“A group of religious conservatives listed nearly a dozen Bible passages in an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court” on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, in a case involving gender-affirming health care bans, Huffington Post reported (here). The Christian Bible is the world’s most p[...]
Posts Tagged ‘freedom from religion’
America isn’t a “Christian nation”
Nor should it become one. We should remain a pluralistic society of many religions, and a land of religious liberty. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, known for his clenched-fist salute to January 6 rioters (photo, left), told a conservative group that “Christian nationalism founded American democracy”[...]
February 17th, 2019 - 5:38 am § in America
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Christian Ridicule
Last Week in In Arizona State Representative Athena Salman gave a beautiful invocation, talking about the grandeur of the universe, the wonder of our existence, the smallness of our planet. A Christian colleague got up on a point of order and demanded the right to ridicule. State Rep. John Kavanag[...]
June 7th, 2018 - 8:21 am § in Politics
China Adapts Buddhism to the Corporate Values of the State
Party vs Profit Sacred Chinese Buddhist sites have in recent years become major tourist attractions in the new China. This tourism boom has been fueled by a growing spiritual vacuum amid China’s newly-moneyed classes, but efforts to cash in on it now appear to have been stymied by a state drive to[...]
February 4th, 2018 - 12:29 am § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Treaty of Tripoli Celebrates America as a Jesus Free State
The late 18th century treaty reached by America with certain Muslim pirates of the African coast states: As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Mu[...]
July 24th, 2017 - 12:01 am § in Hypocrisy
Despite the Trumpies, Charlie Gard Gets Justice
Parents of UK baby Charlie Gard agree to let him die I almost want to say “thank God!” This little baby has been brain dead for some time. The doctors, the pope and the UK courts all said that the time Charlies Grd’s incurable illness had left the baby with no ability to use an[...]
ISRAEL REJECTS WORLD JUDAISM
WHAT NEXT? MAYBE THEY WILL PASS NUREMBERG LAWS? Israel Moves To Reject Conversions Except By Orthodox Rabbinate JERUSALEM — A Knesset committee has approved the advance of a bill that would require the state to recognize only conversions completed und… FORWARD.COM Somebody needs to tell the Yi[...]