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It's *not* okay to be gay: A tale from a Catholic school

When the Catholic Church intentionally teaches the young 'uns to become bigots, it becomes a little harder to take their please for "religious freedom" seriously.

Toughest Place to Be

Two different people, two different lives in two different parts of the world… but having the same job and same family background. Yet for all the similarities their lives may have, these two people are about to realize just how different a hand fate has dealt them. This is part of BBC's "Toughest Place to Be" series...

Review: Next to Normal

Next to Normal is the Tony-Award winning stage musical about a family trying to cope with the ups and downs of having a loved one in the throes of mental illness. It mixes equal parts of pathos and dark comedy to narrate the tragedy of losing someone you love little by little until the familiar is all but replaced by the unrecognizable.

Empathy is Passé

Frightening news, in itself. And I didn't even have to see a glimpse of GMA-7 News' sensationalist coverage of it to freak me out. A couple more minutes on that channel would drive me nuts. A friend of mine is suggesting I should be embarrassed to admit trying to empathize with crisis victims. That is another emotion I am very much accustomed to. Just as well, I admit to be friends with him despite his solemn respect for Deepak Chopra.

On Infrasound and the Supernatural

Considering the suspected link between religious experience and conditions affecting the temporal lobe - an area of the brain with an important role in regulating hearing - I would like to be so bold as to suggest that maybe finding out the truths about our universe has more to do with listening than it does with looking.

CBCP Backtracks on Calling Gays "Homos"

What was revealing about the CBCP's whitewashing of its continuing history of homophobia was that when the article was first published, they called on "homos to come out." The article was later revised with the more politically-correct headline of "Bishops urge homosexuals not to be afraid."

Catholic Wolf in Secular Sheep’s Clothing

Last February 16, 2011, the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee passed the RH Bill. Now that it has passed through yet...

Career Day at St. Iguana Elementary School

What do I do? You’re asking me what I do? Seriously? It’s funny you should ask, because honestly, if you have...

I did not choose to stop believing

But I can't stop my mind from thinking That I can't believe in just a guess

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