an elected official would put restrictions on how states dole out healthcare.  Oh, right, don’t want to screw those big insurance companies that donate so [...]

Ahhh…the horrors never end.  I hadn’t heard about this one.
Short version: Parentsw believe crazy-ass shit and so they don’t do what parents are supposed to do and just let their child die because doing what they are supposed to do would conflict with their flavor of crazy.

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Well, the other 3 kids have been removed from the Neumann home during the investigation.  What keeps coming up is how there wasn’t any ‘intent’ on the parents part.  They honestly thought they were doing the right thing.
Parents who physically abuse their children often say the same.  ‘They had to learn a lesson’ or ‘my [...]

They called their church the night before
On the night before 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann died of complications from untreated diabetes, her parents did not call a doctor. Instead, Dale and Leilani Neumann prayed over the telephone Saturday with the founder of a religious Web site named americaslastdays.com
So lets make sure the record [...]

One Higher Power: Why does the media only cover when prayer goes wrong
Where is the ABC News report of the higher power saving my grandfather’s life from a diabetic episode based on a “hunch” – a “still, small voice” my uncle heard and heeded?
Well, first off, the media often does these kind of human [...]

Again, we take kids away from parents all the time. But if ‘god’ or ‘faith’ enter into it, they are untouchable.
Wisconsin’s faith-based healing law
Peters is referring to state statute 948.03(6), against failing to act to protect children from bodily harm. It contains an exemption for what it refers to as ” Treatment through prayer.” To [...]