http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/churchandstate/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:48:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2421032/posts An atheist rapist has complained that his human rights were breached by having to share a prison cell with a Christian inmate. Barman Steven Relf, 40, was jailed indefinitely after admitting raping two women he targeted when he served them drinks in a pub. Police branded him a "sexual predator" and said he could have had as many as 40 victims. In a letter to an inmates' magazine, Relf wrote: "I recently had the displeasure of sharing a cell with a Bible-thumping believer." FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2421032/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:48:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420766/posts There is evil hate in Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and their Tea Party Patriot supporter’s voices when they campaign to deny affordable health care to every American, all the while extolling the virtues of their Christian faith. The truth is that they are either lying hypocrites, worshippers of Satan involved in a grand plan to destroy America and the Christian faith, or ignorant of what it means to be a follower of Christ. Christians know that their paramour, Jesus Christ, gave two commands to his disciples when asked what the most important commandment was. He said to love God and... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2420766/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:26:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414475/posts Apparently not content with his congressional majority that wishes to force Americans on a long march to healthcare disaster, President Obama has invoked the name of Jesus to broadcast his gospel of spreading the wealth around. Speaking Monday afternoon to a group of children from the Washington, D.C., Boys and Girls Club, the president delivered a mini sermon on “why we celebrate Christmas.” He asked the children if they knew. One piped up and said, “The birth of baby Jesus.” One can imagine the reaction of the media and other elites had a Republican president asked such a question. That... World Mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414475/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413838/posts SAN FRANCISCO — It was the week before Christmas when Irv Sutley, a former warehouse worker, first saw the offending ornament in a government building in Sonoma County, just north of here. “I was turning around in the lobby, and I noticed the tree,” Mr. Sutley said. “And then, I noticed the angel.” Mr. Sutley, an atheist, said he then went to the office of the county Board of Supervisors. “And there was a star,” he said. Technically, neither stars nor angels belong to any particular religion. But to the mind of Mr. Sutley, 65, a veteran who has fought... El Paso Inc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413838/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:10:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412481/posts Obama's "Christ"mas (Obamacare) gift to the masses (Xmas Eve Vote A Conspiracy?) Could there be with some narcissistic irony, that on the night of the Christ Child's birth, Barack Hussein Obama (and who knows what faith he really espouses?) gives the gift of Obamacare to the masses of our (last time I looked) constitutional republic, one nation under God and indivisible (?)... Could this Xmas Eve Vote be the mother of all conspiracies? Gabrielle Cusumano via Townhall Blogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412481/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:13:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412172/posts The whitewashing of Ted Kennedy continued on the cover of Parade magazine, a supplement to many Sunday newspapers around the country. Dotson Rader interviewed Victoria Kennedy, the second wife of the late senator. Decades of womanizing and a woman’s death at Chappaquiddick after Kennedy left the scene of an accident weren’t really noteworthy. One large bold pull quote read "Nobody had a better sense of what was right than Teddy." "Tell that to Mary Jo Kopechne" was not a sentence that appeared in the article. The other large pull quote from Mrs. Kennedy was "He was elected to make... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412172/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:55:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411255/posts The Silencing of God: The Dismantling of America's Christian Heritage Lessons in the real history of the United States of America. The Bible.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411255/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts Folks, this according to the Thomas More Law Center: ANN ARBOR, MI – Tomorrow, December 16, 2009, at 10 AM PST, a panel of eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in San Francisco will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s virulent resolution attacking the Catholic Church for its teachings against homosexual adoptions. The en banc panel will review the earlier opinion of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit that upheld the resolution. Thomas More Law Center attorney Robert Muise will argue the case on behalf of the plaintiffs in... Vivificat - From Contemplation to Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406354/posts "One Nation Under God." This simple phrase, added to the pledge of allegiance over 50 years ago has been the source of unbelievable debate and heated controversy. Likewise, the phrase 'In God We Trust' on our currency has been targeted and continues to be attacked as improper and politically incorrect. Lawsuits have been filed and legal minds employed to ascertain whether such statements violate the concept of 'separation of church and state'. As this debate continues, some so called experts have implied or concluded that our Founding Fathers and Patriots were not religious. These secular champions, in an effort to... McNaughton Fine Art Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406354/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:53:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403895/posts The Saudi Arabian government has announced that it plans to open an Islamic school in Dublin. However, overseas Saudi high schools have come under heavy criticism in recent times. Schools in London, Bonn and the US have come under fire for providing text books that could be interpreted as advocating violence against other religions. IrishCentral.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403895/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2393471/posts A pro-abortion Catholic congressman from Pennsylvania has come to the defense of Rep. Patrick Kennedy in his dispute with Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence. “We don't legislate at the orders of the Vatican, we legislate what is in our conscience and what we think is good for our country,” said Rep. Patrick Murphy as he received an award at Harvard University from Caroline Kennedy, who is Rep. Kennedy’s cousin. “I'm reaching out to Patrick Kennedy and also to my local priests and bishops to make sure they know that we agree on 99 percent of the issues.” More harsh were... Catholic Culture http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2393471/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387224/posts The Left opposes the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion provisions in healthcare reform. So why doesn't it oppose the YWCA, United Methodist Church, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis for favoring abortion? Getting Nancy Pelosi to accept a health care bill that bans federal funds for abortion was the greatest victory scored by U.S. bishops in a generation. It also unleashed an unprecedented attempt to censor them. Their latest enemy is Geoffrey Stone writing in the Huffington Post. Stone finds it troubling that the bishops are so vocal. He yearns for a time when JFK was president, a time... Spero News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387224/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378744/posts When it comes to climate change, just have a little faith!In an unusual case in the United Kingdom, it has been ruled that climate change beliefs should be afforded