At the forefront of protest against the puritanical tide is an unlikely hero, Pastor Tammy of the Full Gospel Ranch. Tammy, a self-proclaimed "good Christian whore" who caters to wayward pastors and infidels alike, carries a Bible in one hand and a tube of lube in the other. Her main goal is to convert non-believers through the power of the "Big O". Soul saving has never been this much fun.

But how does one adhere to Christian values and sell pussy at the same time? Pastor Tammy says it's not a problem: "God NEVER condemned the prostitutes and concubines of Jews in the Bible. What God did condemn were the Pagan temple whores of Baal . . . we can't be taking away money and customers from God and giving it to Baal, now can we?", she says.

Pastor Tammy explains that by following the example of G.W. and allowing Jesus in as a spiritual guide, God-fearing sluts never need to worry about the fiery gates of hell, ever again. In fact, under the new presidency, Tammy has been able to capitalize on the administration's fundamentalist funding and expand her outreach program. "Thanks to President Pastor W's Office of Faith and Miracles we have received money to be able to offer services even to destitute, unemployed Pastors," Tammy says. She calls this her "missionary position". [I know, it even hurt to write it.]

The gospel according to Pastor Tammy is read by a monthly average of 10,000 unique visitors but has hit as high as 70,000 in one month. And although her Inbox is cluttered with e-mail propositions from horny guys, the bulk of responses to the site has been from outraged fundies who are less than convinced by Tammy's Christian "testimony". [For the unenlightened, fundamentalist born-again Christians all have a story about how Jesus saved them. This is called the "testimony" and is used in preaching and trying to convert others.]

Inundated with vitriol from sex-fearing Christian fundamentalists and atheist stalwarts alike, the bombshell believer, with tits the size of Texas, finds all the attention to be just a little slice of heaven – a desired reaction for a newsgroup troll.

Tammy first appeared among the Usenet set three years ago on a couple of freethinker newsgroups, the Internet congregation for heathens. As many born-again Christians do, Tammy would frequently post to these newsgroups to preach to hell-bound infidels. These posts, a.k.a. trolls, created a flurry of flaming and soon Pastor Tammy became a Net legend among freethinkers.

A California Web developer, "MX", whose real name cannot be revealed for fear of repercussions from his corporate Christian employer, is a convert and follower of Pastor Tammy who was saved from his atheist ways. MX says that, at first, Tammy appeared to be the quintessential fundamentalist loon. "It had all the signs of being a tired fundy rant, that is, until you delve much deeper and find out how Tammy really got saved," he says with an emoticon wink. With her sex-friendly sermons, Pastor Tammy stood out from the e-missionary crowd on Usenet, MX explained, and soon she had a following of freethinkers ready to kneel before the altar of her groin.

"I think it was the fact that Tammy pointed out the obvious in a very unique way, that everyone likes sex," says MX. "Some of us go about it openly and some of us hide it, but we all do it and we all like it."

It is hard to deny the appeal of Pastor Tammy's message. The common reaction to the Full Gospel Ranch has been "any God who smiles upon fucking for fun is the God for me" – a far cry from the mainstream, puritanical, fundamentalist position preached by Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart and more recently, preacher Bob Larson.

It is the hypocrisy of the Religious Right, Tammy says, that hurts the born-again movement. As this is being written, G.W. is working his way down his compassionate conservative policy papers and seeking a ban on fetal tissue research, which is especially integral to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease - thus, getting Michael J. Fox's panties all in a bunch. This comes after denying aid to countries with federally funded abortions. Pastor Tammy wonders whether Dubya would be so quick to follow right-wing manifestos if, in the process of one of his coke binges, he got some born-again slut knocked up. She quickly pushes the thought out of her mind and relishes in the potential cash flow to her Christian whorehouse once the lines between church and state are, well, fucked. To Tammy, the fact that Americans now have Bush in the White House is a sign from God.

Irrespective of Pastor Tammy's Bible-preaching ways, she is still a target for many Christian fundamentalist groups who view her Full Gospel Ranch as heresy. They post preachy messages to her Web Board and send email flames that make the gates of hell feel nippy in comparison. To date, however, law enforcement has yet to be called on her good Christian whorehouse.