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"Once again, the folks over at Fox News demonstrate their poor understanding of the First Amendment and how it works. Fox News contributor and Catholic priest Father Jonathan Morris said on a segment called The Fight for Faith on Sunday that officials in Oklahoma City needed to put a stop to a Satanic black mass, claiming that the event is “inciting violence” by mocking Christians, The Raw Story reports."
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"'The decision is unfortunate in that the judge did not take seriously the ramifications of polygamy, which are the the oppression of women and children – it’s just the way the system works,' said Marci Hamilton, a professor at Cardozo School of Law."
It's difficult for me to think about this right now. I am inclined to agree with Hamilton, but I read a book over the summer which suggested the nation's polygamy ban was a result of religious discrimination (people thought Mormonism was too novel and weird to be protected). This article doesn't really get into the legal arguments... maybe that would help me figure out where I fall on this. Where are you falling? Read the full article here. Here we see more discrimination in the name of religious freedom.
What are your thoughts? Click here to read the full article. This woman is will to make a martyr of herself so as to incite more discussion of a "war again Christianity"- a figment of Fox New's imagination. What this woman is truly doing is to alienate her fellow citizens in her attempt to turn our democracy into a theocracy.
Click here to read the full article. We find it disturbing that atheists (and other labels that mean something similar) are the one group that it's apparently okay to discriminate against.
What are your thoughts? Click here to check out the infographic. Iowa news: A Christian park given a $140,000 grant by the Iowa Economic Development Authority to "promote visible reminders of Christian values" in response to the "rise of secular influence in our culture."
What are you thoughts? Click here to read the full article. Were you wondering what was happening with the Oklahoma Satanist statue that was going to be put up next to the 10 Commandment statue? Here's the answer: it's almost done.
Click here to read the article and get your sneak peak. "Daystar and dozens of others call themselves churches, which enjoy the greatest protection and privacy of all nonprofit organizations in America.
Churches avoid not only taxes, but any requirement to disclose their finances. And, as NPR has learned, for the past five years churches have avoided virtually any scrutiny whatsoever from the federal government's tax authority." Just the last five years? Really? What do you think? Click here to listen to the full segment. So, here's another real-world issue for you: Ankeny has direction-indicators for local churches posted with many of the street signs in the town. Further, the City's official website has a listing of all the churches in the town. (I think all are Christian Churches, though I'm not sure if we have any Jewish or Muslim centers. Interestingly enough there's a Hindu temple around here somewhere, but I don't think it's particularly close to Ankeny proper.) We invite comments!
Turning the focus to Iowa, we want to know what you think.
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