Thursday’s Godbytes

Welcome back to Godbytes! Yes, we know you missed us yesterday. Alas, although the internet never sleeps, sometimes we do. First up, America Magazine’s “In All Things Blog” noticed that comedian and part-time Sunday School teacher (true story) Stephen Colbert jumped on the “It Gets Better” bandwagon: Colbert, who rarely speaks out of character, gets […]

Welcome back to Godbytes! Yes, we know you missed us yesterday. Alas, although the internet never sleeps, sometimes we do.

First up, America Magazine’s “In All Things Blog” noticed that comedian and part-time Sunday School teacher (true story) Stephen Colbert jumped on the “It Gets Better” bandwagon:

Colbert, who rarely speaks out of character, gets serious for a few minutes in this video. He addresses the bullying of gay teens, but also the power of language and the ways that bullies lose that power once victims refuse to acknowledge the hurtful words.

Meanwhile, the never-snarky folks over at Gawker gave their completely neutral take on the “barbarian glittermob” that reportedly stormed Marcus Bachmann’s (Michelle Bachmann’s husband) clinic after he made some controversial comments:


The uncontrollable band of gay political glitterbombers that have been destroying the very fabric of good, American manners have pulled off their most daring feat yet: glitterbombing the reparative therapy clinic of famous Dr. Marcus “Pray the Gay Away” Bachmann. En masse, and in costumes!

Relevant Magazine trotted out a piece on the ethical implications of what they’re calling “The Friends with Benefits Epidemic.” Surprisingly, they say nothing about how the epidemic of Justin Timberlake’s acting that is truly affecting us all:

Friendships and sex have been around since the beginning of time, but it’s our generation that puts them into the same phrase-and the same bedroom. From high school hallways to movie theater screens, “friends with benefits” is sold to us as a new combination as simple, acceptable and wonderful as mac-and-cheese.

In political news, Politico’s “On Congress” blog noted that a Dem congressman Rep. Michael Honda is catching some heat for comparing an email to book-burning:

A Democratic congressman compared Rep. Allen West’s now-infamous e-mail tirade sent to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to the words of a fringe pastor in Florida best known for torching a copy of the Quran.

And speaking of politicians calling each other out, Huffington Post Religion looks at how Rep. Keith Ellison is calling Herman Cain a ‘religious bigot’ for recent comments about Muslims:

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, said in a recent interview with Salon that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s controversial comments about Islam are ugly, inflammatory and bigoted.

Still no word on how Keith feels about Cain’s pizza.

And Thursday’s Tweet of the Day comes from Megapastor Rick Warren (that’s two in two weeks!), for exposing the world to the kind of wisdom that made him famous:

@RickWarren – A bird in the hand…leaves poo on your fingers.

That’s it for now! Remember to follow @religionnewsnow!

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