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• Noteworthy News: LDS Church Backs Nondiscrimination Ordinance

  
  Mormon Women: Who We Are — Authority: 129
  This week, in Salt Lake City, UT (USA), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints supported a nondiscrimination ordinance to help protect the rights of gays in the city to have equal opportunity for housing and employment. The statement that was read as part of the announcement of the Church’s choice on ...
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• The Voice of the Martyrs joins coalition to combat “defamation of religions” concept

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  The Voice of the Martyrs (Canada) has joined a coalition of over 100 Christian, Muslim and Jewish organisations as well as humanist and secular groups from around the world in signing a common civil society statement against the concept of “defamation of religions.”  The statement was drafted due to the ongoing ...
  2 days ago

• SC License Plates FAIL

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 126
  From the Associated PressPublished: November 10, 2009A federal judge ruled that the state cannot issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase “I Believe.” Judge Cameron M. Currie of Federal District Court said in her ruling that the license plates were ...
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• Another example of government trampling our religious rights?

  
  Applesauce — Authority: 442
     One of our semi-regular commenters here at Applesauce has opined, without any supporting evidence, that the tragedy at Ft. Hood is the result of the U.S. military infringing on the religious rights of its personnel.  One wonders what this fellow might think of THIS CASE , in which it is alleged that ...
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• Democracy of “Blogic” and the Right to Speak the Absurd

  
  Creed:or:Chaos — Authority: 118
  One of my favorite modern-day thinkers is Carl Trueman . His penetrating analysis of theology and contemporary issues causes me to pause for self-reflection. In his essay, “The Theater of the Absurd” found in his book Minority Report: Unpopular Thoughts on Everything from Ancient Christianity and Zen-Calvinism ...
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• Podcast #71 – Eye of Sauron Edition

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 126
  We look at three recent TV programs that have attracted the attention of the Eye of Sauron, a.k.a. Catholic League president Bill Donohue, whose job it is to manufacture outrage anytime anyone makes fun of the Church or offers sharp criticism of it.nbsp; Sarah Silvermans video "Sell the Vatican, Feed the World" ...
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• What does Bill Donohue wear under his burka?

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 126
  The only thing that makes me laugh more at Bill “Eye of Sauron” Donohue getting his rosary in a bunch is hearing him complain that “They only pick on the Catholics–they wouldn’t dare pick on the Muslims.”  Which begs the question: why does the Eye only complain when “they” pick on Catholics, but never ...
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• Twitter Updates for TPA on 2009-10-29

  
  The Publicists Assistant — Authority: 443
  What Information Are You Missing Out On? Google Doesnt have it All http://ow.ly/wXfG # Home Depot, Shame On You! http://ow.ly/xcLM Shame on those who are slowing taking our religious rights away!! # RT @ CyberHoodWatch CyberHood Watch Discussion With Marcus Pillman On Bots – Deep Web Search – Cloud ...
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• We need to talk about your flair

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 126
  Trevor Keezer claims Home Depot fired him for wearing a button saying “One nation under God” on his work apron, a violation of the company’s prohibition against religious messages.  What may be problematic for the company is the Keezer claims he wore the button for over a year before management said anything.
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• Where is the hardest place in the world to be a Christian today?

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  The Economist asked the question today, “Where is the hardest place in the world to be a Christian citizen?” North Korea, perhaps? Saudi Arabia? Try Somalia. There are thought to be no more than a thousand Christians in a resident population of 8m people, with perhaps a few thousand more in the diaspora. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Unbelievable statement of the day

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  Just when I thought that I had heard it all, I read an Ecumenical News International press release this afternoon about a recent World Council of Churches trip to North Korea, sponsored and at the invitation of the North Korean government. In it, one of the leading representatives, General secretary of the Christian ...
  3 weeks ago

• Q1 threatens gay marriage in Maine

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 126
  2009 is an off year for most voters, but citizens across the nation are keeping an eye on the November 3rd election in Maine, in which Mainers will decide whether or not to overturn a law passed last spring by the legislature and signed by the governor that legalized gay marriage.  A “No” vote [...]
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• Rifqa Bary to return to Ohio…or Sri Lanka

  
  American Freethought — Authority: 126
  You may recall, from a couple of months ago, the case of Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old Christian convert who ran away from her Muslim parents in Ohio to stay with the minister of a Florida megachurch, claiming her parents would murder her for being an apostate.  Her parents assure authorities she is in no danger, [...]
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• Does reading the Bible make you a bad jurist?

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  A recent Amnesty International (AI) report caught my attention in which they call for the death sentence of a convicted murderer in Texas to be commuted because “jurors used Biblical passages supporting the death penalty to help them decide whether he should live or die.”  According to AI, “the jurors use of ...
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• Let’s not get too excited about promises from Pakistan’s government

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari, told the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Pakistan’s state-run news agency, on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 that “the democratic government in Pakistan was deeply conscious of the misuse of the blasphemy law in the country by extremist elements and vested interests” and ...
  6 weeks ago

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