from the same man who authored the straightforward assertion that “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion … That assertion, as Father Richard Neuhaus said, is what makes the free exercise of religion “the irreplaceable cornerstone” of “the … “To contend for the free exercise of religion,” Father Neuhaus wrote, is to contend for the perpetuation of a nation ‘so conceived…
But it’s worse when in voicing their angry opposition to organized religion, they begin sounding exactly like the religious zealots … Still, it’s when they begin blaming all the evils of the world on religion that my own sense of reason and logic kick in. … And yet Islam, interestingly enough, is the one religion that doesn’t seem to enrage atheists!…
Jastrow said is common for atheists who have their own religion—the religion of science. … Jastrow wrote, “There is a kind of religion in science . . . every effect must have its cause; there is no First Cause. . . .…
Joe Lowery, constitute an impermissible establishment of religion. … Newdow believes that these practices discriminate against the free exercise of his atheist "religion." … That would be preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe. …
When his Muslim father enrolled him in school in Indonesia he recorded Barack’s religion as “Islam.” … America is a pluralistic society that guarantees the freedom of religion as a fundamental right. …
Obama is a "guy who keeps religion in its proper place -- in the pew."
There is much to unpack here. … And would the civil rights movement have come at all if African-American religion had stayed "in the pew"? … President Obama showed unfortunate hints of this attitude during the campaign, in criticizing those who "cling to guns or religion.…
Many items on the list of horribles laid at the door of religion are libels or exaggerations. … But the record is clear: When religion is infected by racism, ideology or extreme nationalism, it can become a carrier of hatred instead…
Anyway, the resolution, which prohibits the "defamation" of religion, passed 86 to 53 with 42 abstentions. … It is not "defamation of religion" the U.N. resolution prohibits, it is defamation -- read: criticism -- of Islam.…
Atheists claim to value reason above blind faith and individuality above the lock-step certitude of religion. … The Freedom From Religion Foundation's purpose, according to its Web site, is to educate the public on matters relating to "nontheism … A poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life last year found that 71 percent of adults are absolutely certain that God (or something…