Over the past several years we have seen churches throwing themselves more into the political landscape. Today we see it even more: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she didn’t consult with the Catholic bishops on the latest version of the contraceptive coverage rule. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Obama administration’s […]
I’m sure this will cause some heads to explode: In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard, and David E. Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, say they have collected data indicating that the tea party is “less popular than much maligned groups like […]
Tea Party darling, Rand Paul, told Sean Hannity the following: PAUL: I’m not for profiling people on the color of their skin, or on their religion, but I would take into account where they’ve been traveling and perhaps, you might have to indirectly take into account whether or not they’ve been going to radical political […]
It looks like the field of 2012 GOP candidates are quickly setting up their boogeyman – Sharia law. For years now there has been noise on the right that Sharia law is taking over the country and now that noise is getting louder. Over at Ben Smith’s blog, he has gathered a sampling of what […]
Leave it to the great minds of Louisiana politics, following their fearless leader of Bobby Jindal to come up with this plan: Jindal’s office said Tuesday the governor acted on the bill in the past few days after receiving it June 20. Including the “gun-in-church” bill, House Bill 1272 by Rep. Henry Burns, R-Haughton, Jindal […]
I hope everyone has a great day filled with love and joy while celebrating with their family and friends. I even extend this to those on the right, with whom we spend the rest of the year butting heads. And a very special Merry Christmas to Eric Erickson of Red State, who has apparently really […]
Who Would Jesus Torture? The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey. More than half of people who attend services at least once a week — 54 percent — said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” […]
A 9 year old girl gets raped by her step-father. The girl ends up pregnant and the doctors determine that giving birth at such a young age would end up costing the girl her life. Now the religion of the girl has decided to punish the mother and doctors, but not the step-father. If you […]
Depending on where you look, the population of this country that identifies themselves as Atheist, or as a non-believer is between 15% and 25%. So why do we have an invocation at government event anyways? In my dream America, we would get to the point where we don’t have such things. Instead let religion be […]
Deuteronomy 5:8, which some people that call themselves Christian might want to refer to: Did you know that some Christian dingbat has dubbed today the “Day of Prayer for the World’s Economies?” Well here they are, at the Wall Street bull statue thing, praying to Jesus for money. The dingbat has explained, “We are going […]