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• in Politics
  The New Religious Wars
  Why can’t we all just get along?
  by docentman / on Jan 18, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Graduation Venues Heating Up Controversy
  School forced to move graduation ceremony from church venue
  by mybellringers / on Jun 6, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “separation of church and state”

 

• Congress, Family Circus And The Impotence Of Prayer

  
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  Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, the government-paid High Priest of the U.S. House of Representatives, got up to do his job on Friday morning, offering an official government Christian prayer for everybody in Congress, whether they’re Christians or not. It was just one more installment of a daily violation of the ...
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• Catholic Bishops Put Religious Privilege Above the Rights of Others

  
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  I often maintain that while they claim that gays are the ones who want "special rights," its actually the Christianists and the Roman Catholic bishops who want their rights and special privileges to trump the civil rights of others.  They want to make their religious beliefs the de facto established religion in ...
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• CNN Grills Homophobe Tony Perkins Over His Views

  
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  Yes, Brooke. That is precisely the expression you should always present to this douche! Image from Raw Story. I am greatly annoyed that cable news and other outlets keep spotlighting hateful people like Tony Perkins (blood, Mother, blood! ) of the Family Research Council. The FRC--like most organizations with ...
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• Did you know?

  
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• NC: Groups send letter to IRS complaining about Baptist pastor’s sermon

  
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  Charlotte Observer : Americans United asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Providence Road Baptist Church, whose pastor, Charles Worley, on May 13 delivered a sermon urging the congregation to vote against President Barack Obama. | AU press release and letter to the IRS | Freedom of Religion ...
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• Pastor speaks biblical truth, gets legal attention | One News Now

  
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  One News Now : Attorney Erik Stanley of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) says the complaints are "the same tiresome claims from a group that is intent on bullying churches and intimidating them into silence." "What this pastor did in Kentucky was nothing more than to exercise his constitutional right to speak freely ...
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• KS: Reno County OKs rules for prayers at meetings

  
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  Hutchinson News : The Reno County Commission attempted to put to rest a controversy over prayer at the start of its meetings on Tuesday by unanimously approving a policy calling for non-sectarian prayers or a moment of silence in the future.
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• IRS Should Investigate Kentucky Church For Opposing Obama Re-Election, Says Americans United

  
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  AU : Kentucky church violated federal law when its pastor demanded the ouster of President Barack Obama during church services, Americans United for Separation of Church and State told the Internal Revenue Service today. During a May 13 service, Pastor Ronnie Spriggs of Hager Hill Freewill Baptist Church in Hager ...
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• Group Warns Santa Monica About Nativity Scene Proposal

  
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  SurfSantaMonica.com : A national group that champions the separation of church and state has threatened to sue the City of Santa Monica if it moves forward Tuesday with a proposal by Nativity scene organizers that would ban signs and banners that "denigrate" holiday traditions.
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• And So It Begins: Notre Dame sues over birth control mandate

  
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  NEW YORK — Dozens of Roman Catholic dioceses, schools and other institutions sued the Obama administration Monday over a government mandate requiring most employers to provide birth control coverage as part of their employee health plans. The lawsuits filed in federal courts around the country represent the largest ...
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• Iowa Governor Nominates Anti-Abortion Catholic Priest to Serve On Board Of Medicine

  
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  Iowa Governor Nominates Anti-Abortion Catholic Priest to Serve On Board Of Medicine : The Iowa...
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• Separation of Church & State: What the Founders Meant Reviews

  
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  Separation of Church & State: What the Founders Meant This new book is very timely for one of the most frequently debated issues in America: the separation of church and state. Where did this phrase originate? Was it always meant to prohibit expressions of religious faith in public settings as many claim ...
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• Separation of Church and State

  
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  "(His adversaries looking for some opportunity to trip him up) come and say to him, Teacher, we know that you are honest and impartial, because you pay no attention to appearances, but instead you teach Gods way forthrightly. Is it permissible to pay the poll tax to the Roman emperor or not? Should we pay or should we ...
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• Federal court rules NY town boards prayer violated separation of church and state

  
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  An upstate New York town violated the constitutional ban against favoring one religion over another by opening nearly every meeting over an 11-year span with prayers that stressed Christianity, a federal court of appeals ruled Thursday. In what it said was its first case testing the constitutionally ...
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• Still looking? Again, here’s how to find “separation of church and state” in the Constitution

  
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  It’s an election year. People get crazy. I’ve already heard from a dozen wacko candidates that “separation of church and state isn’t in the Constitution.” Yes it is. Separation of church and state resides in the Constitution.  Here’s a post from 2010 to help them find it . _____________ It’s ...
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• Rise Up Against Amendment One

  
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  The opponents of North Carolinas foul Amendment One have launched their last video advertisement against the Christianist/GOP effort to write discrimination into North Carolinas constitution.  That video is set out above.  Please watch it and share it with those you know in North Carolina and encourage them to go to ...
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• Vintage Romney: Government needs more Religion intertwined with it

  
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  Mitt Romney perpetual Presidential nominee I have to tell you first that I am a great believer in separation of church and state, I am also a Christian who believes your Religion should influence the way you act but keep it to yourself. I also believe I do not need Religion to dictate to me how to act. . President ...
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• Life in a North Korean Death Camp

  
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  Shin Dong-hyuk is the first person born in a North Korean political prison to get out and tell his story. He was spawned from a "reward marriage," the forced breeding of prisoners when they fill their work quota. He "snitched" on the planned escape of his mother and brother and saw them executed. read more
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• Dueling Days Of Reason And Prayer

  
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  Today is the National Day Of Prayer and the National Day Of Reason . Rep. Pete Start, the only openly atheist member of Congress, issued a proclamation on the House floor in recognition of the latter. The National Day of Reason celebrates the application of reason and the positive impact it has had on ...
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• White House releases Faith Based Initiative guidelines

  
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  Washington Post : A new White House report that offers guidance on public/private partnerships between the government and faith-based groups leaves critical questions unanswered and does not resolve the issue of religious groups’ ability to discriminate in hiring and firing, church-state watchdogs said.
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