Wisconsin GOP Reject God's Suggestion We Rest on 7th Day

Now that Koch Bros. stand-in Scott Walker has tanked Wisconsin's economy - it ranks 49th, with job creation plummeting from 11th to 44th place - his GOP colleagues have another ingenious idea. Citing "freedom," Sen. Glenn Grothman wants to offer workers a "voluntary" seven-day work week by amending what he calls the current "goofy" law that workers get a break every seven days. Organized labor and other critics, perhaps remembering the thousands who long fought and sometimes died for a 40-hour week, argue that employers would inevitably abuse the murky concept of "voluntary." Next, they suggest, will be restoration of indentured servitude. "All sorts of people want to work seven days a week... I don't know why some people want some people to remain poor." - Grothman on the opposition

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Who Am I To Judge: 80% of Indiana Church Leaves in Support of "Sin," aka Equality

Change Happens Chap. 762: Most of the congregants of a Methodist church in a small conservative Indiana town have left to protest the firing of their gay choral director by a new minister, in accordance with current but hotly disputed church policy. Critics argued that if the church insists on "prohibiting practicing sinners from serving, the buildings are going to be pretty empty." The dispute comes weeks after church officials defrocked a Methodist minister in Pennsylvania for officiating at his son's same-sex marriage. Three days after they acted, he was welcomed by a D.C. church whose members gave him a standing ovation. Update: In a surprise move, Indiana's House has just delayed a vote on a gay-marriage ban. Critics included Christian leaders arguing that the ban contradicted the teachings of Jesus, who "welcomed those who others excluded."

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Black Men, We Are Onto You

Poor West Virginia. Not only does it have a horrific chemical spill and an inept government; it has black people living, walking, talking or otherwise "involved in some suspicious activity" there. A terrific catch from the local paper by John Cole, titled Scenes From A Post-Racial America, on efforts by the sheriff's department to find a (needless to say) black bad guy. Sample comment: "I live on Long Island, but I think I saw the suspect today."

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