the same legal protections as religious freedoms. The bizarre ruling sets a landmark legal precedent and could have broad implications both in Britain and abroad. The case began when Tim Nicholson, former head of sustainability at property firm Grainger PLC was laid off in July 2008 for his criticism of management on the basis of climate change beliefs. Mr. Nicholson, who renovated his house to be greener and refuses to fly... Daily Tech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378744/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:59:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372975/posts Love Can Mess You Up: Before Arthur David Horn met his future bride Lynette (a "metaphysical healer") in 1988, he was a tenured professor at Colorado State, with a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale, teaching a mainstream course in human evolution. With Lynette's guidance (after a revelatory week with her in California's Trinity Mountains, searching for Bigfoot), Horn evolved, himself, resigning from Colorado State and seeking to remedy his inadequate Ivy League education. At a conference in Denver in September, Horn said he now realizes that humans come from an alien race of shape-shifting reptilians that continue to control civilization... News of the Weird via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372975/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372388/posts FLORENCE - Chances are you remember Roy Moore. In 2003, Moore engulfed the national stage when, as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, he ignored a federal judge's order to remove a granite monument of the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Judicial Building. He was subsequently removed from office. TimesDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372388/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372288/posts The woman who successfully sued to have a Bible removed from a Harris County courthouse display is now suing to stop city council from opening meetings with prayers that she believes are too Christian. Kay Staley, a real estate agent and lawyer, argues religion and prayer are private matters that don't belong in government. She sued the city and Councilmember Anne Clutterbuck, saying the council's prayers are so overly Christian they violate the First Amendment separation of church and state. Clutterbuck was singled out for saying the Lord's Prayer. ...(Staley) argues the prayers are coercive to others who won't speak... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372288/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:41:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360764/posts SNIPPET: "The president has nominated Chai Feldblum, a lesbian activist, to be commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her appointment is awaiting Senate confirmation." SNIPPET: "Feldblum, a law professor at Georgetown University, has signed an online petition titled, "Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision for All Our Families and Relationships."" SNIPPET: ""Chai Feldblum is on record saying that the battle between our religious freedoms and homosexual so-called rights is a zero sum game," says Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth about Homosexuality." SNIPPET: ""She says she can't think of a case where the religious rights -- in... ONE NEWS NOW.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360764/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:09:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355347/posts Health care is in the news — but you have to wonder where all the Christians are. This is one of the biggest issues facing our country and our people, yet no one seems to be bringing a Christian voice or tone to that debate. Have you noticed? During the presidential campaign, there was much talk about the 50 million or so who have no health care insurance, many of whom who forgo care altogether and then wind up in emergency rooms with more serious, more fully developed illnesses than would have been the case had they sought preventive care.... Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355347/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts "Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348902/posts Prayer was mixed with a dose of politics at Passaic’s largest black church on Sunday as congregants donned Obama T-shirts in a show of support for a president they say has been unfairly criticized after only eight months in office. The Union Baptist Church held a “Support Obama Sunday,” asking members to “turn the script” on the “wicked and nasty” reaction Obama has received in some quarters as he pushes for health-care reform. The church’s pastor, Rev. Ronald W. Johnson, said he rarely brings politics into the church but was moved to do so because he is concerned that some... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348902/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347877/posts What would it mean if the United States were officially declared a “Christian Nation”? How would it affect you in your everyday life? Would you have increased opportunity to practice your faith more freely? Would the government use its power to make moral laws that line up with your Christian beliefs or would it favor the ‘Christian beliefs’ of your neighbors? Our best example might come from a time when much of Europe was a “Christian Continent.” The Holy Roman Empire lasted from Emperor Otto’s coronation in 962 to 1806 when it was dissolved during the Napoleonic wars. For all... ReligiousLiberty.TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347877/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:22:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333753/posts Facing incendiary charges that health-care reform would result in government financing of abortion and euthanasia, President Obama has made an unusual appeal to religious groups to help sell the plan and debunk critics' "false witness." "I'm going to need the help of all of you," Obama told an August 19 conference call and live webcast that attracted an estimated 140,000 people. "I need you to knock on doors, talk to your neighbors. I need you to spread the facts and speak the truth." The "40 Minutes for Health Reform" call, organized by the Washington-based group Faith in Public Life and... This Christian Century http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333753/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 05:17:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328711/posts “For what my grandpa called the cause of his life, as he said that every American have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege, we pray to the Lord.” Breitbart TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328711/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:55:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2328702/posts Barack Obama has apparently now been advised to shift the ground in the debate over health care reform, to get it away from discussions about specific provisions in the pending legislation (whether it will force us to unplug grandma or use our tax dollars to pay for others' abortions) and get it onto a far loftier moral high ground. This he did last weekend in a conference call to liberal clergy, urging them to endorse universal health care because of what he has decided is all part of the biblical injunction to "be our brother's keeper." Ostensibly, many moral theories... NetRight Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2328702/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328217/posts State officials are examining whether public money has been improperly used to pay for Islamic mosques on charter school campuses in Blaine and Inver Grove Heights. Chas Anderson, deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, said officials will study Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy's (TiZA) use of state "lease aid'' grants, which were created more than a decade ago to help charter schools rent adequate facilities. "If it is subsidizing a mosque, in our view, that would be a violation of state and federal law,'' Anderson said. The probe is the latest in a series of church-vs.-state conflicts involving TiZA... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328217/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:18:18 GMT