SF News Family Radio Employees Don't Believe In Saturday's Rapture East Bay false prophet Harold Camping, who claims that the rapture will occur on 5/21, has an organization, Family Radio, that has bilked listeners out of $80 million in contributions between 2005
SF News 5/21: How Are You Celebrating/Preparing for the Rapture? The world might end on Saturday, May 21. Yep. Harold Camping, host of a local radio call-in show and Oakland false prophet, has made a prediction on the day of rapture. CBS reports:
SF News Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Respond to Andrew Sullivan When noted knee-jerk conservative queer pundit Andrew Sullivan slammed the annual Hunky Jesus contest in Dolores Park as "tired," "lame," and bigoted, heaps of SFist commenters chimed in with their thoughts. That was
SF News Andrew Sullivan Slams Hunky Jesus Contest as "Tired," Bigoted [UPDATED] Politically conservative gay columnist Andrew Sullivan recently decried San Francisco's Hunky Jesus Contest, an annual costume competition held every Easter Sunday in Dolores Park. The event, put on by Catholic satire/fundraising group
SF News Youth Minister Charged With Child Molestation Robert Klatt, 32, was charged with child molestation on Tuesday. The San Jose minister is accused of "lewd and lascivious acts with a minor for allegedly victimizing two junior-high-age youths." Witnesses and potential
SF News Pastor Who Backed Prop 8 Held On Several Child Molestation Charges JoeMyGod has some shocking, yet not so surprising, news on the same-sex marriage front: "Pastor Tom Daniels of Rio Linda, California is being held on $6M bail after being charged with multiple felony
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight COMEDY: PianoFight Productions will perform the last production of their One Year AnnivHERsary Show, featuring the best of their past sketches, which include dueling dictator chefs, a liquor cabinet coming to life, air
Arts & Entertainment Friday: Protest Screenings of David Wojnarowicz's Censored 'A Fire in My Belly' Some last-minute screenings of David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly have been scheduled on Friday night as part of a national protest of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's removal of the
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Brian Wilson and Christ Warning: This video might act as a buzzkill for many elite San Franciscans who like their idols self-consciously ungodly and ungodly hip. (Shield your eyes and ears, 826 Valencia!) During a 2009 fellowship
SF News Muslim Job Applicant Accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of Bias Abercrombie & Fitch's unyielding adherence to one kind of beauty has, once again, gotten them in trouble. A Mulsim woman accuses the clothing retailer of not hiring due to her head scarf. Mercury
SF News Church Bell Swiped from S.F. Catholic Church The God-fearing folks at San Francisco's St. Michael's Korean Catholic Church have more to fear this week: bell thievery. Over the weekend, it seems, someone stole their massive, church bell that weighs between
SF News Has God Forsaken Treasure Island? Treasure Island is in need of a drastic makeover. The little swatch of land between SF and the East Bay is, for lack of a better work, harrowing. Which is why a "master
misc Gay Activist Befriends Mormon Missionaries Say what you will about LDS members, difficult on the eyes isn't one of them. Why, just take a look at these jarringly Anglo-Saxon beauties here. Gay activist Michael Petrelis who, in his
SF News Prop 8 Decision Comes Wednesday On Wednesday, US District Judge Vaughn Walker will announce his decision on Proposition 8, the California gay marriage ban. In a written statement, Walker will rule on the right of same-sex couples to
SF News 'Christian' Group Can't Bar Gays At Hastings College Alleged Christian groups all over the U.S. have incorrectly and abusively attempted to use the First Amendment to commit balls out acts of hate and discrimination. Take, for example, anti-gay group the
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Delicate Gay Speaks Out Against Homosexuality Adam, a "straight" man who "was" gay, speaks out against homosexuality while lisping and wearing an ascot. Perfect. You can find more anti-God/anti-gay testimonials at Recycle Your Faith, a Christian-ish site featuring
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley... A lively scene from this past weekend's Pagan Alliance Festival & Parade 2010.
SF News Rec and Parks Department Makes Peace with Druids Melissa Griffin brings us what could possibly be the most delightful news we've heard all all week: harmony has been restored between the Druids and Golden Gate Park. See, last week city employee
misc Photo du Jour 604 Frank Lostaunau, 67, a retired psychotherapist and a member of SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) holds up a sign during a demonstration in front of the Archdiocese headquarters in
SF News SF Appeals Court Rules "Under God" Non-Religious by Amy Crocker The San Francisco Appeals court has ruled that "Under God" is not a prayer when used in the Pledge of Allegiance. In 2002, the court declared that the phrase was
misc Comment du Jour: Holy Ashes and Public Office SFist will re-energize its comment-of-the-day feature today -- awarding just one comment the honor per day -- starting with this one from charliegal in Photo du Jour 576. See, after making an innocent
Arts & Entertainment Christmas Midnight Mass, Anyone? Have you ever been to XMas Eve's Midnight Mass before? We haven't. Well, we've been to this kind of Midnight Mass; however, sources indicate that that wasn't the real kind of Mass. Anyway,
SF News New Oakland Bishop Named Magic-believing crazy person Pope Benedict XVI announced today a brand spanking new Bishop. Salvatore Joseph Cordileone has officially been announced as America's Next Top Bishop of Oakland, "making him the principal voice of
SF News New Ads Ask: Why Islam? Baghdad by the Bay, indeed. But in all seriousness, the site is actually interesting. Check it out.
