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… but she’s not done with her fight yet: Laura Mallory, who argued the popular fiction series is an attempt to indoctrinate children in witchcraft, said she still wants the best-selling books removed and may take her case to federal court. “I maybe need a whole new case from the ground up,” Mallory said. The . . . → Read More: Asshat Laura Mallory loses case to ban Harry Potter… In today’s issue of the eSkeptic, Stephen Asma reviews New Creation Museum that recently opened in Kentucky. If you recall, I wrote a bit about this museum a while back, and at the time I thought that the most interesting thing would be how they managed to deal with dinosaurs. It turns out that explaining . . . → Read More: eSkeptic Finds Anti-Science Agenda At Creationist Museum I’ve been meaning to write up something about the folks over at First Freedom First for some time now as I’ve been on their mailing list for awhile and I think it’s worthy of mention, but, as with a lot of things, I wasn’t sure how to go about it. Then I came across the . . . → Read More: First Freedom First. Now for a bit of good news. The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Separation of Church and State in Maine by not taking up a court case filed by the “Institute for Justice” over whether or not school vouchers could be used for religious schools. A lower court had ruled that using vouchers for religious . . . → Read More: Supreme Court lets ruling stand in Maine school voucher case. Way back in September of 2002 I wrote an entry in which I bitched about President Bush doing an end-run around Congress to enact his “faith based” initiatives that would gut several important protections of the Wall of Separation and allow religious organizations to receive taxpayer money without all those pesky strings that required them . . . → Read More: Government funded religious discrimination courtesy of President Bush. Been doing a little catch up reading on AlterNet today and came across two articles worthy of pointing out. The first is Three Ways (Out of 100) That America’s Screwing Up the World by John Tirman which excerpts three sub-chapters from his book 100 Ways America Is Screwing Up the World, natch. Here’s a small . . . → Read More: Couple of good (if infuriating) articles on AlterNet.org today. It turns out that my native state is not a complete embarrassment after all. In the primary elections for the state Board of Education, two pro-science candidates picked up seats to join a third, retained pro-science seat. From Ed Brayton’s Dispatches From the Culture Wars: It’s pretty much settled now. We picked up two seats . . . → Read More: Congratulations, Kansas! I thought it fitting to close out the Blogathon by reprinting what Americans United for Separation of Church and State is all about: Why Separate Church and State? Separation of church and state is the only principle that can ensure religious and philosophical freedom for all Americans. Church-state separation does not mean hostility toward religion. . . . → Read More: Final Entry: A bit of background on Americans United. And if ever there was proof that the motto was meant to promote religion it’s the recent Presidential proclamation President Bush just issued: On the 50th anniversary of our national motto, “In God We Trust,” we reflect on these words that guide millions of Americans, recognize the blessings of the Creator, and offer our thanks . . . → Read More: National motto, “In God We Trust,” turns 50. If this AP report on Bush’s new anti-terror legislation is correct then everyone should sit down and write their congresscritters immediately advocating it never makes it into law: According to the draft, the military would be allowed to detain all “enemy combatants” until hostilities cease. The bill defines enemy combatants as anyone “engaged in hostilities . . . → Read More: Bush’s terror detainee bill could lock up anyone, for any reason, forever. |
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