I am offended, and alarmed, that religion is seen increasingly by many of those same parties not as a vibrant good in our democracy … As the president accuses others of using religion as a bludgeon, he ought to reflect on the division he's created.…
Ironic. While HHS under the Obama administration does everything in its power to force religions employers to pick up the cost of providing birth control against their religious conscience, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is allowing an Indian tribe an exemption to kill two bald eagles a year ......
that “diplomacy should be the primary mission of all Americans” and he assures Muslim groups that he understands that “when one religion … and the Constitution, he did not once challenge applications of sharia in America that undermine free speech, freedom to leave a religion…
The federal government can only be involved in our lives, our health and our religion in a way never dreamed of until recently by getting … Religion may or may not be the enemy to Obama, but it certainly stands in the way of the Obamacare scheme.…
it ironic, in light of Greg's post immediately below, that President Obama is warning his opponents about the dangers of "using religion … as a [political ] bludgeon""When we start using religion as a bludgeon in politics, we start questioning other people's faith, we … start using religion to divide, instead of bring the country together, then I think we've got a problem," Obama told Des Moines's local…
"They say if you're changing your religion, anything you have belongs to the Muslims." … By 18, he was tempted to give up on religion altogether but couldn't shake the fear he felt.…
The ACLU says the cross, first erected in 1913 and rebuilt twice, is an unconstitutional establishment of religion. … the Establishment Clause, for this is what an Establishment of Religion meant at the time. … case that religion was central to the nation’s founding and functioning.…
alternately from north and south, Muslim and Christian, and pair them with vice presidential candidates of a different region and religion … This religion of Christianity you are practicing is not a religion of God? -- it is paganism. ...…
They seek to increase membership in the official university religion known as secular humanism. … Here, the idea is that using student fee money to advocate for religion on campus or to engage in worship or other activities might … And that amounts to the official disfavoring of religion compared to other viewpoints.…
Maher to be suspended from HBO and President Obama didn’t feel compelled to phone Tebow to comfort him after Maher assaulted his religion … Obama could have used that as a teachable moment to stand up for Christianity and freedom of religion.…
Instead, exit polling from recent primaries shows Rick Santorum -- a staunch Catholic who often references his religion as a factor … achieve outright victory among Catholics in any state for which data are available, according to Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion … Once in the spotlight, Santorum began muddling his message with religion.…
Israel is a democracy, like the United States, which respects the rights of individuals to freely practice religion and live as they … Let me be clear, Islam is not an evil religion.…
