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Are politicians asking voters to test their religion?

July 29, 2011 No Comment
Are politicians asking voters to test their religion?

Even though the U.S. Constitution explicitly forbids the requirement of any “religious test” for public office, it seems that many politicians today are asking, some demanding, the public to judge their religiosity. 

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Make the case for secular services to your MP this summer

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Contracting out services to religious groups which have exemptions from some equality laws is already in place, and as a part of the government’s Big Society agenda, it is likely we will see more cases of central or local government contracts being p…

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Government uses UK’s ‘Christian heritage’ to justify collective worship in schools

July 29, 2011 2 Comments

The Education Bill was debated in the House of Lords yesterday, and humanist peers argued for abolishing English state schools’ requirement to hold a daily act of collective worship of a broadly Christian character. However, concerns were dismissed b…

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Americans United Hails Federal Appellate Court Ruling Against Sectarian Prayers At North Carolina County Board Meetings

July 28, 2011 No Comment

Governmental Favoritism In Religious Matters Violates Church-State Separation, Citizens’ Rights, Court Holds

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Bachmann: My husband, to whom I am subservient in all things, is off limits

July 28, 2011 7 Comments

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann doesn’t want the press checking out her husband’s beliefs. Or anything else about him. But she has publicly declared herself subservient to him in all things; doesn’t that make him as much a candidate as she?

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FFRF suit dismissed; will keep fighting Perry prayer rally

July 28, 2011 2 Comments

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit challenging Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s sponsorship of an Aug. 6 prayer event at Reliant Stadium in Houston was dismissed July 28 by U.S. District Judge Gray Miller, who ruled that the plaintiffs lack standing. FFRF plans to appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals or to reconfigure the case so that it may be heard again.

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Kern: Real Hatred Comes From Gay Rights Advocates

July 28, 2011 No Comment

Oklahoma Republican legislator Sally Kern joined the American Family Association’s Tim Wildmon on American Family Radio yesterday to discuss her new book, The Stoning of Sally Kern. Kern, who previously argued that homosexuality is a greater thre…

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WND Writer Blames The Constitution, Founding Fathers For Looming "Communist Dictatorship"

July 28, 2011 No Comment

While WorldNetDaily frequently echoes the Tea Party’s right-wing reading of the Constitution and view of the Founding Fathers, WND’s Robert Ringer actually blames the Founders and the Constitution for the “breakdown” of democrac…

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Farah: United States Should "Break Up" Over Marriage Equality

July 28, 2011 No Comment

WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah says that he would rather see the “break-up of the nation” than allow marriage equality for gays and lesbians anywhere in the United States. While criticizing Texas Gov. Rick Perry for saying that he believ…

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Pulpit priority: An Atlanta pastor says churches should be prophetic, not political

July 28, 2011 2 Comments
Pulpit priority: An Atlanta pastor says churches should be prophetic, not political

Americans United recently asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate an El Paso ministry that is spearheading a recall campaign against that city’s mayor and two members of the city council. AU was accused of being anti-religion, but clergy come out in support of the investigation.

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