3 insane actions from religiously insane men in 3 countries

[ensho]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8631775.stm

Iranian cleric blames quakes on promiscuous women

Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes, an Iranian cleric says.

"Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes," he explained.

Tens of thousands of people have died in Iran earthquakes in the last decade.

Mr Sediqi was delivering a televised sermon at the Tehran University campus mosque last Friday on the need for a "general repentance" by Iranians when he warned of a "prevalence of degeneracy".

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/mar/14/more-conservative-legislature-considers-evolution-/news-politics/


More conservative Legislature considers evolution bill (Florida)


As lawmakers wrestle with financial and policy challenges that could affect the quality of education in the state, one influential legislator is also hoping to change the way evolution is taught in Florida public schools.

Science education advocates are alarmed by a bill before the Legislature that they say could force teachers to challenge evolution at the expense of settled science.

Stephen Wise, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, has resurrected legislation he authored in 2009 that calls for a "thorough presentation and critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution." Wise's bill failed to pass in 2009.

The critical analysis approach originated at the Discovery Institute, a think tank that supports the teaching of intelligent design, which holds that evolution alone cannot explain life, which is so complex that it must have had a creator.

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israeli-rabbis-launch-initiative-to-marry-gay-men-to-lesbian-women-1.348465


Israeli rabbis launch initiative to marry gay men to lesbian women

So far, 11 marriages have been performed, and some were surprising successes.


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Harel said all his couples receive close support from a team of psychologists, marriage counselors and social workers. They also consult frequently with rabbis, including Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein of the Har Etzion Yeshiva, Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan Yaakov Ariel, and especially Rabbi Menachem Burstein, head of the Puah Institute, which specializes in halakhic solutions to fertility problems.

His 12th couple has just announced their engagement, Harel said, and he has a list of another 30 gays and 20 lesbians seeking matches. They don't deny their sexual identity, he stressed, but "they want to establish a home, whether for the sake of becoming parents or for the social recognition. A family isn't just sex and love. It's an instrumental partnership, though not just a technical one."

As a result, he and his colleagues have now decided to institutionalize the venture, including working with a well-known religious matchmaking organization.

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is this still 2011?

[niyad]

1. no, I am beginning to think this is 1011-- BC

[liberal N proud]

2. I knew one of them had to be a US Republican Governor

No shortage of supply of them either.

[LaurenG]

3. Israeli rabbis launch initiative to marry gay men to lesbian women???

WTF are they thinking/drinking/smoking. I'm appalled that a Rabbi would have no better insight than this. :crazy:

[pintobean]

4. The 1st one is from april 2010. Boobquake was the response.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boobquake

[LiberalEsto]

5. And what is the Phelps family saying about the quakes?

I'm sure they have their own quaint theories.