This is an unbelieveably unconstitutional decision: GREENSBORO, N.C. — Traditionally, witnesses taking the stand in court are sworn in by placing their hand on the Bible . But when Muslims in Guilford County, N.C., tried to donate copies of the Koran for courtroom use, judges turned them down. Chief District Court Judge Joseph Turner says taking an oath on the … Read More
Frist Gets On His Knees And Begs Forgiveness From The Religious Right
From MSNBC: Frist voices support for ‘intelligent design’ Senator encourages teaching of faith-based theory alongside evolution Uh-oh. Someone’s upset he wasn’t invited to Justice Sunday II. Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said “intelligent design” should be taught in public schools alongside evolution. Frist, a Republican from Tennessee, spoke to a Rotary Club meeting Friday … Read More
“Let ‘Em Burn!”
That’s what you’re likely to hear from the Christian conservatives, when they read this: An experimental therapy that uses skin cells grown from an aborted fetus successfully healed severe burns in eight children, sparing them the need for skin grafts, according to a study published today. The treatment led to the regrowth of essentially normal skin on second- and third-degree … Read More
Lessons From Schiavo: Even A Living Will Won’t Protect You From The Krazy Kristian Kooks
Under threat of a lawsuit, Pro-Life Wisconsin pulled a news release accusing HospiceCare of murder in removing the feeding tubes of severely injured Marine Staff Sgt. Chad Simon, but the group has not, as requested, issued a public apology or retraction. *** Simon, 32, of Monona, was injured by a bomb in Iraq in November. The father of a 6-year-old … Read More
Fourth Circuit And Invocation Of Jesus
A few months ago, I blogged about a Fourth Circuit opinion which ruled against a woman who challenged her local government’s practice of beginning meetings with an invocation of a monotheistic God. The Fourth Circuit stupidly said that the practice did not violate the Establishment Clause because, to put it bluntly, only monotheism is protected by the Establishment Clause. (I … Read More
Another Grieving Mom
Courtesy of The Green Knight, here’s a picture of another grieving Mom: Green Knight adds: …this man went to his death voluntarily and heroically. He was an adult when he did it. Apparently, according to the modern pro-war right, most of which thinks it’s Christian, his mom shouldn’t have been unhappy about it. Green Knight, with apologies to Cenk Uyger … Read More
Justice Sunday II
Captain Ed has been live-blogging proceedings at Dobson’s Justice Sunday II conference. I laughed when I read this: 3:14 [p.m.] – Chuck Colson says he can’t understand why the New York Times considers this so controversial. All they want to see is justice, not money or power. The message of justice has always been central to Christianity. He said he … Read More
Both Theories
Intelligent design proponents, having created a bogus controversy about intelligent degisn vs. evolution, argue that the only fair thing to do — now that there is a "controversy" — is to teach both theories. Yeah, bullshit:
Project Steve
I’ve known about this for some time [UPDATE: it appears that I blogged about it, too], but a recent post at Pandagon reminded me again of this. The Discovery Institute, the conservative think tank at the forefront of the Intelligent Design scientific political movement, likes to talk about all the "scientists" who support creationism/intelligent design. They, along with other groups, … Read More
Unintelligent Design
From a blogger named David Galbraith: I have a new theory – Unintelligent Design, which is the same as Intelligent Design, except that the creator is either a moron or Satan. This theory has no less evidence to support it than Intelligent Design, since its mechanisms are identical. This theory is more compatible with religious teachings in that it proposes … Read More
Kansas Determined To Become Stupidest State
Seriously, what is the matter with Kansas? TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 Tuesday to include greater criticism of evolution in its school science standards, but it decided to send the standards to an outside academic for review before taking a final vote. The Kansas school system was ridiculed around the country in 1999 when the … Read More
The “Wedge Document”
Since I have been on a tear about "intelligent design" lately, and what a crock it is, I thought it might be time to post about "The Wedge Document". The Wedge Document was authored by members of the Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute. The Discovery Institute is a think tank based in Seattle, … Read More
Religious Claws
These are examples of why religion needs to be kept out of the public sphere. It’s quite simple. Once you allow religion in, then there is a fight about which religion should be at the forefront. For example, the Carpetbagger Report tells us about this: In Pleasant Grove, Utah, for example, a Ten Commandments memorial, donated by the Fraternal Order … Read More
Faith-Based Spiffle
Dr. Roy Spencer. He’s a doctor, so you have to put the "Dr." in front of his name. Makes his opinion on matters sound weighty and important. I guess that’s why the folks at Tech Central Station gave him the chance to write an article entitled "Faith-Based Evolution", in which Dr. Spencer defends intelligent design. Let’s take a closer look. … Read More