Way short! They needed 4,678 pledges but only got 877: Campaigners hoped to raise the raise the £23,400 necessary to buy a prominent two-week slot on a “bendy bus” by collecting £5 pledges from atheists online. They even made a mock-up photo of a bus carrying their chosen message: “There’s probably no God. Now stop…

I guess since the campaign couldn’t come up with any examples of McCain pointing out Obama’s race, Obama has backed down from his earlier remarks: “I don’t think it’s accurate to say my comments have nothing to do with race,” he told reporters here. But, he elaborated, “here’s what I was saying, and I think…

PETA is so over the top! There is something pretty nutty about complaining about what type of dog Obama wants to purchase. “No one needs to tell you that this country is proud to be a melting pot, and that there is something deeply wrong and elitist about wanting only a purebred dog,” Newkirk wrote…

Ouch! Oh how deeply the words of our daughters wound us to our very soul! That’s a quote from a mother-teenage daughter review of a new British movie by the director of “Bend it Like Beckham” called “Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging.” It’s the story of a a boy-crazed teenager who has to contend with…

More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners