Is it really necessary to have the ability to look for dates anywhere, anytime, using your cell phone?

The American Family Association wants NBC affiliates to refuse to air upcoming series The Book of Daniel.

The AFA said contrary to the show being a “serious drama about Christian people and Christian faith,” the main character, Daniel Webster, “is a drug-addicted Episcopal priest whose wife depends heavily on her midday martinis.”

AFA continues that “the Webster family is rounded out by a 23-year-old homosexual Republican son, a 16-year-old daughter who is a drug dealer, and a 16-year-old adopted son who is having sex with the bishop’s daughter. And at the office, his lesbian is sleeping with his sister-in-law.”

The AFA said it “would be beneficial to all if NBC showed a little more respect for Christians who believe in the Bible,” and the AFA plans to “monitor” advertisers who “underwrite this program.”

The AFA has also protested ABC’s Ellen.

Ananova reports that Didi Knoblauch, a finalist on Germany Searches for a Superstar, would use his prize money to pay for a phalloplasty.

The hot favourite to win the German version of Pop Idol is planning to use her winnings to buy a penis.

Didi Knoblauch, 25, one of the finalists on Germany Searches for a Superstar, was born a girl but is now half way towards becoming a boy.

Knoblauch told German media: “I never felt comfortable in my own skin, I don’t want to be a girl.

“Two years ago I had my breasts removed in a very painful operation. But having a full sex change is expensive, about £40,000.

“I’m taking part for the experience of being on the show, but if I win I’m hoping to earn enough to afford the operation.”

Heel click: Hothouse

Inside-Out Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches. Femme style - with pink M&Ms.

Jen asked if there would be a picture. And here it is.

Check out “The Blog Song” at The Rob and Mark Show MySpace page. It’s great!

Heel Click (it’s my verison of the hat-tip, I’ve decided): LUSTY LADY

Can you tell I was just reading “Phenomenal Woman?”

Peg Norman, Canadian Federal New Democratic Party candidate, had to turn down a large donation from Rosie O’Donnell because Rosie isn’t a Canadian citizen.

Peg and Rosie started their friendship years ago when Peg’s partner, Gerry Rogers, appeared on Rosie’s show to discuss her film My Left Breast, a film made after Roger’s was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Read more: “Rosie O’Donnell Offers Cash To Canadian Politician”

Page B4 of December 24th’s Richmond Times-Dispatch featured an advertisement containing the signatures of 44 ministers who say they will “continue the long-standing, historic United Methodist practice of accepting into membership all who will take the vows of faith of our United Methodist tradition.” The ministers used their own money to pay for the $3000 ad.

Read more: “Clerics sign ad accepting gays”

U.S. District Judge John Shabaz ruled earlier this month that Rev. Ralph Ovadal’s free-speech rights were not violated when police told him to remove his anti-homosexuality banners, which caused a dangerous slowdown of traffic, from highway overpasses.

Advocate.com:

A Wisconsin minister’s free speech rights were not violated when Madison police told him to remove antigay banners from highway overpasses, a federal judge ruled. U.S. district judge John Shabaz told the Reverend Ralph Ovadal of Monroe, chairman of Wisconsin Christians United, that testimony in the trial of his lawsuit against the city showed that the “spectacle” created by the banners on September 2, 2003, created a traffic hazard by causing traffic to slow.

“But there is nothing that suggests it was the message” that caused the dangerous slowdown or caused police to ask demonstrators to leave, Shabaz said Monday. “There’s no evidence to suggest it was the message. None whatsoever. People were asked to leave [the overpasses] only because of the narrow circumstances…. You can’t do it at rush hour. It isn’t the message we [motorists] don’t like, it’s the fact that we can’t get home on time.”

Ovadal said it was likely he would appeal. “The bottom line is, based on traffic congestion caused by a minor accident up the road, and based on angry reactions to our message, we were banned from sharing our message. I believe the appeals court will see that,” he said. “I think the city very skillfully manipulated the facts.”

I missed this story when it first appeared two weeks ago.

[Chloe Ribbon-Trim Sandal]

From today’s Judge Hatchett:

I’m pregnant. How can I be a prostitute?

Umm…