Norbizness nicely sums up the bullshit surrounding the Pledge: Remember, the inclusion of 'Under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance is simply ceremonial deism and non-coercive civic cohesion. On the […]
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace. – Voltaire
From a Real Christian
Susan Calloway, editor of The Price of Liberty, has a few words for some of her fellow Christians who froth at the mouth screaming "gay sinners!!!" So, those who stand […]
Read moreSecularism and Western Politics
Dr. Muqtedar Khan on The Myth of Secularism: Religion and Politics are Mutually Constitutive As a Muslim intellectual living in the West, researching and teaching political theory and political philosophy, […]
Read moreRighting the Revisionists
Robert Carver in the Illinois Conservative on America is not a Christian nation: This is in response to the November 17 letters regarding, "More evidence against so-called "separation of church […]
Read moreSpinning The Anger
Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute on Can America “Spin” Away Anti-U.S. Hatred in Islamic Countries? A study group chosen by the Bush administration has just spent the public’s tax […]
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Arthur Silber has been going apeshit on Rick Santorum for the last week or so. And deservedly so. I won't be blogging about the controversy. Arthur has said everything I […]
Read moreIslamic Libertarianism
Al-Muhajabah has an interesting post on the subject of government enforcement of theocratic mandates: …each person has a right to his or her religion, life, intellect, progeny, and property and […]
Read moreGrover Norquist Takes on Religious Bigotry
I came away from this Washington Post piece with a renewed respect for Grover Norquist: Conservative activist Grover Norquist says the American Conservative Union must take tougher action and ban […]
Read moreSticker Shock
Are conservatives even bothering to think at all anymore? At the Conservative Political Action Conference, which featured Vice President Cheney as its opening luncheon speaker yesterday, one of the various […]
Read moreSaskatchewan Indian Official Approves of Holocaust
David Ahenakew, a Senator with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) and a former chief of the Assembly of First Nations made these shocking comments at a FSIN meeting […]
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