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RELATED: New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz and NYC Councilman Fernando Cabrera will be staging a protest rally this Thursday. As a State Senator representing constituents who attend worship services in public high schools and as the President of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization and through this column I invite all Ministers and members of the community to join …

From Cindy Jacobs’ guide to her group’s coming 21 day prayer fast to convince God that he must create a “Bible-based government.” Ask the Lord to remove the lie of “Separation of Church and State” from this nation’s governmental philosophy and from Believers mindsets! There is no such language in the Constitution. The wording of the Amendment is “Congress shall …

Newt Gingrich has published a document vowing that “on Day One” of his presidency he will create a commission to investigate any attempt to enforce the separation of church and state. He also promises that he will thwart any attempt to stop the religious bullying of LGBT students. Effectively, Gingrich is saying that he endorses the right of Christians to …

Also under review is a plate featuring the Confederate flag.

Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) is calling for a chunk of scrap metal found in the rubble of the World Trade Center to be made into a national monument. A New York congressman plans to introduce legislation that would make a national monument out of the so-called World Trade Center cross. The cross consists of two intersecting steel beams that were …

Right Wing Watch reports: “Jackson was the guest on TBN’s Praise The Lord yesterday and discussed how he thinks God is using him to help fundamentalists seize the ‘government mountain’ because the separation of church doesn’t exist and ‘Jesus came not to take sides, but to take over’.”

Barry Lynn of the Americans for Separation of Church & State takes on FRC’s Tony Perkins. The rally takes place today in Houston. Halfway through the clip, Matthews runs a montage of the outrageous comments made by the event’s sponsors.

It looks like Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s controversial Christians-only prayer rally may have dreadful attendance. Openly and deeply religious, Texas Gov. Rick Perry organized what seemed like a slam-dunk event for a politician in a state where religion and politics walk hand in hand: He would fill Houston’s Reliant Stadium with fellow believers in a seven-hour session of Christian atonement …

A public school board in Missouri has banned Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Slaughterhouse Five because it “teaches ideas that are contrary to the Bible.” This action came after a protracted complaint campaign by local university “professor” Wesley Scroggins. Shortly before 9 p.m. Monday, the school board voted 4-0 — three members were absent — to keep Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Speak,” …

The atheist group suing to stop Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer rally have lost their case. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop Gov. Rick Perry from sponsoring a national day of Christian prayer and fasting, ruling Thursday that the group of atheists and agnostics did not have legal standing to sue. U.S. District Judge Gray Miller …

The American Atheists filed suit in New York court this week, seeking to have a cross removed from the World Trade Center museum. The “cross” was recovered from the tens of thousands of identical metal “crosses” that comprised the destroyed buildings. But because this one happened to land in an upright position, Christianists have seized up this bit of salvage …

“I am honored to be a national co-chair of The Response. [Our members] are invited to take part in whatever way possible, whether it’s coming to actually be a part of the event, or just praying at home. We believe that it’s just important that women of faith come together and pray for our country. How far have we come …

Right Wing Watch notes that deranged Christian “historian” David Barton can find “proof” of anything to do with American life as rooted in in the Bible. Did you know the Bible forbids the minimum wage? And capital gains taxes? Cuz it totally does. Today, with no proof or citations, Barton claims that constitutional due process was lifted from the Bible. …

“The Freedom From Religion Foundation takes the opportunity to bash our friends at the American Family Association as ‘rabid’ for their stance on homosexuality, even going so far as to claim that AFA violates the so-called ‘protected class’ of gays and lesbians. There is no such thing as a protected class of homosexuals. The Obama administration may have created that …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed suit against Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his planned role in the upcoming prayer rally being staged by the American Family Association. The complaint alleges Perry violated the First Amendment’s establishment clause by organizing, promoting and participating in the event. “The answers for America’s problems won’t be found on our knees or in …

Congress “must and will” change the name of Washington DC to “District of Christ” in order to wrestle the city away from demonic influences.