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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Weak law enforcement and compliant Church authorities make Mexico a haven for U.S. pedophile priests fleeing justice, a victims' group said on Wednesday. The Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, which helped bring a lawsuit this week against two of North America's top cardinals, said it knows of 46 mostly U.S. priests hiding out south of the border. "Mexico has really become a secure place because here judicial authorities don't track them down and nothing happens," said group spokesman Eric Barragan......."

The creators of the South Park cartoon tell Jasper Gerard why no one and no faith is safe from their satirical bite Cartoons used to be so innocent. Jerry flying through the air on Tom’s tail counted as aviation terrorism. Now western civilisation can be condemned to burn in hell for a cartoon poking fun at Islam. It is not that slavering fundamentalists don’t have a sense of humour; they are furious precisely because they do see the joke — and see its power. Milan Kundera said laughter kills sex. How much more deadly is laughter to religion? That we...

A group of gay and lesbian veterans will launch a national campaign tomorrow at Harvard to repeal the military’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The seven-week, nationwide speaking tour, which will begin at 7 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Starr Auditorium, will feature seven former service members who argue that the law keeps able-bodied Americans from serving in the military at a time when it is desperate to recruit and retain troops because of the war in Iraq. “A lot of people have never known a gay or lesbian person and, as a result, have...

GLAAD Mad at Shalit's "Brokeback" Breakdown by Sarah Hall Jan 6, 2006, 3:30 PM PT For the most part, the critics agree that Brokeback Mountain is one of the year's most commendable films. Then there's Gene Shalit's point of view. The veteran Today show critic has been taken to task by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation over his negative review of the gay cowboy western, in which he referred to Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack, as a "sexual predator" who "tracks Ennis down and coaxes him into sporadic trysts." The group claimed that Shalit's statements, delivered during his "Critic's...

Below is the list of companies scoring a perfect 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2005 Corporate Equality Index, with policies beneficial toward homosexuals: Aetna Agilent Technologies Alston & Bird American Airlines American Express Apple Computer AT&T Avaya Bausch & Lomb Best Buy Borders Group BP America California State Automobile Association Capital One Financial Cargill Charles Schwab Chevron ChoicePoint Chubb Cisco Systems Citigroup CMP Media Corning Credit Suisse First Boston Cummins Daimler Chrysler Dell Deutsche Bank Dominion Resources Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak Ernst & Young Estee Lauder Companies Faegre & Benson Ford Motor Co. Freescale Semiconductor Gap Inc. General...

<p>The next time you go to the movies/concert or buy a cd/dvd take a moment to consider if you really should just skip the middle man and hand your money straight to your favorite liberal organization. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to say enough is enough. There are some that will accuse me of blacklisting or being Un-American. They will say that everyone has the right to express their political opinions and they shouldn't be penalized because they are a celebrity. Well, I've decided that I shouldn't be penalized BECAUSE they are a celebrity.</p>

The Rolling Stones' upcoming album contains a song seemingly critical of President Bush, but Mick Jagger denies it's directed at him, according to the syndicated TV show "Extra." "It is not really aimed at anyone," Jagger said on the entertainment-news show's Wednesday edition. "It's not aimed, personally aimed, at President Bush. It wouldn't be called 'Sweet Neo Con' if it was." The song is from the new album, "A Bigger Bang," set for release Sept. 6. There is no mention of Bush or Iraq. But it does refer to military contractor Halliburton, which was formerly run by Vice President Cheney...

PRESIDENT Bush takes it on the chin in the new Rolling Stones tune "Sweet Neo Con." In the most political song from their upcoming "A Bigger Bang" album, Mick Jagger sings: "You call yourself a Christian, I call you a hypocrite/ You call yourself a patriot. Well, I think your are full of [bleep]!" Jagger tells Newsweek he's not sweating possible repercussions. "I think [Keith Richards] is a bit worried because he lives in the U.S.," crows the English rocker. "But I don't."

Dylan Song 'Changed the World' - Poll Bob Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" topped a poll on Friday to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of musicians, actors and industry experts. Dylan's 1965 single beat Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" into second place in the survey for "Uncut" magazine. Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Robert Downey Jr, Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Lou Reed were among those who gave their views for the poll. "I absolutely remember where I was when I first heard it. It got me through adolescence," rocker...

LOS ANGELES - Jury deliberations in Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial were allegedly tainted by shocking misconduct that included smuggling in videotaped Court TV shows and secretly communicating with the pop star's mother, the Daily News has learned. Author Stacy Brown revealed the stunning jury room shenanigans he heard from two jurors who consulted him for help with tell-all books they plan to write. "From what I've heard, the whole trial was a waste of taxpayers' money and time. That jury would have acquitted him even if they had a videotape [of the alleged crime]," said Brown. Brown says the two...

NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) - Police charged a 19-year-old woman with selling sexual favors to two elderly men for $4 and $6 each. Stacy L. Kendall, 71-year-old William R. Claypool and 83-year-old Carmen A. Nocera were arrested just outside New Castle on Friday. Claypool paid Kendall $4 for a sexual favor and Nocera paid $6, police said. Shenango Township police Chief Allan Nocera said the arrests occurred during a police sweep of an area where residents recently had complained of drugs, sex trafficking and gunfire. Police on Monday filed misdemeanor charges of prostitution and solicitation against all three defendants. Kendall...

