Ever since Pat Robertson’s Christian Coalition unveiled its so-called “Contract with the American Family” last May, this rightwing Christian lobbying group has been setting the Congressional agenda. When presenting its …
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U.S. District Judge John Shabaz ruled on February 24 that Wisconsin’s Good Friday legal holiday is unconstitutional. Shabaz agreed with the Freedom From Religion Foundation that the holiday violates the …
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused the Foundation’s appeal of a decision by the Colorado State Supreme Court permitting the Ten Commandments to remain on state grounds near the Denver Capitol. …
Asign placed by Foundation supporter and activist Alexander R. Gordon to help protect state/church separation in December was defaced and removed. The struggle for constitutional respect and recognition began in …
More » from Virginian Challenges Nativity Scene by Shelly Johnson (March 1996)
Humankind has always had a begging relationship with god. Prayers are sent skyward with the hope that some blessing will derive from the effort. Children beg for bikes, teenagers for …
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The wall separating church and state has been crumbling, first here and then there, ever since evangelicals began a campaign to convince the American public that the separation principle is …
More » from Wall Crumbles In Sand Springs by Dan Nerren (March 1996)
The Christian Right is trying to rewrite the history of the United States, as part of their campaign to force their religion on others who ask merely to be left …
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Iread with interest the letter by Ms. Dorothy Klein (Sept. 1995) entitled “No data on prayer.” Ms. Klein questioned why her library does not list studies, or data, showing the …
More » from Studies Show Inefficacy Of Prayer by Dillard Henderson (March 1996)
Anyone who has read a lot of books about the history of the Roman Catholic Church will necessarily have read a lot of books about anti-Semitism. The Catholic Church’s centuries-long …
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