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• Los Angeles Times Condemns The Manhattan Declaration

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  Fortunately, a number of major media outlets have condemned the so-called "Manhattan Declaration" - authored in part by convicted Watergate felon Chuck Colson (pictured at right) which among other things urges far right Christianists to engage in civil disobedience and ignore laws that run contrary to ...
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• Idiocy run amok

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 132
  The Boston Globe reports that a Methuen, Mass., woman named Mary Jo Coady believes Jesus appeared on her dirty old Wal-Mart iron. Here’s the image: Here’s why this is idiotic: No one knows what Jesus looked like. The person in this image looks like she either has the mumps or is gathering acorns for the ...
  14 hours ago

• Lawsuit Challenges Reference to God at US Capitol Visitor Center

  
  Free Christian Press — Authority: 137
  WASHINGTON, DC /Christian News/ — The nation’s top conservative public interest law firm is once again battling to protect America’s heritage. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 44 members of Congress asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the ...
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• Less of a Catholic: Why Rep. Kennedy is wrong

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  News broke this week that Thomas Tobin, the Catho lic bishop of Providence, RI, had in 2007 asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to refrain from receiving Communion because of the congressmans support for legalized abortion. The ensuing howls of protest almost universally missed the point. Some Catholic writers charged that ...
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• Defending Science Education in Your Community

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  An Online Toolkit for Students and Parents Whose Public School Science Curriculum is Under Attack Table of Contents: * How to Respond to Religiously-Based Curricula * Students: Points to Raise with Parents and School Personnel * Parents: Points to Raise with Other Parents, School Personnel and Elected ...
  2 days ago

• 50 U.S. Catholic Dioceses Contributed To Maine Marriage Battle

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 150
  Anyone who doesnt believe that the Roman Catholic Church has become a leader in anti-gay discrimination and supporter of intertwining religion and the civil laws need only read this article at the National Catholic Reporter that looks at Catholic contributions for the effort to deprive Maine residents of ...
  3 days ago

• Calif. college sued over prayer at group events

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 531
  AP : "It alleges school officials at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo routinely invoke prayers at student and faculty events, including scholarship awards ceremonies and training programs." David Llewellyn represents the school and is quoted.
  4 days ago

• America is Not a Christian Nation, Part 3

  
  ARIZONA ATHEIST — Authority: 110
  In the previous two posts Ive examined the religious beliefs of the founding fathers and have shown that the bible wasnt actually as influential as many christian apologists might have you believe. In this third part, Im going to examine the claim that the united states was founded upon "christian principals." I ...
  4 days ago

• The Interesting Case Of Judge Hamilton

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 130
  Jesus Vs. Allah: The Fight Over God’s Secular Title (Dahlia Lithwick/Newsweek; Nov 19) Pop quiz: which of the following names represents a non-sectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus? If you answered “none of the above,” you are right as a matter of fact but not ...
  5 days ago

• Conservative Religious Leaders Issue Declaration Opposing Gay Marriage Rights and Embryonic Stem Cell Research

  
  Liberal Values — Authority: 142
  Conservatives love to play the victim, even when they are engaged in denying the rights of others. A group of  conservative religious leaders have issued the Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience . This declaration says “ they oppose laws that would compel them to recognize gay unions or ...
  5 days ago

• Good News You Might Have Missed

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 130
  Federal Judge Nixes License Plates With Cross, “I Believe” (Jim Davenport/The Associated Press/USA Today; Nov 10) COLUMBIA, South Carolina: A federal judge ruled Tuesday that South Carolina can’t issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase ...
  6 days ago

• On Church and State

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 725
  On Sept. 12, 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in a major speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association said the following: I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no ...
  6 days ago

• Americans United threatens Cleveland City Council over prayers

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 531
  Americans United for Separation : "Americans United for Separation of Church and State has again warned the Cleveland City Council that it is violating the law by consistently opening its meetings with sectarian prayers . . . "
  6 days ago

• Patrick Kennedy, Bishop Tobin, and Abortion Rights: Special Comment by my 72-year-old friend

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 672
  By GottaLaff My very caring, impassioned 72-year-old Twitter pal, who goes by the name 42bkdodgr , would like to once more share his feelings about the separation of church and state. I am more than happy to oblige. But first, a personal note from 42bkdodgr: Many of you may wonder why I chose to use the “ 72 ...
  6 days ago

• Shaddup and Pass the Gravy

  
  A Feather Adrift — Authority: 128
  Thanksgiving is frankly a uniquely American holiday. Not to say that there are not other harvest celebrations in many parts of the world. There are. And no doubt they have their own unique qualities. We are not talking better best, but different. Get it? Thanksgiving to children is part of that delicious march ...
  6 days ago

• Politics in D.C.

  
  Visual Thoughts Photography — Authority: 137
  This image is not representative of my politics but just something I saw on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. last week. © 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved. NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given ...
  6 days ago

• Greta Christina Speaks Out!

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 130
  Here are the key passages from one of the best essays I’ve read in recent weeks. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! 3 Silly Religious Beliefs Held By Non-Silly People (Greta Christina/AlterNet.org; Oct 30) Many of the beliefs held by religious moderates — smart people who respect science and ...
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• Caesar calling the tune

  
  Ad Orientem — Authority: 474
  When you take Caesars coin you dance to his music . Churches will eventually learn the price of taking government money. But I fear the lesson will be a painful one. Syndicated by Atom
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• “Americans United Challenges California Community College Prayer Policy In Federal Court”

  
  ADF Alliance Alert — Authority: 531
  AU press release : "Americans United for Separation of Church and State has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging official prayers during public ceremonies at a Southern California community college."
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• The Liar, The Witch, and the KKK’s Wardrode

  
  Cocking A Snook! — Authority: 124
  Sarah Palin’s presidential-ambition-blessing pastor was a real, literal witch-hunter and witch-persecutor. No joke. Now comes another no-joke witch story, one I saw earlier today in the Chronicle of Higher Education weekly round-up by Don Troop, under the irresistible and accurately newsworthy headline, “The Liar, ...
  1 week ago

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