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Congress Should Reject Scheme To Extend D.C. School Voucher Plan

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AU.org - Jul. 30 (Press Release) - Congress should reject proposed legislation that would breathe new life into Washington, D.C.’s controversial private school voucher plan, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

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Ireland’s bizarre war on blasphemy

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

spiked-online.com - By Jason Walsh - Jul. 20 (Opinion) - It does seem bizarre that, in 2009, a modern European nation would seek to shield religious belief from criticism – yet that is what is happening in Ireland right now. In repealing the 1961 Defamation Act, the Irish government sought to expunge the worst excesses of Ireland’s draconian laws restricting free speech, but in the process it has ended up making offending religious belief a criminal offence

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Supreme Court Nominee Should Be Closely Questioned on Church-State Views, Says Americans United

Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Common Dreams - May. 26 (Press Release) - It appears that Sotomayor has not written widely on church-state issues, meaning the committee has an obligation to ascertain her views. "We hope Judge Sotomayor turns out to be in the mold of retiring Justice David H. Souter - a strong champion of separation of church and state," said Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. "The American people deserve no less."

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Is Obama Bringing Too Much Religion into the White House?

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Liliana Segura - Mar. 05 (Opinion) - "The only thing worse than having these prayers in the first place is to have them vetted, because it entangles the White House in core theological matters," Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU), told Gilgoff.

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Supreme Court Should Strike Down Display of Cross on Federal Land in California, Says Americans United

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Common Dreams - Feb. 23 (Opinion) - "This cross is in the middle of a national park, and anyone looking at it would assume it was erected by the government," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. "The federal parks belong to all Americans and are not the appropriate place for the display of religious symbols."

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The Obama Mandate: End Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

rhrealitycheck.org - By Jodi Jacobson - Feb. 17 (Opinion) - Let’s get rid of that wasteful Washington spending. And I have a concrete suggestion that will save over $200 million in cold hard cash right away, plus billions of dollars in future healthcare and related economic costs! Sound too good to be true? Really, it’s not a gimmick. It’s very simple: We just need to zero out funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in the next budget cycle.

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Inaugural Pastor: The Two Faces of Rick Warren

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Time - Jan. 19 (Editorial) - In short, Warren wants to be both the universally admired pastor who speaks to the nation and the influential leader who mobilizes religious conservatives for political ends. But those are two inherently conflicting roles, and he cannot be both, no matter how hard he tries.

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The misguided war on Christmas

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

OregonLive.com - By Melanie Springer Mock - Dec. 16 (Opinion) - For while O'Reilly and gang blame the Christmas war on secularists, it's important to remember that many Christians are also strong proponents of the separation of

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Nativity Scene Stealers

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Newsweek - By David Waters - Dec. 15 (Opinion) - When the state of Illinois agreed to allow private citizens to place a Nativity scene inside the capitol this Christmas season, and the ACLU decided not to challenge to decision, Christian supporters were so elated they invited other groups to join in the free holiday expressions.

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Because Religion is The Battleground of the 21st Century

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Op Ed News - By Larry Beinhart - Dec. 14 (Opinion) - Mumbai. 9/11. Chechnya. Sectarian violence in Iraq. Somalia. Afghanistan. Nigeria. The man with the most military power in the history of the world is reported to have said, "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …' And I did." It was called a Crusade. These are the defining events of the new century. After a brief, semi-retirement of a few hundred years, religion has returned as the number one cause of violence, war and death. So the fundamental national security questions of our time have to be about faith. What is it about faith that makes people eager to commit suicide so long as it enables them to commit mass murder while they're at it?

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