Church and State

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• What A Fruitcake!: Falwell Lawyer Serves Up Heaping Helping Of Holiday Humbug

  
  The Wall of Separation — Authority: 546
  The Christmas decorations went up at my house the weekend after Thanksgiving.Let’s see: wreath on the door, Christmas tree by the stairs, Nativity scene on the sideboard, hammer and sickle on the…. Wait a minute! Where is the darn hammer and sickle? That infamous symbol of the old Soviet Union must be here ...
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• Fratres Daily Catholic News 12.22.09

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 492
  Shooter: 35-year-old David E. Crable SEATTLE AGAIN: 2 OFFICER’S DOWN — CRITICAL CONDITION… Two Pierce County sheriff’s deputies were in critical condition early today after they were “ambushed” while responding to a domestic-violence call, according to the Sheriff’s Department. The ...
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• The Homophobic Salvation Army - Another Look

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 444
  I previously posted about the debate on whether or not its appropriate to donate to the Salvation Army in light of the organizations glaring homophobia and Christianist view of LGBT citizens. True, as some readers have pointed out, the organization helps many needy individuals and might even offer assistance to ...
  17 hours ago

• Liberadio(!) Podcast: December 21, 2009 with Hugh Schlesinger, Skye Bacus, and Dave Thomas

  
  Liberadio(!) — Authority: 463
  Summary: Featuring guests Hugh Schlesinger and Skye Bacus , former WRVU Music Directors, and Dave Thomas , president of the Nashville chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State . The War on Hanukkah (Because We’ve Already Beat Christmas) Extravaganza, Part 1 . Current news, ...
  21 hours ago

• Merry Xmas Obama, from Your Friends at WND

  
  Bay of Fundie — Authority: 125
  Those wonderful theocratic Constitution-haters over at WorldNutDaily are always running polls. Their latest one is “ What would you like to give Obama for Christmas? ” The poll isn’t quite over, but I think the trend is clear. Let’s see what the folks who are supposed to be full of love for their fellow ...
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• Christian group’s defense fund takes on campuses

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 532
  The Oklahoman (AP) : Defense Fund president Alan Sears says public universities remain the most intolerant places in America. We intend to bring as many actions as necessary until folks decide to conform to the Constitution, he said. He said his group has had success. In 50 concluded legal cases involving ...
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• PA: Luzerne County holiday scene gets a reprieve

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 532
  Times-Leader : "A Nativity and menorah will be returned to the Luzerne County Courthouse lawn – likely by Monday – as part of a holiday display featuring other secular objects, county Commissioner Chairwoman Maryanne Petrilla said Friday . . . Minority Commissioner Stephen A. Urban said he didn’t support the ...
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• Manhattan Declaration: A Conflict Of Interest

  
  Fannie's Room — Authority: 525
  A couple weeks ago was quite a Manhattan Declaration extravaganza here in Fannies Room! It has been on my mind a bit because of something that happened to me in my real life. You see, my girlfriend has a relative who recently got married. She and I attended this wedding, both of us spending quite a bit of time, ...
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• The Faux War on Christmas

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 444
  As part of their campaign to depict themselves and fellow Christianists as constant victims of persecution, the lunatic far right have in recent years whined about the secularization of Christmas and the efforts of retailers to not offend non-Christians during the Christmas holidays. The professional victim set care ...
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• Christian group wages campus fight

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 532
  "That organization, the non-profit Alliance Defense Fund, is now undertaking a special campaign on a familiar front of the culture wars. Armed with a $9.2 million donation from an anonymous family plus its own matching funds, the group is stepping up efforts to combat what it says is widespread and unconstitutional ...
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• The Fundamental Theology of Politics

  
  mirabile dictu — Authority: 127
  Marci McDonald, author of the upcoming T he Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada , says, “Harper has given the religious right a welcome and access in Ottawa and government they’ve never had before – and they’ve become used it.” They are, she says, “here to stay.” [...] But ...
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• ‘Christmas’ Banned From Christmas Song

  
  The Admonition — Authority: 140
  The height of politically-correct stupidity…the epitomy of liberal nonsense…the asininity of sheer jackassery abounds!  Merry Christmas, y’all.  There’s not too much to say here, honestly.  Yet another example of why we need to return to common-sense Conservative values and free our citizenry from the ...
  3 days ago

• JJ’s Got a Naughty and Nice List

  
  Cocking A Snook! — Authority: 119
  It’s a good thing I am not in charge, she muttered darkly . . .Most public figures* including everyone with more money than morals would be in BIG trouble this year!Although I heard Andre Agassi* answering some questions after a speech on NPR today and he makes the Nice list regardless of his clueless youthful [...]
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• Challenger to Betsy Markey Doesn’t Understand the Constitution

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 429
  Representative Betsy Markeys best hope for re-election is that her eventual Republican challenger wont show any more sense than Dean Madere has demonstrated so far.
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• Empty Manger, No Candles

  
  TheScroogeReport — Authority: 112
  SCROOGE ALERT LEVEL: ELEVATED LUZERNE COUNTY, Pennsylvania — A menorah and statues in the nativity scene on the Luzerne County Courthouse lawn were removed Wednesday night after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) threatened legal action. County officials opted not to spend time and money on a lawsuit ...
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• Atheist ‘Tree of Knowledge’ Under Attack

  
  The Lonesome Mongoose — Authority: 109
  The Examiner, December 3, 2009 WEST CHESTER, PA – For the last three years, a local group of atheists, skeptics, rationalists, humanists, freethinkers, etc. have joined in the winter festivities by putting up a display representing their values along side other displays in front of the Chester County Courthouse in ...
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• TX : Wiccan Teen Chooses to Sit Out Two Christmas Songs.

  
  The Gaytheist Agenda — Authority: 128
  Someone decides to abstain from something because it’s not in line with their religious beliefs. That’s commonplace. But in this case it’s a Wiccan teenager sitting out Christmas songs. Fifteen-year-old Katarina Keen won’t sing along to “Silent Night” or “Listen to the Stars,” two Christian songs ...
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• Separation of Church and State – Revisited

  
  Catholic+Discussion+Blog — Authority: 92
  My first semester at Rhode Island College is finally coming to a close.  With a mixture of relief and anticipation, I look forward to the spring.  Among my list of classes, I’ve had Western History, Writing 100, and American Government.  My American Government class has proved to be an interesting eye-opener ...
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• Atheist under fire for (lack of) beliefs

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 459
  A man elected to city council in North Carolina is having his eligibility for office contested, and because he is atheist. And those contesting his election have a basis for their argument; the NC state constitution reads that only persons of established and known beliefs are eligible to hold office. Of course, Title ...
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• I love Susan Jacoby

  
  Blue Lyon — Authority: 132
  The War on Christmas is getting old, she says. She tells us to quit worrying about what the Obama’s are doing (or not) and take a gander at this:If you’d like to learn about a really egregious violation of the separation of church and state, my Dec. 7 Secularist’s Corner post discusses the fact that the ...
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