Pat Robertson Loses "Obamacare" Suit To Exempt Faith Healing Practitioners

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by Pat Robertson which was intended to allow people to exempt themselves from buying health insurance because God is going to cure all their illnesses.

Three of the plaintiffs — Margaret Peggy Lee Mead of Hillsborough, N.C., Charles Edward Lee of San Antonio and Susan Seven-Sky of West Harrison, N.Y. — are Christians who said they want to refuse all medical services for the rest of their lives because they believe God will heal their afflictions. They say being forced to buy insurance would conflict with their faith because they believe doing so would indicate they need "a backup plan and (are) not really sure whether God will, in fact, provide," the lawsuit said.

Robertson himself did not depend on the grace of Jeebus when he underwent ten hours of open heart surgery in 2009.

(Tipped by JMG reader Paul)

NORTH CAROLINA: 23 GOP State Pols Sponsor Ballot Ban On LGBT Unions

North Carolina GOP state Sen. James Forrester has introduced a ballot measure that would constitutionally ban the state from recognizing all LGBT unions. North Carolina already bans same-sex marriage by state statute.

Three-fifths of both the House and Senate must approve the amendment before it can appear on the ballot; the governor has no veto authority on amendments. Forrester, a Republican who has been the primary lead on the amendment for the past seven years, was joined in sponsoring the legislation by Jerry W. Tillman (R-Montgomery, Randolph) and Dan Soucek (R-Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes). Twenty other senators, all Republican, are co-sponsoring the bill.

If approved, the measure will appear on the 2012 ballot.

Ultra Nate - Turn It Up

From her coming eighth album, Hero Worship. Very nice.

(Via - Pop In Stereo)