It's Tough to Build a Mosque These Days

West Bloomfield, Michigan is described by the WSJ as a Detroit suburb that "leans Democratic and liberal" and "prides itself on its religious diversity." As long as you're not trying to build a mosque.
Fifty-seven percent of Republicans have an unfavorable view of Muslims, even though only 31 percent know a Muslim.
Many Faces, But One Big Monster: Some of Chick-Fil-A's Supporters
It is harrowing and unsettling that Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day was such a resounding success. Even before the reports, you could feel it via social media boasting.
Sarah Palin Went to Chick-fil-A Just To Let Everyone Know She Hates Gay People
On Friday, Sarah Palin tweeted/Facebooked a picture of herself and her husband in a Chick-fil-A looking so fucking happy. They're way happier than the oldest gay couple in America on their wedding day. Sarah and Todd are beaming hateful joy. It's really visceral.
Shut the Fuck Up Already, Kirk Cameron
Bigot in pilgrim's clothing Kirk Cameron is flapping his gums about marriage again, this time for the hilariously named Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance, a branch of NOM, which is an organization devoted to defaming gay people and treating them like they are subhuman, impossible of experiencing love and basic civil…
Music Teacher Has Job Offer from Cincinnati School Retracted After Admitting He Was Gay
The nondenominational Christian academy Cincinnati Hills is receiving some serious flak today for allegedly rescinding a job offer extended to music teacher Jonathan Zeng because he answered affirmatively when asked if he was gay.
John Derbyshire Comes Out of the 'White Supremacist' Closet
Avowed racist and aspiring butler John Derbyshire is back from literary exile. Fired from The National Review for failing to adequately veil his racism, the Derb has now taken up residence at VDARE, a hate group.
NC Pastor Who Told Congregants to Punch Their Effeminate Children Claims It's What Jesus Would Have Said
The North Carolina pastor who came under fire yesterday for telling his congregation to beat their male children if they exhibit effeminate behavior told a local TV station he was simply being hyperbolic like Jesus.
Chicken or the Gays: Make a Choice About Eating Chick-fil-A
If they gave a Pulitzer Prize for waffling, this piece from the Washington City Paper last week might have won it. In it, food editor Chris Shott spends several hundred words pondering whether a person who is not a homophobe can in good conscience eat at Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based fast-food chain and purveyor of …
My Kasual Kountry Weekend With the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
From the outskirts of Harrison, Ark., take Highway 7 North about seven miles. Take a right by the Conoco, down Zinc Road, past the green cow pastures and the farmhouses and four low-slung churches. After seven miles, the road appears to head straight into a wall of trees, before veering left and plunging down a long…
The Virtues of Being Bullied
Lee Hirsch's much-discussed film, Bully, is a great document of this moment in anti-bullying discourse. It reiterates what the compassionate know and the apathetic need to hear: bullying is bad and kids are killing themselves in response.
Make Your Own Racist Newsletter with Our Magnetic Ron Paul Kit
Energized by The New Republic's new excerpts from the racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic conspiracy newsletter published (though not specifically authored) by Ron Paul in the early 1990s? Disappointed that they're no longer being published? Unable to hire Lew Rockwell to write most of it for you? Fret not, alternate…
Hey 'Ching' and 'Chong,' Your Chick-fil-A Is Ready
Well, this won't help Chick-fil-A appear any less bigoted: A Tumblrer d/b/a "Lolwhut" reports that his friend and an acquaintance—both of whom are Asian—stopped by a Chick-fil-A in Irvine for some sandywitches and, upon placing their orders, received these receipts referring to them as "Ching" and "Chong." The…
Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger Shoves Foot in Mouth Yet Again
Remember when romance-defiling reality hag Patti Stanger went on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live and suggested all gay men were undesirably effeminate sluts fraught with disease and incapable of monogamy? How about when she then lied to Joy Behar about her remarks while simultaneously making even worse ones? If so,…
Why Public Radio Host Warren Olney's Apology Wasn't Enough
On Friday, Gawker broke the story of a horrifically ill-conceived installment of Warren Olney's current affairs show on public radio, To The Point. Using the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal as its jumping-off point, the show somehow drew a dotted line to the topic of gays and lesbians' suitability as foster and…
Meghan McCain to 'Share a True Tale of Facing Bigotry'
Meghan McCain is teaming up with Forest Whitaker and the USA Network to speak at a Newseum symposium called "A More Perfect Union: Stories of Prejudice and Power." Fishbowl DC reports:
