WASHINGTON – After decades of ceding God to the GOP, at least in the public square, Democrats – with President Obama in the lead – are speaking with a fuller religious voice. The watchword? Inclusiveness.
The role of religion under Obama (CS Monitor) Read More »
“A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.” – Jesse Jackson
QUOTATION: A man who cannot be enticed by money . . . Read More »
A Christian bus driver has refused to drive a bus with an atheist slogan proclaiming “There’s probably no God”.
Workplace Religious Accommodation: Man Refuses to Drive ‘No God’ Bus (BBC) Read More »
Now, any the time that law enforcement makes a “mistake” that prevents them from doing a proper search, they will get away with it, and the evidence can be admitted into the court proceedings. The incentive to do the search in a legal fashion has now been removed; instead, and an incentive to do illegal searches and then say “oops” has now been introduced.
RITSEMA: Supreme Court deals death blow to the 4th Amendment (Civics News) Read More »
Obama: Over time, what we are doing is setting up new norms and creating a universal principle that people’s faith and people’s beliefs have to be protected.
Barack Obama on Religious Tolerance and Persecution Read More »
On January 8, 2009, Richard John Neuhaus, 72, the intellectual force behind an influential coalition between Catholics and Protestants passed away after a long battle with cancer.
The Passing of Richard John Neuhaus (1936 – 2009) Read More »
Since 1993 each year, the President declares January 16th to be “Religious Freedom Day,” and calls upon Americans to “observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship.”
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A George Washington myth bites the dust: There’s no eyewitness documentation he ever added “So help me God” to the end of his constitutionally prescribed oath of office. The oath is in the news now that California atheist activist Michael
Lawsuit filed to remove “So help me God” from inaugural oath (USA Today) Read More »
OPINION – Pat Robertson, one of those Christian spokesmen that makes Christians cringe every time he opens his mouth, has struck again. At least he’s not calling for violence…this time.
RITSEMA: Tracking Pat Robertson’s Shift to the Left Read More »
Reporting from Moscow — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paused in the last, quiet hours of a dying year to sign into law a controversial bill that eliminates jury trials for “crimes against the state,” a move that lawyers and human rights groups fear will be the start of a dangerous exertion of Kremlin control over government critics.
New law in Russia ends jury trials for ‘crimes against state’ (LA Times) Read More »
