Northwest News, Seattle edition: Vampires, library computer porn and a Starbuck boycott

Good Thursday, readers!

Welcome to the Seattle edition of Pacific Northwest News, but don't worry, there no vehicle traffic to spoil the fun.

But first, a quick reminder of how we roll at Northwest News: we mine the region's newspapers, television websites, cable networks, and blogs from around the Northwest for news you won't want to miss, then we pluck stories we think you might find interesting, post snippets below and provide links to the full versions. Your job is easy: click, read and come back to share your thoughts. Please use your best manners when commenting on OregonLive or we will never give you a sloth.

Our first story, from seattlepi.com, which coins our new favorite phrase, "Satan juice," to describe a boycott-minded evangelical pastor's feeling about Starbucks. We are not making this up:

The ban on Starbucks comes from Steven Andrew, president of USA Christian Ministries.

Andrew called on Christians to stop drinking Starbucks coffee as long as the company continues to support gay rights.

“Starbucks is no longer fashionable. If your church still uses Starbucks, then your pastor is a friend of the world,” Andrew said in a statement. “God calls those who oppose Him ‘haters of God.’”

You might think “haters of God” is pretty strong language, but it gets stronger. Andrew goes on to say “Starbucks can follow Satan if they want to.”

Just don’t drink their Satan juice, according to Andrew.

Shhh, don't tell that San Jose pastor about Washington's state senate's vote Wednesday to allow gay marriage. If the measure gains house approval, our neighbor to the north would become the 7th state to allow gays and lesbians to marry.

We're going to stick with the seattlepi.com for our next pick because it also fits in the really??! category:

A Seattle woman is complaining that she was at the Lake City library with her kids recently, when she saw a man watching hard-core porn on a computer, with the screen facing toward toward the room.

She asked the librarian to move the man to a more discreet location. The librarian refused.

"She could see the screen from the information desk where we were standing and was sympathetic, but said that the library doesn't censor content," said Julie Howe, in an email published Tuesday on the neighborhood blog, Lake City Live.

"And they can't be in the business of monitoring what their patrons are doing at any given computer."

Read the article. Howe comes across as the nicest, most reasonable complainant ever.

Final thought, now Seattle has vampires??? Be safe out there.

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Northwest News, Seattle edition: Vampires, library computer porn and a Starbuck boycott

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