Category Archives: civil rights

Georgia may get IGWT license plates

Here we go again.  Georgia has decided it’s time to redesign the state’s license plates, and to help pick the new design, they’re enlisting the help of the online community. They’re posting six designs on a state website for netizens … Continue reading

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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Chapter One

[I'm blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, a book I … Continue reading

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Atheists still at the bottom with voters

Oy.  A new Gallup poll asked potential voters about how their views of qualified presidential candidates would be affected by various incidental demographic qualities.  The question was: “If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president, who happened to … Continue reading

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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Introduction

[Starting today, I'll be blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, … Continue reading

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Billboard company requires Christian insurance

The Central Arkansas Coalition for Reason wanted to run bus ads similar to the ones that have run in other cities over the last couple of years. Their ad would have said “Are you good without God.” Trouble is the … Continue reading

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Podcast #124 – A Response to The Response

Texas Governor Rick Perry, whose recent weekend-long Pray for Rain declaration led to Texas’ drought WORSENING while the neighboring states were plagued by Biblical downpours and a spate of deadly tornadoes, is at it again. Now, he’s calling for “The … Continue reading

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Was Westboro Baptist bum-rushed in Brandon, MS?

The following account has been circulating on message boards and opinion pages lately. It concerns an alleged encounter between the despicable Westboro Baptist Church (of “God Hates Fags” fame) and the citizens of Brandon, Mississippi. The occasion was the April … Continue reading

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Podcast #123 – Study on US Catholic Child Abuse

Assuming the world hasn’t come to an end or that you haven’t been Raptured away… The US Catholic Church reveals The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010, a study into the causes … Continue reading

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The End of the World is no joke for some

The vast majority of Americans (both religious and nonreligious) are using radio nutjob Harold Camping’s prediction that tomorrow, May 21st, is the beginning of the End of the World, as an excuse to have a hearty laugh and party like … Continue reading

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So much for being held to a higher standard

Which reminds me… A minister admits he lied for years about being a Navy SEAL …and… A minister shoots a boy who threw a rock at his car. Let he who is without sin fire the first shot?

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