Archive for the ‘Separation of Church and State’ Category

Quote of the Day: Modern Conservatism Via:- Mario Piperni No More Mister Nice Blog: …the unreported story of our times is that birtherism isn’t an isolated example of paranoid lunacy taking hold of a disturbingly large segment of the population — in fact, modern conservatism is driven by multiple lunatic theories that are precisely as [...]

Secularism vs. Theocracy Freedom vs. theocracy is appropriate for this image because today’s Democratic Party is anything but secular. Instead of standing up for our secular democracy, many have adopted a path of pandering to the religious. For us, regardless of our political leanings, it is about secularism vs. theocracy. Here’s how Adam Lee (Daylight [...]

Boykin: The Church Is Called To Occupy       Submitted by Brian Tashman Jerry Boykin last week sat down with Paul Crouch Jr. of the Trinity Broadcasting Network’s show First To Know to discuss a new movie based on his autobiography “Never Surrender.” Boykin, who earlier this month demanded that mosques be banned in America, told [...]

Clergy Should Be Wary Of Religious Right Attempts To Politicize Churches, Says Americans United    September 28, 2011 ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ Is Stunt To Lure Churches Into Illegal Electioneering, Watchdog Group Says Americans United for Separation of Church and State today called on the nation’s clergy to reject Religious Right attempts to turn houses of [...]

The Christian right‘s “dominionist” strategy By Sarah Posner Reuters/Richard Carson Rick Perry An article in the Texas Observer last month about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s relationship with followers of a little-known neo-Pentecostal movement sparked a frenzied reaction from many commentators: Dominionism! Spiritual warfare! Strange prophecies! All the attention came in the weeks before and after [...]

Mike Huckabee Says He Wants Americans To Be Indoctrinated At Gunpoint Did Mike Huckabee just flush his presidential aspirations down the proverbial toilet? Well, if American mainstream media has an ounce of journalistic gumption remaining the answer most certainly would be “yes”. Huckabee has just been caught on video, at a Christian supremacist conference, stating [...]

Shot down for opposing the religious right Few Pakistani politicians have had the courage to oppose blasphemy laws so openly and brazenly as Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, who was assassinated this week by a member of his own security detail for his political stance.   By Irfan Yusuf, January 7, 2011   Last man standing? [...]

Ireland’s atheists test blasphemy law Henry McDonald, Dublin January 3, 2010 SECULAR campaigners in the Republic of Ireland defied a strict new blasphemy law that came into force on New Year’s Day by publishing a series of anti-religious quotations online and promising to fight the legislation in court. The law, which was passed in July, [...]