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Blind Faith: Supreme Court Meltdown

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mojave Desert, Scalia, First Amendment, Cross, Establishment Clause, Scalia Cross Remarks, Scalia Cross, Religion in America, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

If a Christian would not select a Star of David then why on earth would a Jew choose a cross? Yet that is exactly what Scalia proposes. The notion that the cross represents everybody is bizarre.

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"School Children Singing the Praises of President Obama" (Apparently as a Public School Class Project):

Eugene Volokh | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Laura Bush, Establishment Clause, Presidency, Barack Obama, Politics News
Eugene Volokh

Public school classrooms shouldn't be used to sing the praises of any sitting (or recent) political figure, whether Bush or Obama or anyone else.

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Netroots Nation Confronts Church and State

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Hallowed Secularism, Wall of Separation, Establishment Clause, Secularism, Religion, Video, Books News
Bruce Ledewitz

Fighting against religious imagery has only helped the religious right. It is time to give up on the principle of the purely secular state and try to find common ground between secularists and religious believers.

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Inhofe: Obama's Judicial Nominee is a Secret Muslim

Ian Millhiser | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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Ian Millhiser

The fact that conservatives are planning to filibuster President Obama's very first nominee suggests that we can expect scorched-earth opposition to virtually all of Obama's nominees moving forward.

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It's Time for a War on the War on the "War on Christmas"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robin Hayes, Communion, First Amendment, Happy Holidays, Ted Haggard, Establishment Clause, Merry Christmas, Slavery, Daniel Henninger, War on Christmas, Japanese Internment, Bill O'Reilly War on Christmas, Bill O'Reilly, Wall Street Journal, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

I would like to see a country where we don't seek to make non-Christian citizens feel like they are not part of the national fabric by pointing out to them, again and again, that they are different than a majority.

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