Entries Tagged as 'Freedoms / Rights'

It’s a double-edged sword, you know

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 25, 2008 at 10:05pm   User  by thecodepounder

This excellent post by David Silverman at the NoGodBlog: Not Just Christmas really nails the issue:
OK Folks one more time: Christmas is secularizing BECAUSE it was made a national holiday. This is ONLY happening to Christmas because it is the ONLY religious holiday that has been nationalized — e.g, made mandatory for all Americans. I [...]

Tagged   Atheism · Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Religion · Social Commentary

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If this headline doesn’t just sum it all up…

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 25, 2008 at 9:51pm   User  by thecodepounder

…then I don’t know what ever could. Virgin male in dress chastises gay people for their confused sexuality.  Go read it at Pharyngula.

Tagged   Freedoms / Rights · Religion · Wacky Shit

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Same-sex couples face multiple levels of prejudice

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 25, 2008 at 5:18pm   User  by thecodepounder

Like being penalized–for not “being married”–by the very systems and institutions of the very society that denies them the right to marry, no less!  That’s double-sided prejudice, people.
Associated Press, Tennessee: Divorced mother appeals night ban on partner:
ACLU spokesman Paul Cates said the clause primarily affects lesbians and gays with children because same-sex civil unions are [...]

Tagged   Family · Freedoms / Rights · Privacy

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The truth about the “war on xmas”

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 24, 2008 at 6:02pm   User  by thecodepounder

vjack of Atheist Revolution, War on Christmas Over, Christians Victorious:
In fact, it turns out that the only combatant in this bitter dispute, a handful of dimwitted Christians, have finally achieved victory over themselves. They have made a thorough mockery of the very holiday they were allegedly defending from imagined threats.
I’ll just bet Bill O’Reilly is thrilled [...]

Tagged   Atheism · Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Religion · Social Commentary

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California attorney general urges high court to void Prop 8

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 20, 2008 at 8:16am   User  by thecodepounder

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has reversed his position on Proposition 18 and has now filed a brief with the California Supreme Court urging the court to void Proposition 8.
What brought about the change? Well, apparently he decided to actually study the California state Constitution–a novel concept for an Attorney General, but not one without [...]

Tagged   Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Religion

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I believe…the Constitution: govenment can’t endorse religion

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 12, 2008 at 9:40am   User  by thecodepounder

Hell yeah! Americans United for Separation of Church and State yesterday announced:
A federal judge today ruled that the state of South Carolina may not issue a special “Christian” license plate featuring a cross, a stained-glass window and the words “I Believe.”
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which sponsored the litigation to stop [...]

Tagged   Atheism · Automotive · Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Politics · Religion

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Freedom of Speech in the Washington State Capitol

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 4, 2008 at 9:35pm   User  by thecodepounder

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has installed a sign in the Washington State Capitol alongside a Christmas tree and nativity scene. The sign reads:
At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth [...]

Tagged   Atheism · Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Religion · Social Commentary · Television · Wacky Shit

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Kentucky jumps the shark with homeland security law

Comments   0   Date Arrow  December 3, 2008 at 9:28am   User  by thecodepounder

Associated Press:
FRANKFORT, Kentucky - A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky’s Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can’t keep the state safe without God’s help.
What the fuck? This is so patentently offensive as to be beyond imaginination. And, if you can’t [...]

Tagged   Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Politics · Psychology / Human Nature · Religion · Social Commentary · Wacky Shit

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Catholic bishops latest to play “religious freedom” card

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 12, 2008 at 12:29pm   User  by thecodepounder

I get so fucking furious every time some freedom-bashing pinhead tries to make the argument that if the rest of us don’t abandon our freedoms and conform ourselves to the pinhead’s personal belief system, then we are trampling or endangering or disrespecting the pinhead’s “religious freedom”. This time it’s the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops:
BALTIMORE — [...]

Tagged   Church and State · Freedoms / Rights · Government / Law · Health / Medicine · Personal · Privacy · Religion · Social Commentary

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Obama to end 8 years of misinformation in Global AIDS policy?

Comments   0   Date Arrow  November 10, 2008 at 6:25pm   User  by thecodepounder

Drudge Report headline: “Condoms Over Abstinence in Obama AIDS Policy…” I can’t imagine the Drudge Report or it’s usual readers view this as a positive development, but those of us committed to rationality certainly do.
The linked story resides at Bloomberg, Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy:
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will reverse [...]

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