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Separation of Church and State Border Also Needs Patrol

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

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Glenn Beck: Master Politician or Master Baiter

Don’t be fooled by the emotional melodrama and rodeo-clown antics of Glenn Beck. He’s a political force as well as a controversial agent of divisiveness. He may seem like a jester that many find difficult to take seriously, but he’s proven himself a master politician as well as a master baiter.

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“Religious Harmony” in India vs. China – Part 2

The Dalai Lama’s suggestion that China should learn religious harmony from India says more about his own political status than about the realities on the ground.

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The First Separation of Church and State in America

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.

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President Obama and the ‘No Religious Test’ Clause

President Obama is being subjected to a religious test. Although not part of his formal admission to office, this test is equally offensive, and equally destructive to the country and the principles enshrined in its Constitution.

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Leader in religious intolerance: India vs. China, Part 1

The Dalai Lama is suggesting that China learn about religious harmony from India. Let’s hope it doesn’t get the message.

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“Praying and Fasting” For Election Results A Growing Trend

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

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What Sam Harris got wrong about the mosque

In today’s Daily Beast, atheist activist and author Sam Harris takes a page from the Christian Right, declaring Islam a “threat to civil society” and condemning those who would uphold Constitutional principles of freedom of religion and equal protection.

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America’s Taliban and the Ground Zero Mosque

The fundamental similarities between the Taliban and the Christian fundamentalists behind these campaigns of hate and intolerance cannot be denied. Their differences are superficial at best.

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Zoned Out

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Zoned Out

When it comes to zoning, “equal justice” under “Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act” is a sham.

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