Lindsay Beyerstein of Majikthise goes into justifiable high dudgeon about sleazeball Philip Nobel, the self-described "Danger Man" who turns mundane self-absorption about his infidelities, his divorce, his revolving-door sex life and his abandonment of his children into a fee-earning written piece of obscene self-indulgence in Elle magazine. Keith Olbermann apparently identified Nobel as the "worst person in the world" of the day in a recent segment on MSNBC.

Baltimore Sun, August 1, 2008:

Moments after the 32-year-old former music director of West Baltimore's Bethel AME Church was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old parishioner, he collapsed in the courtroom, setting off a screaming match between two families that ended with the defendant's mother unresponsive and shaking on the hallway floor.

The London Guardian/Observer, May 11, 2008 (HAT TIP 3 Quarks Daily):

For Abdel-Qader Ali there is only one regret: that he did not kill his daughter at birth. 'If I had realised then what she would become, I would have killed her the instant her mother delivered her,' he said with no trace of remorse.

This is absolutely not safe for work and may be quite offensive to some readers. Explicit content below the link, you are advised.

The Bag of Health and Politics, "What It Means to Be a Pro-Life Democrat", March 31, 2008:

My reasons for being pro-life are many. First, I was born out of wedlock to an unmarried, mentally ill, 39 year old woman. My mother's pregnancy was considered high risk. She signed me over to the state when I was 3 days old, feeling that she was incapable of caring for a baby. She had settled on adoption during her pregnancy. I know very little about her, and I've never met her.

Minister and controversial supporter of Senator John McCain's presidential campaign, John Hagee: "The Catholic Church is the Great Whore... [of Babylon, from the Christian Apocalypse.]"

Next Frame: Disgraced NY Governor Eliot Spitzer, wheeling in a Brinks Armored Car of cash with hand signal lights like on the airport tarmac, "As if you'd know from great whores. At this price, they'd better be great." It is alleged that the services of one of the ALLEGED prostitution agencies implicated in ALLEGED connection to Governor Spitzer cost up to $4,500 an session, that's four thou five hunnert.

Better be a great whore. Eliot would be right to be pissed off if they tried to pass a "budget" $2,800 whore. maybe some toothless, high-mileage leatherbeaten retread from Beirut, off on him at that price.

HAT TIP Jill Filipovic of Feministe.

In the interest of editorial fairness to the other side, I would be happy to put up a video from those who believe that we have too FEW killings of gay people. Please provide links for the pro-killing side in the comments.

I can understand how pro-life doctors will want to refuse to administer an abortion. I can even understand how some will refuse to supply birth control. But I cannot understand how a GYN refuses on MORAL grounds to administer a PAP smear to determine whether a woman has cancer or a meaningful risk there of in the future. Apparently, the risk of death from cancer is important to preserve as a moral bulwark against the immorality of, well, sex before marriage. I guess it's more moral, more "pro-life", to watch a woman die of cancer than to risk the appearance that her concern for her health might be interpreted as an endorsement of her presumed sex life.

Austin American-Statesman, February 13, 2008:

A federal appeals court has struck down a seldom-enforced Texas law making it a crime to promote or sell sex toys.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in a case originally filed in federal court in Austin, found that the ban in the Texas penal code on selling or promoting obscene devices violates the right to privacy under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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"Whatever one might think or believe about the use of these devices, government interference with their personal and private use violates the Constitution," said the opinion in the case considered by a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based court.

It's quite important to reward boldness and courage. Donate to Equality Maryland. I recommend donating multiples of $5.01 as that donation amount is increasing the marker of netroots activists (e.g. $50.10, $25.05, etc.)

Please note: unusually hard language below the "fold." May not be for all readers.

Baltimore Sun, February 8, 2008:

The 31-year-old music director of Bethel AME, a high-profile West Baltimore church, has been accused of rape and child abuse in a case involving a 13-year-old girl who is a member of the congregation, according to city police and church officials.

Timothy D. Price III was charged with second-degree rape, assault and child abuse, and multiple sex offense counts, city police said. Since his arrest Wednesday night, Price, who lives in Owings Mills, has been held on $1 million bail at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center, electronic court records show.

Red Maryland's Chester Peake thinks that modifying the Maryland statutes to allow same-sex marriages is equivalent to a "massacre." Go document the "atrocities."

In related news, gay pride parades are now "holocausts." And lesbian bars are "genocides." I think that a Barbra Streisand concert would have to be a "war crime."

Okay, that last one may actually be true.

The Sunday Telegraph (UK), January 26, 2008:

Embossed in gaudy pink, the word "Hookers" appears above the Christian symbol of the fish across Ms Lobert’s chest, while Ms Veitch’s shirt bears the legend "Holy Hotties".

Through their two groups, "Hookers for Jesus" and "JC’s Girls", they perform what is arguably America’s most unusual Christian outreach operation, aimed at their former colleagues.

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The Sunday Telegraph accompanied the women - who have become internet sensations with a YouTube video series, "Saving Sex City", and popular MySpace pages and blogs - as they spread their message at events like Las Vegas’s Adult Entertainment Expo.

Please cut, paste, edit as appropriate and distribute:

Dear Friends,

This is the last political spam you will ever get from me. Some of you are getting this because the subject matter of this bill might be of interest to you either here in Maryland or out-of-state. Some of you may have family, in-laws or friends here. A few of you have spammed me in the past yourselves;-) .

The issue of same-sex marriage directly affects my friends and members of my family. I don't want the government to treat [my cousin, the good men in my own wedding party, my long-time friends, fill in the blank], like second class citizens.