When religious liberty crosses the line
The Dutch may ban halal and kosher methods of slaughter soon. It’s being billed as an animal welfare issue. Stunning is a much more humane method of slaughter when compared […]
Atheism
Same sex marriages and tax exemption
One of the callers on this week’s Savage Lovecast was asking about whether or not legalizing same sex marriage could threaten the tax exempt status of churches who refuse to […]
Morality 3: Of objectivity and oughtness
I’ve left a few loose ends on the recent series on morality, I plan on wrapping that up shortly, but life has continued to be busy and I want to […]
Does religion have a future?
In Christianity, many of the old, mainline Protestant denominations are accepting of evolution, gays and lesbians, women, and even atheists. Episcopalians, for example, have women, gay, and atheist clergy. The […]
Ten Commandments – by George Carlin
(Via Friendly Atheist)
A clear and present danger
It turns out I’ve been wrong about something all these years. In spite of our godless Constitution and the protection from religious establishment guaranteed by the First Amendment, it’s becoming […]
Final update on H.Con.Res.13
It’s not surprising that H.Con.Res.13 was passed in the House yesterday. The vote was 396 ayes, 9 nays, and 26 abstentions. That’s right, 35 members of congress didn’t support it. […]
H.Con.Res. 13 is headed to the floor
In case you’re not familiar with H.Con.Res. 13 it is a mostly symbolic bill that will reaffirm “In God We Trust” as the national motto an encourage it’s display in […]
Royal Equality
Since the establishment of the English/British monarchy sons have had precedence over daughters in ascending to throne. This of course hasn’t stopped women from becoming the sovereign, it’s just made […]
Christian Halloween
Monday is Halloween for kids, tonight it’s Halloween for adults. So here’s a comic I found that carry’s the spirit of the “season.” They missed out a really good one, […]