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Freedom From Religion Foundation co-presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker penned the letter and sent it on the very same day “Obama addressed the National Prayer Breakfast last week.” In it, they asked Obama to “welcome the ‘nonreligious to the American family.'”
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Around this time of year, when we remember our veterans, grade-school children in a Washington state school won’t be taught to honor those who have served our country. Instead of a Veterans Day celebration, the school will have a peace and tolerance assembly. The school-wide gathering scheduled for Nov. 15 …
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“They will still be subject to years, and sometimes decades, of government discrimination, harassment, and litigation.” Let’s get this out of the way. Whatever you think about gay rights, Obergefell v. Hodges was legally illegitimate in much the same way as Roe v. Wade. It was another case of a …
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The Long Gray Line is the assembly of graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Long Red Line is the trail of blood resting beneath the soil of this country, deposited by America’s Patriots. A few days ago, “Concerned Graduates of West Point” wrote and signed …
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“Islam to a man is like rabies to a dog.” — Winston Churchill Kind of odd how the American government has been working hand in glove with the mainstream media’s useful idiots to promulgate the Muslims as being America’s sworn enemies for 18 years, and now we see them attempting …
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When peaceful protests injure hundreds and destroy entire neighborhoods, and the coronavirus infects protesters depending on the cause they’re protesting for, words don’t mean very much. And reality itself is under siege in the minds of the men and women who run the country. A Southern Democrat segregationist inserted “sex” …
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NOTE:  This commentary was originally written in 2002.  Please keep in mind this represents the political climate 18 years ago, but it is still relevant today. “It all depends on what the meaning of is, is.” With those words, then president of the United States Bill Clinton, crystallized to the …
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Discussions about freedom and liberty – as well as the important distinction between negative and positive liberties, which form the bedrock of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights – have become quite quaint, as people use these words in Orwellian fashion to justify a litany of government intrusions in our lives. When we let their meanings become obscured, we cede to those whose underlying goal is more state power the ability to manipulate the public for their own tyrannical ends. We not only need to comprehend the differences between freedom and liberty, but also recover their original meaning so that there is foundational clarity in political discussions.
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Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb is considered to be the most important imam in Sunni Islam, and he arrived at the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi with Pope Francis “hand-in-hand in a symbol of interfaith brotherhood”.  But this wasn’t just a ceremony for Catholics and Muslims.  According to a British news source, the signing of this covenant was done “in front of a global audience of religious leaders from Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths”…
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Yes, there are actually people out there that want to be a Jedi so badly that they have made “Jediism” their official religion. As you will see below, a new documentary entitled “American Jedi” has just been released that examines this phenomenon, and when I first heard about this I decided that …
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