Time for some radical Mennonite fundamentalism. Exciting new front in culture wars, kids. Ex-gay, two-mommy child abductions for Jesus. [Wonkette]

When you read Mittens Romney’s outrageous remarks about Israel-Palestine, you immediately begin to understand what a twit the man is. [HuffPo]

Presidential also-rans have stiffed small businesses. Michele Bachmann used a fleet of golf carts to transport supporters around the grounds of Iowa State University en route to winning the Ames straw poll last August, in what proved to be the high point of her campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. The guy who owns those golf carts is still waiting for his check. [Politico]

Setting aside childish things. America’s teenage-pregnancy rate has hit a 40-year low. [The Economist]

Scotland could become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriage after the SNP government announced plans to make the change. [BBC]

Scientists are finding evidence that man-made climate change has raised the risks of individual weather events, such as floods or heatwaves, marking a big step towards pinpointing local costs and ways to adapt to freak conditions. [Reuters]

Though more Americans go to church or believe in God than their counterparts in virtually every other Western country, fewer Americans now trust religious institutions. A recent Gallup poll showed that just 44 percent of Americans have a great deal of confidence in “the church or organized religion.” [NPR]

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Sunday that he does not believe the high court is “political,” and refused to comment on Chief Justice John Roberts’ deliberations in its recent health care reform decision. [HuffPo]

As Republicans are gutting food safety budgets, new data show illnesses are on the rise. [Think Progress]

What was that, again, about Mitch McConnell not being an obstructionist? Because he’s playing petty politics again. [NYT]

Some people need to get a damn grip. If you don’t like what a mouth-breathing homophobe has to say or what he does with his money and his hate, you don’t have to eat at his awful business. [C-J/AKN]

Mouth-breathing closet cases need to get a damn grip, as well. The gays haven’t yet recruited their children or ruined the world. Maybe it’s time they get over what does and does not happen on the campus of the University of Louisville. [H-L]

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