The Wonderful World of Magical Thinking XIV

The week in fundie:

• Malaysian couple forcibly separated by the country’s Islamic authorities after 21 years of marriage because “the husband did not convert to Islam as required by law for their marriage to be legal.” (via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
• The ACLU is fighting to re-establish an Atlanta woman’s legal custody of a child placed in her care by the girl’s biological mother. The child was placed into foster care in February by an Atlanta judge after he learned the woman looking after her, and to whom the child had grown attached enough to call “Mommy,” is a lesbian. (Morons.org)
• The Rev. Sun Yung Moon, founder of the Washington Times and Bush crony, calls for gays to be wiped from the face of the earth. (Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
• Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan suggests that Julia Gillard’s choice to remain childless (or “deliberately barren”) renders her unfit for leadership. (Ninemsn) (See also Bruce’s post)
• The Australian blogosphere’s foremost misogynist heartily endorses Heffernan’s remarks. (via Random Brainwave)
• UPDATE: US conservatives are debating whether or not Darwin supports their worldview. Dinesh D’Souza goes so far as to re-interpret evolution to support his own wingnut presuppositions, suggesting that this new Conservalution^TM can be used to woo conservatives. (Pharyngula)
• Meanwhile, in a recent debate among Republican presidential candidates, John McCain admits belief in evolution. As for the Grand Canyon, however: a magic man did that. (EvolutionBlog)