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September 2012

September 07, 2012

More smart people saying smart things

Emily C. Heath: "How to Determine If Your Religious Liberty Is Being Threatened in Just...

August 2012

August 14, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Wells Tower: "Desperately Seeking Mitt" On some level, he must know that the world's more...

August 08, 2012

Keep the light of freedom burning

"The Sikh Coalition, in collaboration with local Sikh leaders and partner Sikh organizations, will hold...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Dear Wheaton College Biology department faculty: Please correct Ryken’s mistake and/or lie regarding Plan B

TO: Dr. Jennifer Busch, Dr. Raymond Lewis, Dr. L. Kristen Page, Dr. Pattle Pak-Toe Pun,...

July 16, 2012

Whispering in church

"I then considered it as merely the ravings of a maniac no more worthy nor...

July 11, 2012

Flaccid ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ fizzles for fathers

The "Fortnight for Freedom" was a flop. This was supposed to be a game-changer --...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Turnabout is fair play (and vice versa)

Justice must be reciprocal. Otherwise it's not justice. Turnabout is fair play and fair play...

June 21, 2012

Pope Jim Garlow I joins the Münchhausen martyrdom brigade

Jim Garlow is a silly, silly man. We've written here before about the Münchhausen martyrs...

June 12, 2012

‘Rights for me, but not for thee’

"Rights for me, but not for thee" creates all sorts of problems. For example, if...

June 03, 2012

On thrones and princes, a clarification and an apology

I think there are (at least) two problems with my post yesterday about thrones --...

June 03, 2012

Unlimited arm-swinging is not a credible religious doctrine

Here is an ugly story from New Jersey, via David Badash, "‘For Going Against God’s...

June 02, 2012

The Pennsylvania constitution is not constitutional

I did not know this about my state of Pennsylvania. Constitution of the Commonwealth of...

June 02, 2012

The American Game of Thrones

The other day I mentioned the "thrones" of the U.S. Catholic bishops. That was not...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

February 2012

February 29, 2012

How establishment corrupts religion: A case study

Jessica Ahlquist was right. The sectarian banner that hung at Cranston West High School in...

February 09, 2012

Bishops and burkhas and buggies

Consider burkhas. In some religious traditions, women are required to wear head-to-toe loose-fitting garments to...

February 06, 2012

Poor women’s health as ‘political bargaining chip’

William D. Lindsey is not pleased that his church's leaders are rallying all their political...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Who decides who is a ‘minister’?

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School vs. EEOC involved the "ministerial exception" to many laws...

January 12, 2012

‘Freedom is often most delicious when it is extended’

Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta points us to a column in the (Ind.) Journal & Courier...

January 10, 2012

Rick Santorum vs. Pope Pius XI — one candidate, two encyclicals

I read two recent items about former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum that both turned out...

January 01, 2012

Upside-down religious liberty in Illinois and Hungary

At Religion Dispatches, Peter Larrman offers a good run-down of the "Top 2011 Religion Stories...

December 2011

December 21, 2011

Church and state and a problem with paperwork

J.R. Daniel Kirk reminds me of a story. It's a story I've told here before,...

November 2011

November 02, 2011

All others pay cash: The Shepherd-Balkin Amendment

In other church-state news yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 396-9 to reaffirm that America's...

November 02, 2011

Respecting an establishment of religion

Ed Brayton flagged this article reporting on one of the dumbest legal arguments ever put...