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• in Lifestyle
  Teacher Bans 'God Bless You' in Classroom and Punishes Offenders by Dropping Grades
  A health teacher in California has barred saying 'God bless you' in his class and those who break this rule have points removed from their grade.
  by clairethebear88 / on Sep 30, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “church and state”

 

• The God-Given Loophole: How Religion Is Infiltrating Americas Public Schools

  
  Carloz Newsvine — Authority: 129
  the annual “See You at the Pole” prayer event...happens at schools nationwide on the same day. On the understanding that the event is student-initiated and student-led, it is deemed to be constitutional.
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• No Supreme Court Consideration of Political Activity Ban

  
  Nonprofit Law Prof Blog — Authority: 111
  Earlier this week the Supreme Court of the United States denied the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Catholic Answers (see docket) in its case challenging the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) prohibition on political campaign intervention. As...
  4 days ago

• Is the Obama Administration threatening freedom of conscience and religion in the US?

  
  Vivificat! — Authority: 109
  Yes, and c atholics in the Administration serve as useful tools for persecution Brethren, Peace and Good to all of you in Jesus’ Name. Last week, something unprecedented happened: a Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church warned about the erosion of religious and conscience liberties in the United ...
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• Christians react to an order to remove a Christian banner from a public high school

  
  Sun and Shield — Authority: 107
  There have been legal demands that a Christian student remove a Christian banner from a public high school in Rhode Island. Henry Neufeld describes the case . I hadnt heard of it before. He also has a few things to say about Christian claims of being persecuted in North America -- its seldom really persecution. ...
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• Citizens Sue to Stop ‘Lord’s Prayer’ Recitation at Delaware County Council Meetings

  
  Jehovah's Witnesses News and Archive — Authority: 139
  Intense debate over the presence of prayers in the public square — especially Christian ones — is nothing new. In recent weeks,  we‘ve covered a teen atheist’s successful campaign  to ban a prayer mural in a Rhode Island public high school. Now, there’s another battle brewing in Wilmington, Delaware, over ...
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• Barry Lynn: “Did Obama Official Go Too Far in Atlanta Church Speech?”

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 445
  Barry Lynn at Opposing Views : Nothing I heard in the news reports about this incident indicates that Jarrett told people how to vote. Yes, she praised Obama and criticized the GOP. But pastors laud or blast politicians all of the time. Unless they take the additional step of advising congregants how they ought to ...
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• The God bone’s connected to the Tebow: Tom Bartlett

  
  No Apologies — Authority: 410
  By Tom Bartlett I know everyone will agree with me that it is unseemly seeing inter-racial couples showing affection in public. Don’t get me wrong – I acknowledge that they have a right to get married, but do they need to rub it in the faces of the rest of society? Hand-holding and a peck on the cheek should be ...
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• Groups praise U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on N.C. prayer case | Rock Mount Telegram

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 445
  Rocky Mount Telegram : “This means that, for the time being, the standard for prayer policies in the 4th Circuit will be different from the standard held by the rest of the country,” said David Cortman, senior counsel for the group.
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• State Neutrality and Religion in the Public Sphere

  
  Ponderings on a Faith Journey — Authority: 112
  Political theorist Jurgen Habermas states that the religious voice is welcome into the public sphere, but this voice requires translation if it is to be received and have influence in that sphere.  But, what is the nature of this sphere?  What role does the state play in this sphere? The First Amendment of ...
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• Separation Of Church And State Only Applies To FALSE Gods: Valerie Jarrett Pimps Worship Of Messiah Obama The Savior At A Church

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 418
  What happens to the cherished liberal ideology of “separation of church and state” ( found only in the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics )??? Preaching Politics Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is defending remarks she made Sunday, during a church service honoring Dr. Martin ...
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• Obama: I’m on a Mission from God [Reader Post]

  
  Flopping Aces — Authority: 600
  On a Mission from God If one searches for Obama’s position on the separation of church and state, one is repeatedly directed to a speech given by Obama at the Call to Renewal’s Building a Covenant for a New America . A video of a portion of the speech is posted several times on youtube and it is described by ...
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• NH Council of Churches - New Date Casino Committee Work Session January 19 at 3:30pm

  
  Press Releases — Authority: 131
  To Committee ... Do Not Resuscitate   Your calls and our messages have been working, so much so that HB-593 backers have been forced to schedule a special multi-committee work session (Thurs, Jan 19, 3:30 pm, LOB 210) to see if they can save the bill from defeat.      While there will be no opportunity ...
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• -4th Circuit Ruling Stands: Prayers in Jesus Name Are Out

  
  ANSWERS For The Faith — Authority: 457
                                           (Image via Wikipedia ) Today (Tuesday 1/17) the US Supreme Court declined to hear a case coming from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court had ruled in a 2-1 panel decision last October in Joyner v. Forsyth County ...
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• Ordained Ministers

  
  Becoming A Wedding Officiant dot Com — Authority: 124
  United Church Of Canada – Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Ordered ministry includes ordained ministers and diaconal ministers . Lay ministry refers to licensed lay ministers , designated lay ministers (DLM) and congregational designated ministers (CDM). … Read Article Gay Marriage ...
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• Supremes to Forsyth County: Knock off the prayers

  
  BlueNC - The people's think tank — Authority: 474
  A whiff of good news from the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to hear an appeal from the Christianists in Forsyth County who have been using public meetings to promote their religion. We are about to get very busy," said Katherine Parker, the ACLU attorney who argued the case against Forsyth County in the court ...
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• Why Christian Churches Should Lose Tax Exempt Status.

  
  Provoketive Magazine — Authority: 512
  Most Christian churches are registered as 501(c)3 non-profit organizations and receive a tax exempt status by the government. According to the IRS, to maintain this status churches must abstain from devoting a substantial part of their activity to influencing legislation and intervening in or contributing to political ...
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• Ministerial Exception -- Sightings

  
  Ponderings on a Faith Journey — Authority: 112
  Is Christianity being discriminated against, as some claim?  Or, is religion receiving favors from the government in the form of both tax exemptions and now, with a unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court, a ministerial exemption.  With his usual wisdom and wit, Martin Marty unpacks the evidence.  Take a read, ...
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• Self-Anointed "Christians" Fight For Right to Gay Bash

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 430
  With the wave of teen suicides that has struck the Anoka - Hennepin School District in Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmanns district, not to mention the ongoing Justice Department and Department of Education investigations, one would think the Christianists might be backing off a bit on their demand that ...
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• US Marines: Afghans Prefer Christians over Atheists

  
  God and Country — Authority: 466
  It was noted here once before that US military fighter pilots sanitize their uniforms prior to combat missions, so if they are captured they have little on their person to provide information to the enemy.  However, intel officers occasionally encouraged pilots to carry family photos, thinking the “personalizing” ...
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• Christian Prayers And Protests Will Get You Arrested In NYC

  
  Sword At-The-Ready — Authority: 97
  Zero Tolerance for Christians in New York compared to Occupy Protests that dragged on for weeks.   Christians arrested on site for praying against the ban on churches meeting in public places. In a sickening proof that Amerika is become a hostile land for Christians who are no longer welcome or permitted their free ...
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