Tag: separation of church and state

There were countless red flags in Donald Trump's acceptance speech for the RNC presidential nominee last night, but one that I feel should wave the strongest is also one that isn't being talked about.

Joe Conason has a very enlightening piece up about Mike Huckabee and his addiction to letting criminals walk free. In the article Conason points out something very interesting, yet missed in this debate: Huckabee has proudly declared on many occasions that he disdains the separation of church and state, insisting that his strict Baptist piety […]

A cornerstone of the right has been to remove social programs from the government and have the private sector handle them – most notably the churches. Having churches run programs that should be a part of any government is a very serious threat to our form of government. It would be hard to have a […]

John McCain has received a damming indictment from a predominant Evangelical leader: Richard Cizik is one of the country’s most powerful and outspoken Christian evangelical leaders. He happens to be a Republican, and he has known the GOP’s presidential nominee for many years. “I thought John McCain was a principled person,” Cizik says. “But John […]

Another sicko using the pulpit in order to fulfill his twister perversion: BI agents and state police raided an evangelist’s headquarters Saturday as part of a child pornography investigation and said they planned to remove several children from the complex, run by a man previously accused of child abuse. The raid at the Tony Alamo […]

During his State of the Union address, Bush was pushing Congress on a school voucher program. Today we got two different stories of Catholic schools discriminating against women (here and here). Considering how these schools always use separation of church and state to defend their actions, should our tax money go to them? Better yet […]

In the last decade we have seen our political climate severely changed by the Christian right. Motivating them has been the greatest accomplishment that the Republicans have pulled off. During the 1994 Republican take over of Congress, Newt Gingrich helped construct this new powerful base. While the now infamous “Contract with America” did not specifically […]

I openly admit I am not a religious person. I consider myself an Atheist and, as much as people try, will not change my views unless something happens in my life to make me change. Having said that, I find what the religious right is doing to America today is despicable. We all know that […]

The Family Research Council has released a statement “Thanking President Bush” for his executive order today: WASHINGTON, March 8 /U.S. Newsdesk/ — Yesterday, President Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security to establish a center for faith-based aid which will be tasked with integrating faith-based groups into federal disaster response efforts. Family Research Council (FRC) […]

Falwell is out to get all of us who do not follow Christmas the way he wants it followed: Evangelical Christian pastor Jerry Falwell has a message for Americans when it comes to celebrating Christmas this year: You’re either with us, or you’re against us. Falwell has put the power of his 24,000-member congregation behind […]