What can make a cynical political activist proud to be an American? Porn and guns of course!
From AVN:
Unholy Lust
“The Bible tells us Adam and Eve resided in the most perfect paradise - until sexuality got in the way. In addition to forever branding snakes as vile, contemptuous villains, misreading the biblical creation allegory also does one other thing exceptionally well. It leaves believers with the unshakable notion that nudity - and by implication, sex - is bad, wrong, dirty and something people should engage in only for procreation, not recreation.”
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“The church has an illustrious history of blaming man’s headlong rush into the fiery pit on some outside force that must be eliminated. In the Dark Ages, the target was pagans, idol worshippers who contributed nothing to the church’s growing coffers.”
While not a mind blowing article I still found it an interesting read. As a Pagan I always appreciate when people make note of why the Church turned against us “heathens”. I’ll admit I’m a sucker for religious porn and will especially take good nun porn any day.
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A victory went down recently for the 2nd Amendment that I totally forgot to blog about.
From CBS:
Supreme Court Shoots Down D.C. Gun Ban
“The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact. ”
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“Gun rights supporters hailed the decision. “I consider this the opening salvo in a step-by-step process of providing relief for law-abiding Americans everywhere that have been deprived of this freedom,” said Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association. ”
The text of the District of Columbia Et Al. v. Heller case can be read here.
I may be a hippie peace activist but I love my guns too.