OLDIE BUT GOODIE CSN TURNS HEADS By DAN AQUILANTE CROSBY, STILLS & NASH LOOKS are deceiving, espe cially when it comes to hip pie icons Crosby, Stills & Nash. Who would guess these old gray studs could come close to what they used to be? Yet at the Beacon Theatre Monday, at the first of their two-show engagement, the guys who sang the soundtrack to the turbulent '60s were made young again in a 2 1/2-hour set that showcased the best of their long career — from protest songs such as "For What It's Worth" to their close-harmony devotionals, including...

Target Resurrects 'Baby Got Back'POSTED: 10:16 pm EDT August 2, 2005 NEW YORK -- Remember "Baby Got Back?" It's back -- this time in a cleaned-up version being used by Target department stores to hawk back-to-school wares, like backpacks. But wait, wasn't that song about the well-endowed female derriere? Yes, but it now has a "G-rated" pedigree, thanks to some careful editing from the Target ad people. Some might be put off by the campaign -- after all, MTV even barred the song during the daytime because of the rump-shaking women in the video. But ad executives tell the New...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — About a dozen newspapers have objected to use of toilet humor in Tuesday's and Wednesday's "Doonesbury" comic strip, and some either pulled or edited the strip. Kansas City-based Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes the Garry Trudeau strip to about 1,400 newspapers, said it had received some complaints from editors about a reference to presidential aide Karl Rove. In the strip, a caricature of President Bush refers to Rove as "turd blossom." It has been widely reported that "Turd Blossom" is the president's actual nickname for Rove. Lee Salem, editor at Universal Press, said the complaints, from...

A painting depicting a red-white-and-blue map of the U.S. in the toilet that's on display at the state Attorney General's headquarters is creating quite a stir. It was painted by the same Sacramento man who displayed a couple of anti-war effigies on his Land Park home last winter. "T'anks to Mr. Bush" part of an exhibit sponsored by "California Laywers for the Arts" The painting is titled "T'anks to Mr. Bush" and was painted in 2003 by Stephen Pearcy. Last February, Pearcy displayed a soldier mannequin hanging from a noose with anti-war, anti-Bush sentiments. The display provoked both ire and...

MoveOn, the left wing political action group, sees a White House conspiracy in the announcement of President Bush's new Supreme Court nominee. When the White House revealed that the President would release the name of his pick Tuesday night, MoveOn quickly issued a press release suggesting the timing of the announcement was simply a "wag the dog" effort to help Karl Rove. The MoveOn release reads: "President Bush has apparently speeded up the announcement of his Supreme Court nominee to deflect public attention from the Karl Rove scandal." Evidence of the timing conspiracy? MoveOn cites an unnamed "Republican strategist" who...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Despite a lengthy record as a violent sexual predator of children, Joseph Edward Duncan III was always able to make friends who paid his bills and lobbied for his early release from prison, The Spokesman-Review reported Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Duncan, 42, is jailed without bail on charges he beat three people to death in a scheme to kidnap two children for the purposes of sexual gratification. .... "He is open, honest and eager to move on with his life," one such supporter, David Woelfert of Lynnwood, Wash., wrote to parole officials in 1993. "He is no threat...

Probe of sex in county park snares 27 men Settler's Cabin target of Allegheny County crackdown Wednesday, July 13, 2005 By Dan Gigler, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette An investigation by Allegheny County police resulted in the arrests of 27 men who used a Web site to solicit anonymous sex in a county park. County police Inspector David Walsh detailed the investigation, which began after complaints in late March and early April by joggers and walkers who were approached and in some cases harassed by men making "lewd suggestions" and seeking sexual encounters with other men at Settler's Cabin Park in Oakdale. Walsh...

HOUSTON — When Bassam Khalaf raps, he's the Arabic Assassin. His unreleased CD, "Terror Alert," includes rhymes about flying a plane into a building and descriptions of himself as a "crazy, suicidal Arabic ... equipped with bombs." Until last week, Khalaf also worked as a baggage screener at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. "I've been screening your bags for the past six months, and you don't even know it," said Khalaf, who also said Thursday that he is not really a terrorist and that his rhymes are exaggerations meant to gain publicity. Andrea McCauley, a spokeswoman for the regional Transportation Security...

No Name Calling Week?     1/12/2005By Warren Throckmorton, Ph.D.Yes, name-calling is wrong. But this event’s sponsors reveal the agenda behind banning it. “There is a special place in hell for people like you!” These words were directed at me by a teacher during this past summer’s National Education Association (NEA) convention in Washington, D.C. This delegate to the NEA convention made his prediction in response to my presence at the NEA’s Ex-Gay Educators’ Caucus booth in the convention exhibit hall. His cheery salutation caught me off-guard given the message of tolerance and acceptance I had been hearing around the exhibit hall....