You're a moron.

"She says she believes no one should be forced into religious beliefs."

ALL HAIL THE SPIRIT OF BURT REYNOLDS.

Please don't. It's like those idiots who declared themselves "Jedi" on the census. You're not doing yourself or atheists any favors. You're just making atheists look like pretentious, smug, grumpy, assholes. It's the equivalent of firing off a stupid one liner like "If God's so great, could he make a burrito so large…

Right. If we were in a country that mandates you declare a religion on your ID, like Egypt, then ok, this sort of thing makes sense I guess. But nothing on your ID shows your religion, so who the fuck cares? Ok, a Muslim woman can wear a headscarf in her photo? Great, how does that have a negative impact on my atheist…

All hail his Noodliness! Ra-men.

I adore this. We need more ridiculous new religions to shine the light on the ones that have existed for so long that people forget how ridiculous they are. You gotta think that the first person told that Mary was a virgin was like...."She's a virgin mother? Um....do you know what all those words mean?" Bring on the…

Very touching, though I must confess that my biggest take away from this story is that Alaia Baldwin appears to have grown up to become a lovely young woman despite her father's big box of crazy. This gives me hope for Kirk Cameron's children.

Thanks for the followup. I actually came across those articles on google as well but neither of the cite their statistics. I'm curious how they arrived at their numbers since nation wide census' don't have an option for trans M or F. Again, I'm not doubting they're accurate, I just want to know how they were…

Looks like she has those sources plus others:

I know. But that is a large swath of issues, many of which also have high rates in other minority groups. I don't know where the number for those are coming from either and I think understanding what lies behind these things is the key towards working to move forward (ie what's a solid primary issue to focus on.…

I would love to see a post on the average life expectancy as well. 38 seems insanely low. Even if you said something like 60% of trans people died at 25, the other 40% would still only average 57.5... Assuming the stat is correct I'd also love to hear about causes, average causes of death, etc... So +1 for a follow up…

Looks like there is some discord among the Heathers.

Those horrible factors all play a huge role I'm sure. Since they aren't exclusive to trans women, I'm interested in why that group in particular has such a reduced life expectancy. I usually like to know the source of data because there is so much misinformation floating around the internet (especially when…

I'm from DE, a state with maybe 25 people in it, so I know Joe personally, and he is just as dope IRL.

I've always liked Biden, from the eloquently-stated comments such as these (and these are on POINT) to the hands-in-the-air-wave-them-like-you-just-don't-care "MALARKEY!" moments. A friend of mine once called him a loose cannon, but I think it's the opposite. I think he's been around so long that he just doesn't give…

I want Joe Biden to be my dad and give me inspiring talks straight out of a '90s family sitcom.

This is why Joe Biden is my fantasy internet boyfriend. He gets so much shit for gaffes when 99% of the time, he's the smartest and most compelling guy in the room. Of course he would say this. Of course. I love him so much.

Crush level: Knope.

Someone's going to do it...