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Pastors who illegally endorse from pulpit face few consequences

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

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Rachel Maddow Show

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSN.com - By Rachel Maddow - Aug. 12 (News Report) - Rick Perry, conduit to radical Christian overthrow of US government?

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Church-state Groups Seek Equal Play For Atheist Concert At Fort Bragg

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jack Jenkins - Jul. 08 (News Report) - Three church-state activist groups criticized the Army for allowing an evangelical concert at North Carolina's Fort Bragg but not making similar provisions for a "Rock Beyond Belief" concert for nonbelievers. The three groups -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina -- on Tuesday (July 5) complained to the Secretary of the Army about events that appear to give "selective benefits" to religious groups.

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Why Is Jerry Falwell's Evangelical University Getting Filthy Rich off Your Tax Money?

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Bill Berkowitz - Jun. 30 (News Report) - One might think that a private, decidedly conservative, and totally evangelical Christian University, that was founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who was openly critical of government programs, would spurn federal dollars.

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Justices Rely On 'Standing' To Dismiss Church-State Disputes

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Adelle M. Banks - Jun. 30 (News Analysis) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ends its 2010-2011 term this week, legal scholars say a decision issued two months ago is likely to resonate within church-state debates for years to come.

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Restricting Choice

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - By Sandhya Bathija - Jun. 09 (News Report) - In March, Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a measure that requires women to consult with a “crisis pregnancy center” (CPC) and wait at least 72 hours before going forward with a pregnancy termination. According to Sedor and other reproductive justice and civil liberties groups, the law is the equivalent of an all-out state abortion ban. Already, access to the procedure was extremely limited within the state, she said.

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Pinckney’s Promise

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - By Rob Boston - Jun. 09 (Research) - “[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” How did this stipulation end up in our founding document? You can thank Charles Pinckney, a 29-year-old delegate to the Constitutional Convention from South Carolina.

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More Than A Minor Hero

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - By Rob Boston - Jun. 09 (Special Report) - Torcaso persisted, taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fifty years ago this month, his tenacity paid off when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Torcaso’s favor. The decision in Torcaso v. Watkins, handed down on June 19, 1961, is short – it’s only 12 paragraphs – but Justice Hugo Black’s language is a ringing reaffirmation of religious liberty and church-state separation.

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Indiana Legislature Adopts Sweeping Voucher Plan, Despite Protests

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - Jun. 09 (News Report) - Bowing to the agenda of Gov. Mitch Daniels, the Indiana legislature has approved a sweeping package of education subsidies that benefit religious and other private schools, as well as homeschoolers.

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The Creepy Christian Dogma Pushed by Religious Schools That Are Supported by Your Tax Dollars

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Rachel Tabachnick - May. 23 (News Analysis) - Are your state’s tax dollars funding the teaching of religious supremacism and bigotry? What about creationism? The answer is undoubtedly yes, if you live in a state with a voucher or corporate tax credit program funding “school choice."

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Catholic Scholars vs. John Boehner

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Tim Rutten - May. 16 (News Report) - 'The House speaker, who will deliver Saturday's commencement address at the Catholic University of America, has supported a budget that violates the church's social teachings, Roman Catholic scholars charge.'

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Access Denied

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - By Sandhya Bathija - May. 06 (News Report) - The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion that will make it a lot easier for the government to subsidize religion. The justices, in a 5-4 decision on April 4, ruled that taxpayers have no inherent right to go to court to challenge tax credits that support religious schools.

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The Billionaire Boys Club | Americans United

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - By Rob Boston - May. 02 (Investigative Report) - They seek to inject religion into public schools, obtain taxpayer funding for religious schools and other ministries, roll back reproductive choice and deny civil rights to gay people. And they enjoy extraordinary influence in Washington, D.C., and in many state legislatures.

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Fit to Serve

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

thehumanist.org - By Steven Surman - May. 01 (Investigative Report) - While the GAT is Army-wide, it doesn’t represent the full breadth of personalities and traits found amongst its test-taking pool. It makes a grand assumption that religion is a necessary tool when coping with the mental and physical stress inherently found in a career of combat. For this, Torpy says the CSF program needs to be entirely reformed. Instead of assuming that a religious soldier is more “fit” to serve than a nonreligious one, Torpy wants the Army, along with the whole of the military, to acknowledge its diversity and strive to be completely free of favoritism.

