i don't exactly remember when i first saw the british conservative catholic organization's website--also known as 'the shocking truth'.  i can tell you within mere moments of finding it, the scales fell from my eyes (a silly place to keep the scales but quite characteristic of my pre-enlightened benighted self).  i very clearly remember the last time i saw it.  it was just a few short hours before that stalwart bastion of righteousness disappeared forever from virtuous and virtual reality.  ...

even tho the aclu is derided by the close-minded as a group of leftist athiest kooks out to destroy christianity and deprive everyone of rights (that frequently turn out not to have been rights at all), the aclu stood up for a far-rightwing church in a valiant attempt to prevent the city of new york from infringing on the first amendment rights of its members.   the activist federal new york judge (one of the worst of that whole genre) who originally heard the case, r...