Archive for the '-Church and State' Category
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
There is a battle raging in America over public displays of religion and our religious heritage. We have been covering these skirmishes for some time now on this blog. Crosses on public lands have become the most obvious targets particularly war memorials with religious quotes and themes. Then at Christmas time the battle heats up [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, -Politics & Religion, Atheist Agenda, Attacks on Christianity, Christian living, Constitutional Rights, Culture Wars, Education, Lawsuits, Schools and Religion, Toleration, USA
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is another one of those situations lately where Christians involved with street ministry -preaching or handing out tracts have been subjected to threats or arrests by the police in America. The incident happened in Buffalo, New York during the Italian Festival last year. The police threatened to arrest a Christian [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Free Exercise of Religion, -Freedom of Religion, Christian Witness, Constitutional Rights, Lawsuits, USA
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Colorado highlighted (Photo credit: Wikipedia) From the Denver Post: The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that governors’ proclamations of a state Day of Prayer violate the Constitution’s provisions for religious liberty. When the state sponsors the particular religious practice of prayer, the three-judge panel found, it sends a message that those who pray [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, -Church and State, -Free Exercise of Religion, -Freedom of Religion, -Politics & Religion, Atheist Agenda, Constitutional Rights, Court Decisions, National Day of Prayer
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Hamtramck, Michigan: Hamtramck High School has a student body which is reportedly 65% Muslim. The traditional proms which American schools have sponsored forever all across America are hardly supported in this Muslim dominated community. According to sharia law, young unmarried girls are forbidden to date or dance with boys or even appear in school without [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, -Sharia Law, American Muslims, Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Islam, Schools and Religion, USA
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Friday, May 4th, 2012
A reporter for the Raleigh N.C. News and Observer criticized the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor for having a Bible clearly visible behind him on a bookshelf in a campaign ad. The accused- Dan Forest commented on the supposed MSM controversy: (the newspaper) “ridiculed my recent television commercial because I had a Bible on the [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, -Persecution, -Politically Correct, -Politics & Religion, Bible, Christian living, Constitutional Rights, Culture & Religion, Media Bias, MSM, USA
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
(Image Credit: WPRO) From the Chippewa Herald: An estimated 1,500 people _ many of them veterans _ turned out Wednesday in the Rhode Island city of Woonsocket to defend a war memorial topped with a cross whose constitutionality is being challenged by an atheist group. Speaking before a crowd of people bearing crosses of their [...]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Over the weekend, Florida pastor Terry Jones burned a copy of the Quran supposedly in protest of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s ongoing detainment in Iran. Now the Iranian officials are demanding an apology from the USA. A statement was released from the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Here’s a quote from it: “There is no doubt that this [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, -Religious Persecution, Iran, Islam, Quran, USA
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