Tag Archives: separation of church and state

Liberty Counsel Cheers SCOTUS Ruling

“Liberty Counsel has been actively engaged in protecting the rights of Americans to pray in public forums. Monday, the fruits of our labor paid off in a big way. Today, to the consternation of anti-Christian segregationists, historical revisionists and Church-state separatists, prayer in the public square remains protected in the United States of America thanks to patriots like you and …

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FRC Cheers SCOTUS Ruling On Prayer

“The court today has upheld our first and most fundamental freedom. The court has rejected the idea that as citizens we must check our faith at the entrance to the public square. We applaud the majority on the court for getting that right. This is an historic victory for all Americans of faith and for the common-sense reading of the …

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SCOTUS Upholds Public Prayers

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court today upheld the right of public prayers before government meetings. The court ruled in favor of the town of Greece, N.Y., a Rochester suburb that has opened its monthly public meetings with a Christian prayer since 1999. Two residents, one Jewish and the other atheist, claimed that because the prayers were almost always …

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Donohue: Let’s Make Atheists Impotent

“Militant atheists have a new goal: they object to students hearing the name of God in the Pledge of Allegiance. No atheist has to say the Pledge, or utter the dreaded words, ‘under God’  – it is optional – but that is not enough: they want to stop others from saying it. The American Humanist Association, and its ilk, are …

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WISCONSIN: Vandal Crumples Atheism Sign At State Capitol Building

The Freedom From Religion Foundation reports that a vandal tried to crumple the above sign at the Wisconsin Capitol Building in Madison. The FFRF posted their message to counter an Easter display erected by the Concernstipated Women. They have posted an additional message next to the sign: Why is this sign so mutilated? Somebody, presumably somebody who disagreed with our …

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Tony Perkins: Air Force Academy Cadets Are Rebelling Against Persecution

Tony Perkins writes via press release: At the U.S. Air Force Academy, jets aren’t the only thing taking off. So is a campus-wide rebellion against the forces of political correctness. Frustrated by the school’s decision to scrub a Bible verse from one of the dorm whiteboards, cadets decided to take matters into their own hands. In a show of defiance, …

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WTC Cross Appeal Opens On Thursday

Oral arguments begin Thursday in the American Atheists lawsuit to have the so-called WTC Cross removed from government property in downtown Manhattan. Via the Christian Post: Two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, construction workers found a cross beam among the wreckage of the Twin Towers. Measuring 17 feet tall and approximately 4,000 pounds, the piece of debris …

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Satanists Vs Oklahoma

The NYC-based Satanic Temple says they have the right to erect the pictured monument at the statehouse in Oklahoma. Via Raw Story: The group offered to donate a monument last month, after State Rep. Mike Ritze (R-Broken Arrow) and conservative Christians were allowed to erect a Ten Commandments monument on the statehouse grounds. Lawmakers in Oklahoma, however, have insisted that …

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Uncommon Douchery: Erik Estrada Stars In Liberty Counsel Movie With Mat Staver

Kyle Mantyla writes at Right Wing Watch: On the heels of Rick Santorum’s flop as a movie mogul, it looks like the professional anti-gay activists over at Liberty Counsel have been bitten by the acting bug and decided to try their hands at filmmaking as well, with the release of a feature film called “Uncommon” starring none other than Erik …

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SCOTUS To Hear Public Prayer Case

In 2008, Americans United for Separation of Church and State first sued the town of Greece, New York on behalf of two residents who claimed that allowing public prayer at city meetings was a violation of the Establishment Clause. Last year the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the town. Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear an appeal brought …

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PA House Advances Bill To Post “In God We Trust” In All Public Classrooms

By a vote of 14-9, the Pennsylvania House Education Committee has approved Rep. Rick Saccone’s bill which mandates that “In God We Trust” be posted in every public classroom.  Start the clip below at 8:00 as Democratic reps shred Saccone’s reasoning for the bill. All of the Democrats on the committee voted against the bill, but Republicans currently hold a …

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Quote Of The Day – Matt Barber

“Anti-Christian extremist groups like the ACLU, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and People for the American Way hate God. They also hate America. True America. These ‘progressive’ outfits – along with like-minded politicos, judges, Hollywood elitists and left-wing media-types – hate that this great nation was expressly founded upon the bedrock precepts of the Judeo-Christian tradition. And so, in response, …

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FFRF Slams “Lord’s Prayer” Student

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has issued a statement about the South Carolina public high school student who recited the Lord’s Player during his valedictorian address. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is placing the blame for a string of problematic religious violations in Pickens County schools, Pickens S.C., upon its prayerful Board of Education. [snip] “The valedictorian who so insensitively …

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Tony Perkins Cheers Amendment To Allow Harassment Of Gay Service Members

“Fortunately, Congress is as frustrated with the hypocrisy as the rest of us. Yesterday, thanks a marathon mark-up on the Defense Authorization bill, sleepy members didn’t make it home until 2 a.m.– in part because they were so intent on passing a series of religious protections. Rep. John Fleming (R-La.), the author of one such amendment, urged his colleagues to …

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SOUTH CAROLINA: Public High School Student Says Lord’s Prayer At Graduation

Focus On The Family has a new hero. They tried to silence him. But the efforts of a South Carolina school district to ban prayer didn’t intimidate him — not one bit. Dressed in his cap and gown, with his honor cords hanging around his neck, Roy Costner IV, valedictorian of Liberty High School, ripped up a copy of his …

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The Musical Break-Up Of Church And State

From Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, starring Jane Lynch and Jordan Peele.

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Matt Barber: Obama Wants To Purge All Christians From The Military

As I’ve noted several times, this claim has been debunked even by the Southern Baptist Convention and on Glenn Beck’s The Blaze, but Matt Barber never lets the truth get in the way.

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Texas Cheerleaders Win Court Battle

A Texas court has ruled that public high school cheerleaders may display banners which claim that God wants their team to win. District Judge Steve Thomas Wednesday ruled that the Kountze Independent School District cannot prevent the displays. The controversy began when the cheerleading squad at Kountze High School was ordered by the superintendent to stop displaying the banners. The …

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OKLAHOMA: Scott Lively Launches Drive To Legalize Anti-Gay Discrimination

Saying that Oklahoma is one of the few states where “homofascists” have not yet gained a firm foothold, hate group leader Scott Lively has launched a drive to amend the state constitution to legalize anti-gay discrimination. Via World Net Daily: Rev. Scott Lively, who works with Defend the Family, now also has begun working with pastors and churches in Oklahoma …

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NORTH CAROLINA: GOP Bill Mandates Christianity As Official State Religion

Yesterday a GOP-sponsored bill to establish Christianity as the official state religion of North Carolina passed its first committee hearing. Technically, the bill is a mere resolution. House Bill 494, a resolution filed by Republican Rowan County Reps. Harry Warren and Carl Ford, would refuse to acknowledge the force of any judicial ruling on prayer in North Carolina – or …

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