I hear the faint sound of the religious right’s collective head exploding.

“We share responsibility for creating an economy where parents with jobs earn enough to care for their families.”

—Sister Simone Campbell

People to vote for in TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People:

Tammy Baldwin - first openly gay Senator

Sister Simone Campbell- leader of the Nuns on a Bus movement

Hillary Clinton- former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady

Dr. James Downing- Scientific director at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where his Pediatric Cancer Genome Project is decoding the genetic drivers of childhood cancers

Tina Fey & Amy Poehler- Comedians

Melinda Gates- Philanthropist

Gabby Giffords- former Congresswoman; gun safety advocate

Sara Horowitz- founder of Working Today and Freelancers Union, nonprofit groups that provide services to independent workers.

Heba Morayef- human rights lawyer and leading advocate of the democracy and women’s rights movements in Egypt

Michelle Obama- First Lady; advocate for military families and childhood health

Pussy Riot- Russian feminist group

Zach Sims & Ryan Bubinski- co-founders of Codeacademy, a New York City start-up that offers free online computer-programming lessons to 1 million users

Aung San Suu Kyi- Burmese activist, politician, and Nobel laureate

Elizabeth Warren- Senator; fights Wall St. corruption

Malala Yousafzai- Pakastini education activist

The nuns are still on their bus, and they are still kicking ass and taking names (or whatever the nun equivalent of doing that is) in the American government.

Sister Simone Campbell, you are fantastic. Proof that doing good is more than religion.

NUNS

Are the only part of the Catholic Church that I actually like.

#dnc2012

A group of documentary film makers are following three very amazing nuns. Sr. Simone Campbell, Sr. Chris Shenk, and Sr. Jean Hughs. They are trying to follow Sr. Chris to Rome to document her pilgrmage to archeoligical evidence of forgotten women leaders from the early Church.

If you are able, please make a donation to help them finish this movie. You can see a 7 minute preview of the movie and make a donation here. They have almost $17,000 to raise in only 26 days.