I’m not sure this school board in Louisiana has thought this through. Benton said that under provisions of the Science Education Act enacted last year by the Louisiana Legislature, schools can present what she termed “critical thinking and creationism” in science classes. Board Member David Tate quickly responded: “We let them teach evolution to our [...]
I’m not up on my contemporary American eschatology, but some of the comments here pinpointed some rather nuanced, for me, distinctions. The most startling comment was by Prof. Butler from Univ. of Pennsylvania when she made the distinction between merely “believing” in x and the believing that makes x come to pass. Here’s a video [...]
Well, I’d rather have them do this than be guilty of the intense Christian proselytizing they were doing. Share/Bookmark
I want to say this is “stunning” news, but given the state of things in the world, sadly, it was to be expected. There were protests in Malaysia yesterday and four arson attacks on Christian churches, apparently provoked by a court decision to allow Christians to use the word Allah. [Photo from afp] Police at [...]
It must be getting late because I first thought they were talking about “tribal” issues. Nope. It’s triable, i.e., appropriate issues for a court to decide. A retailer that required a female employee to wear clothing similar to its own brand was not entitled to summary judgment on the EEOC’s claim that it violated Title [...]
This news item from the Guardian: Secular campaigners in the Irish Republic defied a strict new blasphemy law which came into force today by publishing a series of anti-religious quotations online and promising to fight the legislation in court. The fine for blasphemy? About $31,500. Share/Bookmark
This in contrast to the recent Swiss ban on building any new minarets: The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no muezzin, live or recorded, will disturb the neighborhood with the call to prayer. Instead, the minaret will flash a beam [...]
Huh? The warden allegedly turned inmates away from church services for punitive reasons, such as their hair being too long. The warden at Virginia’s largest women’s prison is retiring amid allegations the prison discriminated against gay inmates and denied others access to religious services. Share/Bookmark
What were they thinking? No, seriously. I wonder what they were thinking to allow this. The suit alleges that one campus, Saddleback College, routinely opened events with prayers and showed a faculty-training video, called God Bless the U.S.A., that included religious imagery and compared American soldiers to Jesus Christ. Share/Bookmark