Archive for the 'Religion' Category

UPDATED – Connecticut Democrats Ignorant Of The Constitution

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Taking a cue from the federal Democrats in Washington, DC, the Connecticut Democrats have decided that the Constitution no longer protects religion from the government:
This past Thursday, March 5, the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut State Legislature, which is chaired by Sen. Andrew McDonald of Stamford and Rep. Michael Lawlor of East Haven, introduced a [...]

In the Land of Nick

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

On Thursday evening (12/18), I was allowed to bring Nick home from the hospital. I thought that the miracle I had prayed for had come true, for Nick to be home in time for Christmas. We pulled into our driveway, and as we were transferring Nick from the car to his wheelchair with [...]

Islam Now Wants to Conquer Time

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the so-called “Religion of Peace” you should have seen this coming:
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) could be replaced by “Mecca Time,” if a group of Muslim leaders get their way.
At the conference, “Mecca, the Center of the Earth, Theory and Practice,” Muslim scientists and clerics called for [...]

Tell Me Again Why Islam is the Religion of Peace

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

According to this jerk, only Muslims are innocent:
A report posted on Islam Watch, a site run by Muslims who oppose intolerant teachings and hatred for unbelievers, exposes a prominent Islamic cleric and lawyer who support extreme punishment for non-Muslims — including killing and rape.
A question-and-answer session with Imam Abdul Makin in an East London mosque [...]

What Is It Going To Take?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

It seems that the only religion you can be intolerant of today is Christianity:
A HOSPITAL porter was “devastated” last night after he was sacked following a row with a Muslim doctor over a crucifix.
Joseph Protano, a devout Roman Catholic, was a regular visitor to a prayer room open to all faiths at Royal Manchester Children’s [...]

Yet Another Reason to Love Scalia

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Seems that a kerfuffle has broken out over a gesture made by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in response to a reporter’s question:
Smith was working as a freelance photographer for the Boston archdiocese’s weekly newspaper at a special Mass for lawyers Sunday when a Herald reporter asked the justice how he responds to critics who [...]

Arsonists: It Was A Joke

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

3 teenagers who set fire to several Baptist Churches were arrested on Wednesday. Their explanation was that it was a “joke that got out of hand.”
The arson attacks apparently began when the three got into Cloyd’s sport utility vehicle for a night of deer shooting in Bibb County on Feb. 2, according to Walker Johnson, [...]

Short Takes for Monday Night

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Islamofasicts and Cartoons: Looks like Muslims around the globe are upset over some depictions of Muhammad in cartoons published in a Danish newspaper. Now Denmark is subject to a Muslim boycott and Muslims around the world are threatening to kill, behead, or otherwise terminate Danish citizens where ever they may be. They’re doing this, by [...]

Military Chaplains Prevented From Praying to Jesus

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

I saw this story and just could not believe it was true:
To pray — or not to pray — in Jesus’ name is the question plaguing an increasing number of U.S. military chaplains, one of whom began a multiday hunger strike outside the White House yesterday.
“I am a Navy chaplain being fired because I pray [...]

Atheist At It Again, Part III

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Everyone’s favorite atheist, Michael Newdow, says he is going to file another lawsuit:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The atheist who’s spent years trying to ban recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools says he’ll file a new lawsuit this week.
Michael Newdow says he’ll ask a federal court to order removal of the national motto “In God [...]

Riots in France: The Price of Appeasement?

Monday, November 7th, 2005

The rioting in France has spread to over 300 towns:
Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight, and a 61-year- old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday.
After sundown, rioters in the southern French city of [...]

Scientology Beats Up on Parody Site

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

The Church of Scientology has told a parody web site to change it’s domain name or else.
Some things just aren’t funny — at least to the Church of Scientology.
A New Zealand-based website that says it is devoted to “exposing Tom Cruise’s moronic behavior in his relentless crusade to promote the Church of Scientology” has been [...]