Archive for the 'religion' Category
Taxpayers Forced to Support Religious Activities
Courts bars suit against faith-based plan
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that ordinary taxpayers cannot challenge a White House initiative that helps religious charities get a share of federal money.
The 5-4 decision blocks a lawsuit by a group of atheists and agnostics against eight Bush administration officials including the head of the White House [...]
Christianity
Every once in awhile I peruse a religious blog, and it’s always a trip to see the people who believe in one magical, invisible superbeing take potshots at another group of people who believe in a different magical, invisible superbeing, or even better people who believe in the same magical, invisible superbeing, but express their [...]
Read More..>>Fooling Themselves
I am not now, and have never been, a Christian. It’s not out of some sort of antipathy toward the faith, at least not initially: I wasn’t raised in a religious family, and as my father’s atheism was often a topic on long car trips, I became a skeptic quite early in life.
However, recent [...]
Our Allies
Warning: graphic, nsfw. The worst thing I have ever seen.
And as so many have said before me what digby says.
And the Democrats are sending the motherfucker a blank check? For this?
WTF?
Hitchens Buries Falwell, Then Hits the Corpse With a Spade
This is awesome. I have no love for the warmongering drunk that Hitchens has become, but this bit is a reminder of the Hitchens I used to enjoy. And my God, does he lay into Falwell.
h/t, Americablog.
Guest Post by Stu on Jerry Falwell
So funny, I had to post it. From Tim Kelly (and why aren’t you listening to late Riser’s Club every Friday):
Suffice to say that my comment on [Fallwell's death] to my roommate today when she asked, “Is it wrong that I don’t feel bad about it?” was:
“No. The way I look at it is [...]
Ding Dong, the Dick is Dead.
Jerry Falwell, one of the most senior of the American Taliban and leader of the so-called “Moral Majority”, has gone to meet his make, Satan, effective 1:37 today.
Far be it from me to rejoice at the untimely death of someone I despise… oh, who am I kidding. Jerry Falwell kicked the bucket [...]
In Which I Agree With the AFA (Well, Sort Of).
Via atrios and Pandagon, I learned that one of the sex-obsessed dingalings at the AFA wants to launch a boycott of Philadelphia.
Diane Gramley, president of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, contends the presence of the signs in an area known as the “Gayborhood” is an affront to Pennsylvanians like herself who view homosexual acts [...]
Empty Easter
This is the first year I ever remember in which my family didn’t acknowledge Easter at all. We’ve never been particularly religious, but like a lot of secular families participated in the festivities: chocolate and candy for the kids, a big dinner at the end of the day. This year, nothing. Part [...]
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