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OK. My Mother sent me another one of these infuriating chain mails. Here it is (minus the touching pictures) and below it is a rebuttal I would like her to read, although I’m not sure I’ll send it. Subject: Re: Honored to do this The first picture and the last picture are taken at the . . . → Read More: [SEB Guest Post] Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing. I’ve mentioned before that most of my extended family is religious to some degree or another so it’s not uncommon for me to receive chain mails with variations on the taking-the-Bible-out-of-school-is-the-cause-of-all-our-societal-problems theme. I got one such chain mail today and while I can usually just ignore them with only minor irritation, today’s missive bugged me . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: Chain Mail from Ben Stein. Kind of. There’s something missing in this recital of the Pledge of Allegiance by Porky Pig:
Now that’s a pledge I can support and one I think we should go back to. Or, even better, I think we should use the version Francis Bellamy wanted which included the word Equality alongside Liberty . . . → Read More: Porky Pig recites the Pledge of Allegiance minus “under God.” Talk about taking your ball and going home. Rather than allow an atheist group to erect a secular statement honoring atheist soldiers next to a Nativity scene that they had allowed for years, the Chambersburg borough council decided to ban all town-square displays: Earlier this month, PAN Capital Area director Carl Silverman of Camp Hill . . . → Read More: Pennsylvania town bans holiday displays after atheists ask to participate. The Fundies are getting worried that they’re losing the Culture War it seems. The Alliance Defense Fund is looking for pastors to challenge the IRS rules against churches endorsing political candidates: CHICAGO—Declaring that clergy have a constitutional right to endorse political candidates from their pulpits, the socially conservative Alliance Defense Fund is recruiting several dozen . . . → Read More: ADF recruiting Fundies to challenge IRS ban on churches endorsing politicians. One of the stories making the rounds of various atheist blogs recently was about attempts in some southern states to pass legislation for new vanity plates for True Believers™. The plates would have the words “I BELIEVE” with a picture of a cross on a stained glass window. Needless to say, the imagery raises some . . . → Read More: Lawsuit already filed over “I Believe” license plates. [Crossposted from Smugbaldy.com] Here’s some more for our Republican War on Science file. Or should that be – Idiocy in high places file? Either way, LA Govenor Bobby Jindal demonstrated yesterday that he has no grasp whatsoever of the issues surrounding the establishment of religious dogma under the heading of “Intelligent Design” in our science . . . → Read More: Don’t Ask Bobby Jindal Anything “Sciency” Seems they have a few IDiots in the Florida Senate that are hoping to have the non-theory of Intelligent Design taught in schools. After recent revisions by the Florida board of education put in place a stronger emphasis on teaching the theory of evolution the politicos sprang into action: TALLAHASSEE, FL—Teachers are one step closer . . . → Read More: Florida Senate passes misnamed “Academic Freedom Act.” What do you do in times of drought? According to the Governor of Georgia, you pray. He joined lawmakers and ministers on the steps of the state Capitol to pray for rain. While public prayer vigils might raise eyebrows in other parts of the nation, they are mostly shrugged off in the Bible . . . → Read More: Governor Asks for Prayer for Rain It seems the residents of Berkley, Michigan—or at least the ones that bothered to vote Tuesday—felt the charter amendment to force the city to display a Nativity scene in front of City Hall was a bad idea. The proposal failed to pass with 55% voting against it versus 45% voting for it: There won’t be . . . → Read More: Berkley Nativity scene charter amendment has been defeated. |
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