religion and politics

Saturday, the congress of the CDA, the Dutch Christian-Democrat Party, approved of the coalition agreement with the right-liberal/conservative VVD and Geert Wilders' PVV. 68% of the present members voted in favour. To be exact: the government will consist of CDA and VVD, and it will be supported...

Switzerland will get a new Minaret. This is angering our bigots a lot, but it was the correct decision. While the Atheist in me says, oh no yet another Ignorance tower, but the Freedom of religion supporting part in me says, as long one religion can build its tower, every religion should be...

Not only do they have Christine O'Donnell, but the GOP (tea party) candidate who is running for Mike Castle's old congressional seat is also somewhat of a "character" as well. What the . . . . .??? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/gop-candidate-hitler-church-state/ What’s even worse is...

On Monday June 21st, 2010, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott were involved in a live webcast called 'Make It Count'. This webcast was organised by the Australian Christian Lobby and was shown (for a fee) in churches right across Australia...

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/nancy-pelosi-says-the-word-guides-her-politics-95328969.html "They ask me all the time, ‘What is your favorite this? What is your favorite that? What is your favorite that?’ And one time, ‘What is your favorite word?’ And I...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100601/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2329 It has managed to make me grateful that I live in Texas, no small feat :D My giant novelty cowboy hat is off to you. Oh South Park, truly you are the font of all knowledge! EDIT: Gah, this should probably be in US Politics. Feel...

My most horrifying political scenerio is a Presidential race between Obama and Sarah Palin. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't she a member of a fundamentalist Christian sect that takes Genesis literally? I mean demon exorcism and the walking talking snake in Eden? With the choice being only...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/17/muslims-nyc-planning-build-second-smaller-mosque-near-ground-zero/ we cannot have 2 Mosques built near Ground Zero. This is because 9-11 was done by Muslims, and we ALL know...that ALL Muslims...are terrorists. This is disrespectful to the 3,000...

Unalienable rights don't come from man, they come from God! Just watch: W4KSAW9RkzY&feature=player_embedded The Constitution mentions God exactly..... never. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it is likely the average illegal immigrant knows more about America than Sarah Palin.

I was reading this article and was quite shocked by this paragraph: Was Bush similarly influenced? Do evangelicals look forward to 'End Times'?

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From the Des Moines Register: My humble prediction is that this proposal will go nowhere but will be forgotten after a while. I suspect that it is really nothing more than an appeal to stupidity. (I've said it before and I will say it again: Stupidity in the name of religion is still...

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1139374.html I am going to assume that this racist law will not pass. If I was a non-Jewish MK, I would find such an oath highly offensive. The current oath, requires all MKs to swear loyalty to the laws of the State of Israel. That should be sufficient...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8413196.stm It is interesting to see how the many recent changes to UK law to prevent discrimination on grounds of religion, gender and so on are shaping up. We saw a case recently where it was upheld that someone's environmental beliefs couldn't be...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmS49f5wC7XKFjiS8tDTo3wv67hgD9CHCN2O0 Sigh... You know, I'm just glad this didnt' happen in Raleigh. I'd hate my self.

Palin doesn't like to say anything too specific about her religious beliefs. Based on a couple of recent comments, Olbermann makes some speculations. Olbermann: Palin and the Rapture

Didn't see this posted (please correct me if it has been): http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_columnist_mikethomas/2009/11/aclu-defends-antiislamic-tshirts-in-schools.html I'm not sure what to think about this. While I'm in no way religious and think kids should be able to wear whatever...

Online petitions generally suck balls, and are pretty much worth the paper they're printed on... ;) However, Australian Senator Nick Xenophon, has specifically requested a show of global support via...well...e petition: so your clicks will not be wasted. If false imprisonment, coerced...

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/11/19/11814291-ap.html I wonder how that'd end up, in these muslim countries, for people of other religions. I suspect there would be a different set of rules applied.

Good ol' Alliance Defense Fund (the other ADF) at it again. http://news.aol.com/article/nj-teen-barred-from-abortion-protest/771321 sounds to me like they are causing trouble on purpose, using a topic like abortion to get the whole 'separation of church and state' removed.

New YouTube video shows children reciting Pledge without "under God" in December 1950 This video was posted today by Democratic Underground user "KAMouflage". He says: jALTh4IfGFY It shows children reciting the Pledge on December 7, 1950, on the eve of the Korean War, which explains the...

Further proof that idiocy isn't restricted to the right-wing only.

Today the US Supreme Court heard a case about a cross that was erected in a remote part of the Mojave National Preserve in southeastern California. The government had been enjoined (prohibited by a court order) from displaying this religious symbol, so the government (by act of Congress) sold a...

http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project It is possible that Conservapedia is being Poe'd ... I'd have done this if I'd thought of it.

In 1934 the Mojave Cross was erected as a memorial to WWI soldiers. The land the cross sits on was transfered to the National Park Service. The problems began when a group requested permission a Buddhist shrine next to the cross and was denied. A former deputy superintendant along with the...

According to Glenn Beck, some of our new money doesn't say "In God we trust." Is this true? I checked all of my coins and bills and they all have the inscription. If it's true, what new U.S. currency lacks it? What he actually says in this video, from 0:30 to 0:45, is "... or is it the fact...

Mormon radio personality thinks that atheism will bring down the United States. I think he's confusing atheism with Obamamania on purpose. This could probably fit under conspiracy theories. zEuAVgmWt0U

Why should Rifqa Bary stay in Florida, was she brain washed to join an islamic, ooops, I mean Cristian cult? What gives, parent's rights and all that? http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/osceola/orl-mike-thomas-rifqa-092209,0,5602933.column

Ahmadinejad has said it a couple of times already, in his "letter" to Bush, and also a couple of months ago when Iran launched a satellite (it was supposed to "spread monotheism", whatever that means) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/04/iran-us-foreign-policy-weapons and now again at...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4831635.html (Upon further reading, I think "mandatory" refers to forcing Texas schools to offer the class, not forcing students to take it.)