Church & State

To Pledge or not to Pledge, that is the question

September 2, 2007

Did you know that Texas has its own pledge? One which it has apparently corrupted with that non-denominational god named God? A part of me just wants to scream my bloody head off. It’s not just the god thing. It’s the whole idea of mandatory pledges. I can see requesting older children, namely teenagers to [...]

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Americans United asks IRS to investigate the Doctor of Prayer

May 31, 2007

The AU has asked the IRS to look into Bill Keller’s ministry for political intervention for articles he has written about Mitt Romney, a Mormon presidential hopeful. It began earlier this month when Keller put up an article stating that a vote for Romney was “a vote for Satan”. In the fallout Keller wrote another [...]

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Pope threatens Catholic Politicians with excommunication

May 10, 2007

Pope Benedict has finally dropped all pretenses and has threatened pro-choice Catholic politicians with excommunication in the wake of Mexico City’s legalization of abortion. The Pope was asked whether he supported Mexican Church leaders threatening to excommunicate leftist parliamentarians who last month voted to legalize abortion in Mexico City. “Yes, this excommunication was not an [...]

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Psalm’s 23: The Get of Jail Card

April 27, 2007

A man in Cincinnati was recently released from jail on a $10K appearance bond for being able to recite the 23rd chapter of Psalms at the request of the presiding judge. At the same time, there’s a dispute growing here in Houston. A judge is under fire for having Bible classes inside the court which [...]

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Spoiled brats, each and every one

April 12, 2007

I used to like Christians or at least – I didn’t actively dislike them. Then I moved to Texas. Christians here go to great lengths to show exactly how spoiled, immature and inconsiderate not to mention supremacist they are. It’s like a badge of honour around here. Case in point: HB-3768, submitted by Representative Howard [...]

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Blog Against Theocracy

April 4, 2007

Just a quick note to let everyone know about the Blog Against Theocracy blogswarm that’s taking place this weekend. You can read more about it here at Blue Gal’s blog (it’s her idea). The idea is to post something over Easter weekend in support of the separation of church and state. There are no real [...]

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David Paszkiewicz at it again

February 4, 2007

David Paszkiewicz, the history teacher at Kearny High School that used his classroom to proselytize the students, is apparently at it again. This time he’s allegedly compared those of us who believe in global warming with none other than Hitler and his acolytes. This latest round comes at the tail end of a story about [...]

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PERA to be voted on..

September 6, 2006

Back in June the Secular Coalition alerted us to the Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA) which will effectively shut down all attempts to uphold the Establishment Clause by making it too expensive to bring such suits by barring the collection of fees and costs. Now it seems that PERA is coming out of commitee [...]

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Ambassadors for Christ in Uniform

August 8, 2006

It looks like the Air Force is getting sued over the evangelical chaplains and I for one smile over the prospect. The civilians, of course, are pissed off and screaming, but I doubt they have a clear understanding on how the military works and how the God Brigade, especially the enlisted members, take advantage of [...]

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Common Nonsense

July 31, 2006

Under the banner of ‘common sense’ this author of this article wishes to continue the assault on the state by various religions which translates as Christianity in the United States. What it is is common nonsense. The best route is to keep the two entities as far apart as possible. The odd thing is that [...]

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