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Home » Archives by category » Culture Wars » Government-Sponsored Prayer
FFRF to N.C. General Assembly: Stop Praying
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has lodged formal complaints with the North Carolina General Assembly over its unconstitutional government prayers.
In our religion-drenched society, it truly takes a man or woman of unusual courage to refuse to rely on religious faith. In a tide of credulity, it is remarkably courageous to ask for evidence and employ reason in assessing religion.
Continue reading …The High Court in London (UK) Friday ruled that “The saying of prayers as part of the formal meeting of a Council is not lawful under s111 of the Local Government Act 1972, and there is no statutory power permitting the practice to continue”.
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Non-consensual religious ceremony has always offended me so I am pleased to see this victory for human rights.
Continue reading …The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the ruling of the High Court that the saying of prayers as part of a formal council meeting is not lawful under the Local Government Act 1972.Pavan Dhaliwal, BHA Head of Public Affairs commented, ‘The…
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President Barack Obama’s 2,562-word speech to the National Prayer Breakfast was an exercise in pure, unadulterated political pandering.
Continue reading …In an action alert to members today, the Family Research Council is blaming “the Obama Administration’s continuing track-record of hostility toward Christianity” for William ‘Jerry’ Boykin’s decision to withdraw from…
Continue reading …Bad Breakfast: Annual Prayer Confab Offers Another Helping of Religion Mixed with Politics
February 3, 2012 No Comment
The National Prayer Breakfast is predicated on a mentality of “us” (good, godly Americans who embrace faith, preferably the conservative Christian kind) and “them” (everyone else).
Continue reading …Jerry Boykin Says Critics ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ his Views, But Doesn’t Say How
February 2, 2012 No CommentJerry Boykin has been going on a media tour to all the usual Religious Right outlets to play the victim after deciding to withdraw from an event at West Point following uproar over his virulently anti-Muslim rhetoric. Boykin told the Christian Broadcas…
Continue reading …The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written a Jan. 31 letter to the U.S. Military Academy calling for it to do some “soul searching” over West Point’s annual so-called “National Prayer Breakfast”.
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