# Omnibus Religious Fucks in the NEWS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066 "2022-02-07T18:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 69
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1361 "2026-10-27T14:35:41Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Aborted babies have names? Well, have the white girls under 12 in this country have one of about eight names: Megan, Kayla, Madison, Lauren, Hope, Emma, Emily, so assuming would-be white girls are being aborted, those names would probably come up with high frequency in this punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1362 "2026-10-29T00:48:48Z")
Remember back when a group of religious zealots took over Münster in 1530s? Guess where their descendants went? And Multiplied like rats… that’s why we have so many religious nuts jobs in this country. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1363 "2026-10-29T01:04:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > but if I rob the place while wearing white disco boots and singing the theme song to “Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes” that, for some strange reason, gets mentioned all over the place by the press. > > You know this from personal experience? You don’t? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1364 "2026-10-29T03:10:15Z")
We all go through a disco boot robbery phase. It’s a part of growing up. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1365 "2026-10-29T04:51:32Z")
Oh! We were supposed to _stop_ doing that? Damn, I didn’t get the memo. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1366 "2026-10-29T05:34:31Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > disco boot robbery phase. Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1367 "2026-10-29T06:05:16Z")
Damn right! It _should_ be a banned name. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1368 "2026-10-29T06:07:16Z")
New thread coming soon: **Disco Boot Robbery wins Peruvian election** ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1369 "2026-10-29T15:23:51Z")
[Megachurch pastor tells flock who they should vote for next week.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-megachurch-endorses-republican-candidates-100029380.html) > [@](#): > > A megachurch in New Mexico has endorsed two Republican candidates running in this year’s midterms, including a Donald Trump-backed candidate running in one of the blue state’s few competitive races. The church’s endorsements, which violate federal law banning tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidates, come as the Trump administration is challenging that ban in federal court. > > In mid-August, pastor Steve Smothermon of Legacy Church, a nondenominational church with nine locations across the state, [told](https://www.instagram.com/reels/DcG4eNVoRuy/) his congregation about one of the candidates: “Greg Cunningham has faithfully served our church for 14 years and shares our biblical values. Let’s pray for him, support his campaign, get registered, and vote to flip this seat for someone who will stand for God, our Constitution, and a better New Mexico!” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1370 "2026-10-29T15:53:36Z")
Automatic disqualification for not calling it “New America” ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1371 "2026-10-29T16:13:26Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Bonnie Tyler’s “I Want A Hero” I wanted to be an SDMB pedant and say the title is “I Need A Hero”, but the song is actually titled “Holding Out For A Hero”. TIL. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1372 "2026-10-29T16:21:29Z")
I was a Teenage Disco Boot Robber Nazi for Christ. coming soon… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1373 "2026-10-29T16:26:18Z")
“ **Pastor Smothermon** ” Are we sure this church isn’t located in Springfield? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1374 "2026-10-29T17:44:04Z")
I’d have guessed Schmigadoon… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1375 "2026-10-29T18:08:09Z")
Obvious breaking of federal law, to be followed (obviously) by no action whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1376 "2026-10-29T19:51:26Z")
Well, no action taken by _this_ DOJ. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1377 "2026-11-07T14:33:03Z")
[Yes, I absolutely am calling the state government of Florida religious fucks in the news.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/largest-us-muslim-advocacy-group-225328543.html) > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations has suspended operations in Florida after the enforcement of a law that gave state officials power to designate groups ‌as “terrorist organizations,” state officials and CAIR said. > > Earlier this year, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law ‌a measure giving him and other state officials the power to designate groups as “terrorist organizations” and expel students who support them. Human rights ​groups say the law chills free speech. > > A federal judge denied a request by CAIR to reverse Florida officials’ “terrorist” designation of the Muslim civil rights group. CAIR said it will appeal that ruling. > > The judge said that while Florida’s measure was “novel — and perhaps unprecedented,” CAIR did not show that the designation was a form of criminal punishment. > > CAIR documents hate against Muslim Americans, and ‌it blames the Republican-led federal crackdown ⁠on immigration and pro-Palestinian protests for a rise in Islamophobia. > > “We have suspended our operations in Florida because of Governor DeSantis and other state officials’ baseless and unconstitutional enforcement of the ⁠state’s unprecedented new ‘domestic terrorist organization’ laws against us,” a note on CAIR-Florida’s website said. > > The ruling and CAIR’s resulting suspension of operations in Florida were celebrated by DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. > > “Good win,” DeSantis wrote on X. It’s the very definition of unconstitutional. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1378 "2026-11-07T16:00:37Z")
DeSantis, the guy who seems to be trying to distance himself from Trump and MAGA so that he can run for President in '28 after the “extinction level event” against Republicans on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1379 "2026-11-07T20:12:49Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I love to remind MAGAts that Thomas Jefferson owned a Koran. [Not to mention what he did to the Bible.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/1380 "2026-11-07T20:49:54Z")
From Monty’s link…Geez, Reuters, couldn’t bother to mention the name of the super-shitty judge? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=70)