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  • Charlie Hebdo Killings Underscore The Necessity for Freedom of Speech
    Jan 07 2015
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    Charlie Hebdo Killings Underscore The Necessity for Freedom of Speech
    “We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all.”This was just part of a collaborative response by French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo to then-French President Jacques Chirac back in 2006.
  • Which Is The Party Of True Liberty, The Democrats Or The Republicans?
    Sep 24 2014
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    Which Is The Party Of True Liberty, The Democrats Or The Republicans?
    Quick question, and answer with your gut, which political party in this country is the party of liberty? The Republicans, or the Democrats? Which is the party of freedom? The party of equality? Which is the party of compassion, or common sense? Now hold those answers in head, and let me ask a few more and see if by the time you read all of this, you still feel the same: What have
  • 'Hobby Lobby' Decision Could Rewrite The Definition of Religious Freedom
    Mar 24 2014
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    'Hobby Lobby' Decision Could Rewrite The Definition of Religious Freedom
    On Tuesday Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on what has become to be known as "The Hobby Lobby" case. I may be accused of being too hyperbolic, but I believe this case has the potential to redefine the concept of religious freedom for years to come.
  • Fat Tuesday: The Intersection Between Pious Tradition And Secular Extravagance
    Feb 28 2014
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    Fat Tuesday: The Intersection Between Pious Tradition And Secular Extravagance
    'Fat Tuesday' is the English translation of the French term 'Mardi Gras'. And there are two ways people participate in this annual tradition. One is with religious ritual and observance. The other, one big ol' party.
  • Sanctioned Discrimination or Religious Freedom?
    Feb 27 2014
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    Governor Jan Brewer vetoed Arizona's "religious liberty" bill last evening, putting the brakes on what could have been one of the most discriminatory laws in the country had she given it her approval.
  • I Was Told God And Santa Were Real...
    Dec 24 2013
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    I Was Told God And Santa Were Real...
    Growing up believing Santa Claus was real and then finding out around 5 years old that he was actually pure fiction taught me a valuable lesson about religion, even if that lesson laid dormant in the deep recesses of my subconscious until years later.Remember the children's books when you were a kid? They were thin and had gold trim on the sides.


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  • Louisiana Voucher School Textbooks: Hippies are Dirty
    Bobby Jindal
    Mar 11 2013
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    With little to no oversight, the Louisiana Voucher School program has been taken over by predominantly Christian schools that are teaching questionable things to the children. The books that these children are reading include lessons teaching that man and dinosaur walked the earth together; that dragons are real; that the majority of slave owners were nice guys; and best, but definitely not least, that Hippies were dirty people that followed Satan worshiping Rock Bands.
  • Jindal Exorcism Comments
    Bobby Jindal
    Aug 03 2012
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    Jindal wrote that he was part of an exorcism in 1994. He never used the word exorcism but describes as scene where he was a part of a group that was chanting,"Satan, I command you to leave this woman." Then described the woman as being purified. He wrote down this experience for the New Oxford Review.
  • Jindal Endorses Religious Schools with Government Money
    Bobby Jindal
    Jun 09 2012
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    Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has spearheaded a measure that has drained tens of millions of dollars of Government money away from public schools and to Religious Private Schools. Opponents of the measure have argued that this is a clear violation of the separation of church and state clause of the 1st Amendment. Government cannot endorse a specific religion.
  • Pastor Sean Harris tells parents to beat gay-acting children
    Sean Harris
    May 02 2012
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    Harris says: “So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, ‘Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,’ you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed….Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male.”
  • Kansas' Anti-Abortion 'Heath Care Rights of Conscience Act'
    Sam Brownback
    Feb 2012
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    Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill into law that would allow pharmacists to refuse to provide drugs they believe might cause an abortion. Called the Heath Care Rights of Conscience Act, the new law would bar anyone from being required to prescribe or administer a drug they "reasonably believe" might result in the termination of a pregnancy.

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