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Speaker’s Pet

Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - By Sandhya Bathija - May. 01 (Special Report) - “This budget deal slashes federal spending in lots of programs, and millions of Americans may take hits,” said Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. “Yet somehow, amidst all of the slicing and dicing, Congress managed to come up with millions in taxpayer dollars to revive a scheme that subsidizes religious and other private schools in D.C. “If you are a federal taxpayer, that means you will be putting your hard-earned money in the collection plates of religious denominations whether you like it or not,”

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House Speaker Boehner Pushes Hard To Revive D.C. School Vouchers

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - Apr. 04 (News Report) - Under Boehner’s plan, Roman Catholic, evangelical Protestant, Islamic and other private schools in the nation’s capital would receive $100 million in public funds through vouchers over five years.

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Louisiana Student Gears Up For Attack On State’s Anti-Science Law

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - Apr. 04 (News Report) - A Louisiana law designed to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools is under attack from someone who knows best why it’s dangerous: a high school student.

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Conservative Group Rips Texas’ Religious Right Social Studies Standards

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - Apr. 04 (News Report) - Texas’ new Religious Right-approved social studies standards are under fire from an unexpected source: a conservative think tank. The Lone Star State received a “D” for the social studies curriculum that its State Board of Education (SBOE) adopted last year. The grade comes from a report issued by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank.

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Homily for January 30, 2011: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Patheos - By Deacon Greg Kandra - Jan. 29 (Special Report) - I’m afraid a lot of people today don’t realize the impact Sargent Shriver had – or what his significance was to a certain moment in American history. When he died two weeks ago, at the age of 95, after struggling nearly a decade with Alzheimer’s, the obituaries lauded his public work, his marriage to John Kennedy’s sister, and mentioned his famous daughter, Maria, and son-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shriver was seen as one of the last connections to the era of Camelot. But the sum of his parts was so much greater than that.

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FFRF blasts Army ‘spiritual fitness’ survey

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

ffrf.org - Jan. 05 (News Report) - In a Dec. 29 complaint to Secretary of the Army John McHugh, the Freedom From Religion Foundation said the U.S. Army has no business subjecting military troops to a mandatory “spiritual fitness” assessment. FFRF, which has many members who are “foxhole atheists,” asked the Army to immediately stop the evaluation that’s part of a program called Comprehensive Soldier Fitness. “It is ironic that while nonbelievers are fighting to protect freedoms for all Americans, their freedoms are being trampled upon by this Army practice,”

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GOP Candidate Ken Buck: 'I Disagree Strongly With The Concept Of Separation Of Church And State' (VIDEO)

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Amanda Terkel - Oct. 26 (News Analysis) - "Thomas Jefferson has been misquoted, like I've been misquoted, out of context," said Angle. "Thomas Jefferson was actually addressing a church and telling them through his address that there had been a wall of separation put up between the church and

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Ban on School Christmas Carols Upheld

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

beliefnet - By Jeanette Rundquist - Oct. 05 (News) - "Silent Night" and other religious songs will remain off the program at holiday concerts in one New Jersey school district -- and possibly others across the country -- after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a school ban on religious holiday music.

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Court Puts Limits on German Church’s Ability to Fire Workers

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Ethics Daily - By Niels Sorrells - Sep. 27 (News) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday (Sept. 23) that a church organist’s employment rights were ignored when he was fired by a Catholic church for remarrying outside the church.

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Interfaith Center leads coalition against privatization

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Richmond Times-Dispatch - By Staff Reports - Sep. 13 (News) - The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy is leading a coalition and a petition drive in opposition to Gov. Bob McDonnell's plan to privatize the state's liquor stores.

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Malaysian Woman Not Allowed to Convert to Hinduism

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

feminist.org - Aug. 06 (News) - "Why must I be forced to accept Islam?" Banggarma said. "I was born an Indian, a Hindu and I remain so until I die. They have no rights over me."

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