We heard about Pastor Wiley Drake praying for God to kill Obama. Now it seems others are too. There’s a cafepress gift shop with slogans like “Pray for Obama – Psalm 109:8″ which seems to be Christianese for “Kill the President.” Psalm 109:8 says:
May his days be few; may another seize his position. (NRSV)
Of course God [...]
by Jesse Galef
When a Christian Post story starts with the sentence “Conservative pastors rallied outside the Justice Department on Monday to test the limits of the newly expanded hate crimes law” you know you’re in for a treat. In wake of a new hate-crime bill that just passed, they wanted to make sure they [...]
by Jesse Galef
Satire, constitutional law, and religion… is it my birthday already? (For the record: no, that’s in April. Send gifts.) This recent Onion article is perfect: Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines Constitution to Be
ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American [...]
by Jesse Galef
It was a good week for separation of church and state. The “I Believe” license plate was ruled unconstitutional, the DC Council might have the courage to stand up to the Archdiocese threats, and here’s one from earlier in the week I missed – Representative Lynn Woolsey, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive [...]
by Jesse Galef
The poor Vatican
The Catholic Church tries to foster a reputation for their good works with the poor (unless of course the poor want to use condoms, the naughty boys). Given their desired public image, I was rather surprised to read that they’re threatening to stop providing care unless they’re allowed to discriminate [...]
by Jesse Galef
Daniel, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute on your excellent site and thank you everyone for being a part of this wonderful community. I already recognize some of you from FriendlyAtheist.com and I feel quite at home.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Currie ruled that South Carolina’s “I Believe” license plates [...]
by VorJack
The LA Times recently had an article about a small provision in the Senate version of the Heath Care bill:
Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments
Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments [...]
Siberia: Darth Pope wins. 2009 Bad Faith Awards
Offred: I was wondering how long it would be before Daniel or someone posted this, dkos has been having some involved discussions... Pray for Obama
Jerdog: Couldn’t they have at least recycled all that paper? Or will anything tainted with evil 50%... The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Elemenope: Solid, except the “stop the hate” at the end blunts it slightly with corniness. Pray for Obama
bigjohn756: Pathetic… The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Kodie: I found this t-shirt on the same website: http://www.cafepress.com/+anti hate_tshirt,417804848 No real Christian, certainly... Pray for Obama
mikespeir: …it’s only a matter of time before some lunatic tries to act on this “biblical advice.” Yeah. It’s not these... Pray for Obama
