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Already the battle lines are forming in this years war over Christmas and the first skirmish is over. The initial win is taken by the Scrooges, in this case before the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia (HT:Crossfeed News).
A three-judge panel on Tuesday upheld a ban on religious [...]

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James Lewis writing in America Thinker makes the point that America has essentially protected Europe and allies around the world for more than 60 years.
President Obama now seems to be backing away from some of our long time alliances and even signaling that he is ready to swap some [...]

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Thousands of Iranian pilgrims at the hajj shouted out familiar slogans on Mt. Arafat on Thursday while Americans celebrated Thanksgiving with their families:
“Death to America, death to Israel”
The time on Mt. Arafat is supposed to be a day of reflection and reading of the Koran. However, the Iranian pilgrims [...]

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Thanksgiving is a uniquely American celebration that began nearly four centuries ago with a deeply religious people, the Pilgrims, giving thanks to God for preserving them though a very hard year and bringing them their first bountiful harvest which they gratefully shared with their indigenous neighbors.
It was our first President George Washington who [...]

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What began as an attack by a Muslim mob against the Coptic Christian community in the village of Farshoot has now spread to a number of additional nearby Christian villages this week.
According to reports, at least five Copts have been killed, an untold number have been injured, and many Coptic [...]

The Freedom from Religion Foundation is currently sponsoring anti-religion messages on billboards in 30 cities. Some of the ads are supporting the ‘separation of Church and State’ others appear to be religious but proclaim a different message like-“Praise Darwin—Evolve beyond belief”:

Response: Atheists and agnostics have every right in this country to advertise their own belief [...]

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We are not talking about thanksgiving dinner here. The leaders and major newspapers in the country of Turkey reacted negatively to the recent appointment of Herman Van Rompuy as the first President of the European Union. Turkey has been trying to gain full membership in the Union for years and Van Rompuy is [...]