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Separation of Church and State Border Also Needs Patrol

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

“Released Time” programs for students need to be monitored as they get close to the line between separation of church and state.

The First Separation of Church and State in America

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Despite today’s “founded as a Christian Nation” rhetoric, the American history of separating church and state begins over 100 years before the Revolutionary War.

“Praying and Fasting” For Election Results A Growing Trend

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

More and more evangelicals are calling for “prayer and fasting” in hopes their god will intervene in election results.

God Needs To Say “I’m Sorry”

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

If there turns out to be a god and I get to meet him someday, I’ll want a sincere apology.

Finding The Fringe Isn’t Always Easy

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

What defines a “fringe” candidate? Where is the line drawn? It’s not as easy as one might think.

A Biblical Degree of Fraud

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Letting the Bible override the curriculum of a graduate school’s counseling program is not a freedom of religion issue. It’s a case of fraud.

Vacation Liberty School: The Dogmatic Destruction of America?

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee, Featured Block Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Vacation Liberty School purports to teach children principles of American freedom. Is it really an attempt to provide religious and political indoctrination?

Brian Magee: It’s the Cover-Up, Stupid

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

People will forgive and eventually accept just about anything if someone is truthful and apologetic. In the case of a cover-up, or even a perceived cover-up, all bets are off. “Climategate” is one such case.

Brian Magee: Home school science book ignores science

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

A home-school science textbook ignores basic science, quoting Bible verses instead. But surely Christian universities wouldn’t do the same . . . right?

Brian Magee: “Under God” Divides the Indivisible

Posted by Brian Magee Brian Magee Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

In order to get a country’s citizens to accept a national identity, the definition of that identity must be as inclusive as possible. By adding “under God” to the Pledge, those people who don’t believe in gods were automatically excluded from the group being defined: Americans.