Confronting Lies About Separation of Church & State, Talk To Action, January 30, 2007
Maryland School District Drops Plan For Graduation At Church, Americans United, January 30, 2007
The Battle of Jericho
Montgomery's school board makes the wrong choice on a graduation ceremony in a church. Washington Post, January 30, 2007
Whose Freedom? Institutional Conscience Clause Under Consideration in California, Talk To Action, January 29, 2007 -- about openly faith-based and pseudo-scientific challenges to women's reproductive health from the The Christian Medical Association (CMA)
More Lessons from Dover, Talk To Action, January 29, 2007
Christianists on the March, Truthdig, January 28, 2007
Our Mercenaries in Iraq: Blackwater Inc and Bush's Undeclared Surge, Democracy Now, January 26, 2007
Michigan Agency Wins Round In Fracas Over 'Faith-Based' Funding, Wall of Separation, January 26, 2007
Don't Subsidize Religion!: Why Congress Should Reject The Bush School Voucher Scheme, Wall of Separation, January 25, 2007
Family Research Council's scorecards for the second session of the 109th Congress
Alexandra Pelosi finished her HBO documentary on evangelical America and then her main guide, Ted Haggard, was ruined by a sex scandal. MSNBC, January 24, 2007
Friends Of God: HBO Film Shines A Heavenly Light On America's Evangelical Subculture, Wall of Separation, January 23, 2007
Why Books Are Like Bin Laden and Hitler, Talk To Action, January 23, 2007
Rick Scarborough Blasts Clinton-Carter Baptist Confab, Ethics Daily, January 23, 2007
Bad Bills On The Hill: Church-State Wall Under Fire In New Congress, Wall of Separation, January 22, 2003
Allard, Musgrave shelve marriage amendment in new Congress, The Pueblo Chieftan, January 22, 2007
Church-State Watchdog Group Says Hastings Law School Is Right To Refuse Aid To Christian Legal Society Chapter That Rejects Non-Christians, Gays, Americans United, January 22, 2007
Carter, Clinton Seek To Bring Together Moderate Baptists -- Exiles From Conservative Group Targeted, Washington Post, January 21, 2007
Kansas Senator Announces Bid for Presidency, New York Times, January 21, 2007:
Mr. Brownback, an evangelical Protestant turned Roman Catholic and a former Kansas agriculture secretary, said he would focus on reviving faith and families in America; combating abortion , poverty and wasteful government spending; opposing same-sex marriage; and revamping Social Security and the federal tax system.
"The last thing we need in America is to take God out of our public lives and institutions," Mr. Brownback said...
Sex and the Single-Minded, New York Times, January 20, 2007 -- about Bush's appointment of Dr. Eric Keroack as deputy assistant secretary for population affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Desperation Time At Left Behind Games? Talk To Action, January 20, 2007
Gay Minister's Church Trial Begins
Lutheran Congregation in Atlanta Strongly Supports Its Embattled Pastor, Washington Post, January 20, 2007
Praying for Answers, The Washington Post, January 18, 2007 -- about the split in the Episcopal Church
Plaintiff Intimidation in Church/State Cases, Talk To Action, January 17, 2007
Hackles Up Down Under: Aussies In Uproar Over Tax Funding Of School Chaplains, Wall of Separation, January 17, 2007
McCain Says He Hopes to Mend Ties With Christian Leader, Washington Post, January 17, 2007
Anatomy of Another Attack, Talk To Action, January 16, 2007
A Church's Challenge: Holding On to Its Young, New York Times, January 16, 2007 -- Part III in a series
Building a Church, and Paying Off a Sacred Debt, New York Times, January 15, 2007 -- Part II in a series on the proliferation of store-front Pentecostal churches in poor neighboroods
A Sliver of a Storefront, a Faith on the Rise, New York Times, January 14, 2007
Damn the Red Herrings! Full Speed Ahead! Talk To Action, January 14, 2007
Mr. Lava is part of a recently prominent and aggressive wing of the Democratic Party that has adopted religious right talking points -- and reasonable people are rightfully concerned.
The Pied Pipers of Radical Fascist Christianity, Dailykos, January 14, 2007 -- review of Chris Hedges' book
Christian leader rejects McCain
Dobson says he couldn't support senator 'under any circumstances' WorldNetDaily, January 13, 2007
Everson And Liberty After 60 Years, Its Words Still Ring True, Church and State, January, 2007 -- important history of church-state separation that all U.S. Citizens should know
Christ On The Border, TomPaine, January 12, 2007
Through a Glass, Darkly: How the Christian right is reimagining U.S. history, posted at Harper's on January 10, 2007 -- another classic "must read" by Jeff Sharlet
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie: Defusing Religious Right Fibs, New Jersey AG Says Clergy Need Not Do Same-Sex Unions, Wall of Separation, January 12, 2007
When False Equivalecy Distorts the News, Talk To Action, January 11, 2007 -- important commentary on the Washington Post article posted below
Christian Groups Trade Barbs On Their Sources of Funding, Washington Post, January 11, 2007
Jesus In Indianapolis: Prayer Issue Troubles Indiana House, Wall of Separation, January 11, 2007
Christian Right Art, Talk To Action, January 10, 2007 (I recommend viewing the paintings of Ron DiCianni with analysis by Jeff Sharlet)
Board of Education Approves New Sex-Ed Curriculum, Washington Post, January 10, 2007
Rank Discrimination: Court Lets VA Single Out The 'Spiritually Injured' Veterans, Wall of Separation, January 10, 2007
Kansas will revisit science standards, Kansas City Star, January 10, 2007
The Liberty Counsel's Unhappy Valentine, Talk To Action, January 10, 2007
American Fascists, The Christian Right and the War on America -- a new book by Chris Hedges, Powell's books, January 8, 2007
Controversial Curriculum: Mich. School District Should Reject Fundamentalist Bible Course, Wall of Separation, January 8, 2007
Couric, "Embarassed" By Goode, States US A Secular Nation. Blitzer Blames Ellison? Talk To Action, January 6, 2007
Questionable Mission
A Christian Embassy campaign at the Pentagon tests constitutional boundaries. Washington Post, January 6, 2007
Parks Agency Leaves Controversial Book on Shelf, New York Times, January 5, 2007
Quran Qualms Quashed: With A Nod To Jefferson, Muslim Congressman Takes Oath, Wall of Separation, January 5, 2007
America's Holy Warriors: The radical Christian Right is coming dangerously close to its goal of taking over the country's military and law enforcement. Alternet, January 4, 2007
No News is Bad News In Kansas, Talk To Action, January 3, 2007
The GOP's Religious Litmus, TomPaine.com, January 3, 2007
Gerald Ford: No Friend Of The Religious Right, Wall of Separation, January 2, 2007
The New Christian Right Leadership Network, Talk To Action, January 1, 2007
Paul Weyrich on the GOP Field, Talk To Action, January 1, 2007
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