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InterVarsity USA Issues Policy that Purges Gay-Affirming Leaders from Its Staff
TIME Magazine broke a story last Thursday about InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA clarifying it's beliefs on human sexuality. Basically, they clarified that their staff will be fired or asked to...
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Pat Robertson: I Miss the Days When Christian Students Could Sue Colleges for...
In light of yesterday's post about InterVarsity USA initiating their purge of staff members who affirm LGBT people, I was frustrated to see this morning's Bring It On segment of "The 700 Club." The...
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40 Religious Authors Sign Off on Open Letter Challenging InterVarsity's...
I wrote earlier this week about InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA initiating a purge of staff members who affirm LGBT people. In response, 40 authors have issued an open letter pushing back against...
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Gay Christian Network Speaks Out Against the InterVarsity USA's Anti-Gay Purge
I've got one more post in me this week about InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA's purge of staff for having private gay-affirming beliefs. No more this week after this. (I promise!!)The Gay...
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Scrappy Goes Vertical in SCOOY APOCALYPSE #6!
I continue to pick up issues of SCOOBY APOCALYPSE. In case you forgot, this comic book is part of DC Comics' effort to re-imagine the various Hanna-Barbera properties. In this title, Scooby and the...
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Like Adult Coloring Books? Tired of This Election? Get Your Copy of DONALD VS...
Speaking of adult coloring books, I recently pledged to a Kickstarter campaign. It was an adult coloring book featuring Paul Kupperberg and Cliff Mott titled DONALD VS HILLARY 2016 COMMEMORATIVE...
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R.I.P. Calliope Jane
I've been pretty busy these past couple of weeks with family life transitions. An older gentleman whose cares I'd assisted with over the past three years died after a lengthy illness. Then one of my...
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Marvel Comics to Publish New ICEMAN Series in Spring 2017!
The news broke earlier today that Marvel Comics will be publishing a new ICEMAN series, starting in Spring 2017. We don't know which Iceman. We don't know the creative team. And we don't know the pitch...
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Oelwein, IA: Facebook Post of Off-Duty Cop Mooning a "Clinton/Kaine" Sign...
There's this debate happening online and in parts of Iowa involving a reserve police officer and a crude Facebook post involving a Hillary Clinton campaign sign, a gun, and a full moon.Oelwein Reserve...
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Marvel Comics to Publish New GENERATION X Series in Spring 2017!
Marvel Comics has been announcing several new x-titles for Spring 2017 as part of this new "ResurrXion" label, including ICEMAN, WEAPON-X, and JEAN GREY. I was pretty excited (and a bit curious) about...
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Cyclops Declares War on the Inhumans in DEATH OF X #2! (I've Got a Theory...
I'm two issues into DEATH OF X. This is the 4-issue mini-series that took us readers back to the day that the X-Men realized that the Terrigan Mists are toxic to mutants. Jamie Madrox was supposedly...
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Anti-Gay Bully Trolls Dan Parent's "Spirit Day" Message
It's Spirit Day today. (Actually, it was yesterday). But I was reminded of it today. Spirit Day is an annual bullying awareness day, with it's emphasis on LGBTQ teens. People are encouraged to wear...
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Birth of a BFF! Veronica & Betty Finally Bond in ARCHIE #12!
It's no secret that I'm chronically behind on many of my comics. I just sat down and read ARCHIE #12 from start to finish. The election is over. Hiram Lodge isn't the mayor of Riverdale -- much to his...
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Iowa City Earns 100 out of 100 on the 2016 Human Rights Campaign Municipal...
I have written more than once about Iowa City's Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index scores (90/100 in 2013, 100/100 in 2014, and 100/100 in 2015). This year, the HRC looked at 506 cities...
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Cheryl Blossom Makes Her New Riverdale Debut!
I read my copy of ARCHIE #13 and I have to say that I really like the new artist!! It's Joe Eisma and he does a great job of transitioning to this new phase in the book!Veronica got shipped off to a...
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British Fest 2017's Main Guest Announced: Actor Terry Molloy!
I've shared my enjoyable experiences at British Fest over that past three years (here, here, and here). I even put together two panels on "Survivors" and "Midsomer Murders" this past summer. The fourth...
View ArticleIowa's Culture Warriors Leading Fight to Fire Supreme Court Justices Over...
There's an article in the Iowa City Press-Citizen today pointing out that social and religious conservatives are still doing their best to punish Iowa's Supreme Court Justices for striking down the...
View ArticleDes Moines, IA: Conservative Church Files Preemptive Lawsuit Against the Iowa...
(Originally written on 07/05/16): Fort Des Moines Church of Christ filed a lawsuit against the Iowa Civil Rights Commission yesterday. It's all about trans people and bathrooms:A conservative church in...
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Chevy the Trouble-Maker
I posted a pic of my new dog Chevy on Facebook earlier today and someone noted that he looks pretty angelic. I noted that he's really a trouble-maker, which resulted in a bunch of push-back from my FB...
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Waterloo, IA: Home of Political Candidate Spray-Painted with Anti-Gay Graffiti
This is actually a few days old, but thought I might as well write up a few posts about the election cycle here in Iowa. So there's this candidate for the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors named...
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