Mark Morford

June 19, 2013

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Entries by Mark Morford from 04/2012

Homophobes Need (Gay) Love, Too

| Posted 04.11.2012 | Gay Voices

Perhaps nasty homophobes are, the study gently suggests, to be empathized with, to be offered a modicum of compassion and understanding, due to the abject tragedy of their ignoble fate. And perhaps this offering is one of the most difficult challenges you can name.

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Diets for the Lost and Mortified

| Posted 04.19.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Junk Food, Feeding Tube, Weight Loss, Pizza-Hut-Hot-Dog-Pizza, Extreme-Diets, Dieting, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News

Are these people sick? Are they dying? Are they toothless and limbless and cannot feed themselves without spilling hot soup onto the rug? Are they Lady Gaga? No, they are not. What they're doing, of course, is taking part in a radical new diet. You know, for morons.

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like The Uppity Nuns?

| Posted 04.28.2012 | Religion

Read More: Catholic Church, Priests, Female Sexuality, Leadership Council of Women Religious, Nuns, Catholic Oppression, Pope Benedict XVI, Gender and Religion, Religion News

Until recently, I had not the slightest clue as to what American nuns did all day. Delivering meals to the poor. Knitting giant crucifix cozies. No idea. Until now. Until I discovered that a great many American nuns have been actively and frequently pissing off the Vatican.

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