A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists | Alternet
A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting AtheistsIn Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God–or risk 12 months in prison.November 21, 2012 | In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided [...]
Teen Atheist Goes on Rampage Against Religious Freedom | U.S. Constitutional Free Press
Keep it up Jessica! You’re talking sense. I’ve got all kinds of respect for you. Jessica Ahlquist, the 16-year-old behind the prayer mural ban at Cranston High School West in Cranston, Rhode Island, just can’t seem to keep her name out of the news. Months after she won her ACLU-led battle, the teenager continues to [...]
Pagan mom outraged after school gives son Bible
Ginger Strivelli is a different kind of Bible-thumper: The self-proclaimed pagan would like to smack school officials for giving her son access to a copy of the good book. “It’s totally inappropriate they think they can get away with this,” an angry Strivelli told the Asheville Citizen-Times after her fifth-grade son came home with a [...]
Christian theocracy: How Newt Gingrich and the GOP would abolish courts and legislate morality. – Slate Magazine
Is the United States sliding toward theocracy? That’s what Republican presidential candidates have told us for more than a year. Radical Islam, they’ve argued, is on the verge of taking over our country through Sharia law. But this weekend, at an Iowa forum sparsely covered by the press, the candidates made clear that they don’t [...]
Florida elementary school principal memo: ‘The First Amendment was for Christianity, not other religions.’
Clay County, Fla. — Clay Hill Elementary principal Larry Davis is drawing criticisms from across the country. It all started with a school memo. Davis informed his staff that a local pastor would be holding weekly prayer sessions underneath the school’s flag. In the memo to about 40 faculty members, Davis quoted an article from [...]
Pictures of Occupy Asheville
While I was visiting Asheville this weekend, I took a moment to take pictures of the Occupy Asheville protest against the banks on the same square. This was in the morning while they were preparing for their rally in the afternoon. They were doing some instruction and training at this time. Here are the pictures. [...]
Public schools are criminal institutions that are ‘teaching the religion of Humanism’ and destroying Christianity in America
Public schools are criminal institutions that are stealing the hearts and minds of children, turning them from God and Jesus Christ, according to the trailer of the newly-released Christian documentary, IndoctriNation - PublicSchools and the Decline of Christianity in America. Back in August, 2010, Colin Gunn took his wife and children on a 3,000 bus tour to make his film. When [...]
Conservatives Want America to be a ‘Christian Nation’ – Here’s What That Would Actually Look Like
Let’s compare Rick Perry’s version of “Christian values” to what the Bible really dictates. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, in an appeal to evangelical voters, said “Christian values” and not “a bunch of Washington politicians” should be the touchstone guiding how Americans conduct their lives. … “America is going to be guided by some set [...]
Vacaville Students Lost 25 Points Off Test For Saying ‘Bless You’ To Sneezing Peer
When someone sneezes, it’s common for a person in the vicinity to respond, “bless you.” But for making that remark, students in Steven Cuckovich’s high school health class in Vacaville, Calif. lost 25 points off a test. The next day, someone used the phrase again when a student sneezed, and Will C. Wood High School student [...]
Christian Rapper Preaches at a Public Middle School in South Carolina
Recently, a South Carolina middle school held a worship rally that sought to convert students to Christianity. The worship rally took place during an in-school assembly and featured a Christian rapper, a sermon delivered by a local minister, and volunteers who prayed with students, urging the students to accept Jesus Christ. The school district may [...]
