Spitting and Sweating, Anti-Gay Pastor Kevin Swanson Welcomes Huckabee and Jindal to Weird, Weird Conference

Friday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, anti-gay pastor Kevin Swanson is holding what he’s termed the National Religious Liberties Conference. Half a day in, it’s already been a bizarre event, with Swanson ranting about gays, abortion, and the rise of “vampirism and cannibalism” in America. Also, presidential…
Myanmar Passes Bill to Prevent Buddhist Women from Marrying Muslims
Myanmar’s parliament has passed a controversial measure that will make it much harder for Buddhist women to marry non-Buddhist men. The “Buddhist Women’s Special Marriage Bill” is one of several bills passed to protect “race and religion”; Human Rights Watch says they’re backed by extremist Buddhist monks and meant to…
Report Confirms Worst Fears About Boko Haram's Treatment of Stolen Girls
A new report from Amnesty International says that terrorist group Boko Haram is committing war crimes in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 2,000 people in the first half of 2014 alone and kidnapping thousands more. Through eyewitness testimony, they’ve learned that the women and girls abducted by the group are…
ISIS Cuts off Hands of Three Women, Flogs Men for Using Cellphones
An Iraqi newspaper is reporting that three women in Mosul had their hands chopped off by the Islamic State as punishment for an unspecified crime. During the same public punishment event, held on a "celebration stage" in the town's center, five men were reportedly flogged for using their cellphones to contact…
Terrifying White Nationalist City Slowly Forming In North Dakota
Craig Paul Cobb, 61, has purchased a home and 12 vacant properties in Leith, North Dakota — a town of just 19 people — in an attempt to establish an all-Neo-Nazi city with "likeminded volk," according to Raw Story. Cobb, who was previously arrested in Canada on charges of the willful promotion of hatred, likely chose…
