Texas federal Judge Fred Biery has been a key villain in GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s narrative about why federal judges are supposedly out of control. Gingrich routinely cites a previous decision by Biery holding that the Constitution does not permit a public school district to sponsor a student-led prayer at graduation to justify eliminating courts that displease Gingrich. In … Read More
The Controversy That’s Not
Culture wars again? There seems to be a LOT of misinformation about this latest so-called "controversy" involving the Obama administration and the Catholic Church and birth control. To hear some people talk about it, you would think that the Obama administration is forcing Catholic institutions to go out and purchase birth control against their will. Let's be clear: the Obama administration … Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Forsyth County Prayer Case
Good local First Amendment news: WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a North Carolina county commission over the mostly Christian prayers offered at the beginning of its public meetings. The justices on Tuesday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that held that the predominantly Christian prayers at the start of Forsyth County commission meetings violated … Read More
The Tebow Endorsement
Pathetic: Tim Tebow is already the hottest property in professional sports, and now Republican presidential candidates are lining up for the blessing of the Denver Broncos quarterback. The “Mile High Messiah” told The Associated Press on Sunday that more than one of the GOP hopefuls has asked for his public support. He declined their offers, and also wouldn’t tell the AP which … Read More
Quote Of The Day
This comes from Rep. Jerry Bergevin, a Republican state senator in the state of New Hampshire. He's backing a bill in which evolution should be taught in New Hampshire schools, but it should be, in his view, exposed for what it is: [Bergevin's] bill would require schools to teach evolution as a theory, and include "the theorists' political and ideological viewpoints … Read More
Jesus Wept
Here is footage of a fight among Christians. It involves two rival Christian groups — Orthodox clerics versus Armenian clerics. That makes it interesting enough, but there's a lot more. They are fighting with brooms. Why? Because they were cleaning up when the fight broke out. And what were they cleaning? The Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem. That's right… a … Read More
Tolerance Does Not Mean Tolerating The Intolerant
"Tolerance", I suspect, isn't a word that was thrown around much 50 years ago. But it does seem to be a buzzword today. Everyone accepts and agrees that tolerance is a value and virtue. But for some — those who haven't really gotten the memo on what "tolerance" means – the word means, in essence, "you must put up with my … Read More
GOP Candidate Lie Of The Day
"I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." – Rick Perry in his new ad Hey, Rick. Kids CAN openly celebrate … Read More
Jesus And The OWS Movement
I've read some pretty bone-headed criticisms of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and laughed them off as mostly misinformed. But nothing — NOTHING — comes close to the recent piece by Bryan Fischer, the Director of Issue Analysis as the American Family Association. This is a glorious example of meathead-ary. Writing in Rightly Concerned, Fischer argues that the Occupy Wall Street protesters … Read More
Pat Robertson: Divorcing Someone With Alzheimer’s Is Okay, Because They’re Kinda Dead Already
Compassionate conservatism and family values: During the portion of the show where the one-time Republican presidential candidate takes questions from viewers, Robertson was asked what advice a man should give to a friend who began seeing another woman after his wife started suffering from the incurable neurological disorder. "I know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to do something, … Read More
God Is Threatening To Kill Us
Joseph Farah, owner and operator of WorldNewsDaily: Many Americans are scratching their heads today wondering what in the world is going on with a rare earthquake hitting the East Coast to be followed by a hurricane a few days later. It reminds us that our world can change very quickly. Things don't always stay the same. I'm going to go … Read More
And A Mormon Just Believes!
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deemed "spiritual marriages." In all fairness, he's not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka "the Mormon Church"), but an offshoot of that church: the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of … Read More
Stewart Is Great Here, Pointing Out The Hypocrisy of Fox/O’Reilly
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On The Norwegian Terrorist
Well, one can imagine what would be said if Andre Brevik, the Norway terrorist who killed 90 people (UPDATE: ummmm… seventy-sex people) on Friday, was a Muslim intent on starting a holy war against Christians. But now having dissected his 1,500 page online manifesto (in well-written English) and YouTube video, we now know he was a conservative Christian "knight". So now … Read More