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AG Jeff Sessions: Religion trumps established law
Without much fanfare late last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued an addendum to the US Attorneys’ Manual: 1-15.000 – Respect for Religious Liberty, which clearly lacks all respect for the 1st Amendment. The document, which seems to be flying … Continue reading
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Losing Our Religion
At 7pm on Wednesday, January 24th, there will be a one night showing of a Losing Our Religion, a feature-length documentary about how preachers who are no longer believers make the transition out of the church. Allowed access to the 600 … Continue reading
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Crabb Apples Taste Sweet This Week
This was a big week for supporters church/state separation, when U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ordered the suspension of the IRS regulation that allows Christian ministers to deduct housing allowances from their taxable income, because the deduction benefits religious leaders and … Continue reading
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Let Them Eat Cake
This was one of the most contentious weeks at the Supreme Court with the Justices hearing the case of the intolerant baker, Jack Phillips of Lakewood, Colorado, who lawyers were painfully arguing again that he has the right to refuse … Continue reading
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Boy Scouts Continue to Discriminate
The Boy Scouts of American made a lot of noise this week by stating that they were opening Cub Scouts to include girls as members, to be followed by girls as Boy Scouts a few years down the road. While … Continue reading
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PaStAHCon is next weekend
There is still room to attend PAsTAHCon coming up next weekend (Sept 13 – 15, 2017) in Philadelphia. The quantity and quality of the list of top-notch speakers will make it well-worth the trip for those of you within driving distance, … Continue reading
Make your plans for PaStAHCon!
PaStAHCon 2017 will be held in Philadelphia the weekend of October 13-15. Over the next few weeks, this blog will highlight some of the speakers that you will miss if you don’t go, which is clearly something that you want … Continue reading
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Trump and the Vatican
On his first visit overseas, Trump will be visiting several nations including Saudi Arabia, which is very odd given that, according to Wikipedia Islam is the state religion of Saudi Arabia and its law requires that all citizens should be … Continue reading
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Ten Commandments on the Move in New Kenningston
In a monumental victory for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Ten Commandments outside of Valley High School in New Kenningston, PA, were finally removed after years of deliberation and stonewalling by the school district. The outcome of the lawsuit was … Continue reading
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And The Saints Go Marching Out
Much of the Press last week, including our local Post-Gazette, are awash with the “news” of Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, commonly referred to as Mother Teresa, is now Saint Teresa. There is a minority of the press that has taken a … Continue reading
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