Posted on March 8th, 2008 by Daniel DiRito
Drawing the appropriate line between parental rights and the states interest in the welfare of children can be a complex consideratio n. The emergence and prevalence of homeschoolin g has further complicated the equation. A ruling by a California appeals court will likely catapult the topic into the mainstream and it will undoubtedly become the […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, God Politics, Morals and Values, Religion and Politics, Culture
Posted on March 4th, 2008 by Tom Harper
Whoa! A certain Israeli researcher had better watch his back. Let’s just say that what Salman Rushdie is to millions of enraged Moslems, Benny Shanon is to their Christian counterparts .
Nobody likes to have the rug pulled out from under them. And for millions of gung ho Christians — especially the ones who use the […]
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Filed under: General, Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Atheism\Secular Humanism, Morals and Values, Religion and Politics, Culture
Posted on February 12th, 2008 by Tom Harper
No, it’s not true that America has to import everything and that we have nothing to contribute to the rest of the world. We do too.
Even as we speak, boatloads of Bible-totinâ €™ fire-and-bri mstone-spewi ng Christians are being shipped out to ports all up and down Europe and Britain. They’re cheaper by the gross.
Ah […]
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Filed under: General, Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Atheism\Secular Humanism, Religion and Politics, Culture
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Daniel DiRito
Rick Majerus has been a college basketball coach for many years and he currently works for St. Louis University, a Catholic University under the auspices of the Jesuits. Majerus has always been a colorful figure but one wouldn’t expect his off the cuff comments to a news reporter at a Hillary Clinton rally to be […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal, Morals and Values, Religion and Politics
Posted on December 1st, 2007 by Daniel DiRito
The case of British educator, Gillian Gibbons…the teddy bear teacher…has drawn attention to the extremity of Sharia Law…and well it should. While I lack first hand knowledge of the issues surrounding the case, it appears that Gibbons is guilty of little more than being committed to teaching her students.
Apparently, her students were asked to […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Atheism\Secular Humanism, Morals and Values
Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Tom Harper
In Washington State, this is an issue that just won’t fuckin’ DIE! Since Washington is one of the most liberal states in the country, this situation is probably worse in most other states.
Plan B is the name of the emergency birth control pill. It’s basically just a much much stronger version of the regular birth […]
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Filed under: General, Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Morals and Values
Posted on October 12th, 2007 by Daniel DiRito
Ann Coulter is back in the news…duh! The following video clip is from the CNBC show, The Big Idea, hosted by Donny Deutsch. As Deutsch gave Ann Coulter the opportunity to describe her ideal America, she made the statement that her preferred image of America (and heaven) would be like the Republican National Convention in […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Atheism\Secular Humanism
Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by Jones of the Nile
Proving that he’s not just a one-hit wonder, St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke has issued a public statement saying that he would deny Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani Communion if Giuliani were to approach his altar. Archbishop Burke made the same comments about John Kerry in 2004.
Think Burke’s alone in his testiness toward […]
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Filed under: General, Religious Freedom, Contributors
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Daniel DiRito
The christians are not happy campers at the moment. Their anger centers upon an advertisemen t for the Folsom Street Fair, a gay event held annually in San Francisco. The ad uses the format of The Last Supper as the setting for the print image; populating the table with individuals dressed in stereotypica l gay […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom, Atheism\Secular Humanism
Posted on September 12th, 2007 by Daniel DiRito
Not long ago Miss South Carolina botched her answer to a question in the Miss Teen USA pageant…a move that sent millions of viewers racing to watch her tortured response on YouTube and made her the unfortunate butt of numerous jokes offered by countless comedians. The question referred to the fact that some 20 percent […]
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Filed under: Church and State, BIO, Religious Freedom