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Regarding the placing of the menorah, star of david (I assume) and islamic crescent next to an xmas tree
Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, disagrees, saying the town has chosen to display Jewish and Islamic religious symbols while leaving out the Christian religious symbol of the season, [...]
Media Matters – Most Outrageous Comments of 2008I got too fucking mad.
Good.
California city sued for removing billboard about atheism | ScrippsNews
A Wisconsin group recently sued the city of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. for its alleged role in the removal of a billboard promoting atheism.
Apparently, the city government got many complaints and passed them on to
If so many people were so upset about the billboard company.
It seems to [...]
Recently, the antenna to my satellite radio and I’ve been stuck listening to ‘terrestrial’ stations.
Mostly, I listen to NPR on the way to-and-from the metro, but today I was driving around listening to some music channels, and I think something has to be said to the people who run our radio stations.
Every time one of [...]
So Florida is considering a vanity plate with a christian message (’I believe’ and a cross).
Of course, many might not see this as crossing the church/state divide. But those arguments collapse thanks to this telling line:
[Rep. Edward] Bullard, the plate’s sponsor, isn’t sure all groups should be able to express their preference. If atheists came [...]
Time’s Top 25 blogs
Now, I actually like a number of the blogs on this list. But I’m not sure there’s any online publication less relevant to the world of blogging (or the web in general) than Time (even though an old friend of mine writes for them). There are many who are equally irrelevant, but [...]
CNN decides that, by asking the questions CNN should be asking, a high school girl is heckling McCain
This is simply sad. The question (basically, ‘why are you here if not for political reasons’) is exactly the kind of question the MSM and professional reporters should be asking.
But, apparently, only THEY can ask the questions. Anyone [...]
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Wow, I didn’t realize how horribly dangerous we were.
Now, while I think that Rob Sherman (if he’s who I think he is) is using his child, I agree with his cause.
I also think that anyone who finds their faith threatened by someone believing something else, or by someone rejecting that faith, then they really don’t [...]
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So, as you’ve probably heard, at some courthouse in Crossville, Tennasee, there’s now a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (along with Jesus, etc.).
Someone, apparently, is quite upset by the whole thing. Its not completely clear what he is upset about, but at the very least he is poorly informed about almost everything he discusses. As [...]