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There's stubborn, and there's pigheadedness, and then there's this... Judge tells school board to stop proselytizing and praying Now there's a waste of taxpayers' money! I wonder if they had a lawyer and if they did, how that lawyer advised them. If the lawyer advised them to continue this...

Federal Grand Jury In Nevada Indicts Cliven Bundy And Four Others For Felony Crimes Related To 2014 Standoff And this is just for the Nevada standoff with the BLM; they haven't even gotten to the militia's seizing of the Oregon wildlife refuge yet. Looks like the Bundy's and their...

Stumbled across this today... The Salmonella In Silico Typing Resource (SISTR): An Open Web-Accessible Tool for Rapidly Typing and Subtyping Draft Salmonella Genome Assemblies The researchers describe a new bioinformatics tool that allows for rapid sequencing and analysis of salmonella...

Grand Jury Indicts Leader Behind Planned Parenthood Videos So after all that bluster and nonsense from the "sting videos", not one resulting investigation into Planned Parenthood has turned up any wrongdoing....whereas the people who conducted the "sting" are the ones being charged with...

In the long-running Creation vs. Evolution thread, Christian poster iouae explained that the OT covenant is still in effect and God expects everyone to still follow the OT laws, including the dietary laws. Not only that, but he also said any Christians who don't see it that way are "stupid"...

One of the few intelligent design blogs left is "Uncommon Descent". Recently, Sal Cordova--an ID creationist--was banned from the blog, which seems kinda odd since he's a fairly well-known creationist and ID apologist. But in banning him, his fellow creationists sent him a letter that explains...

Since this comes up here so often, it may be helpful to establish a few basic facts. This government website is particularly helpful... Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Some key excerpts... So the general rule of thumb is, school...

In Bremerton, WA, there's this high school football coach, Joe Kennedy, who would lead the team in prayer after games. The FFRF complained, and the Superintendent of the school issued a statement saying the the coach is a good guy, just didn't realize he was breaking the law, and had agreed to...

For anyone who's interested. I've found these sorts of studies extremely helpful in understanding where some people I debate with are coming from. Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition (PDF) Analyzing political conservatism as motivated social cognition integrates theories of...

That's right....creationism is just a belief, not a science, and hasn't contributed anything to science. Now, before any of you creationists get upset at me for saying this, you should know that 6days is the one who said it. CLICK HERE I guess we found something we can agree on! :up:

What elephants can teach scientists about fighting cancer in humans So a few things... 1) We see once again how an evolutionary understanding produces very real, tangible results. 2) If God created all this, why would He give elephants extra cancer-fighting genes, but not His special...

If the allegations are true (and they appear to be confirmed by others working in the office), this is an outrageous case of religious harassment. Air Force dental technician accused of being a witch The letter from the MRFF is epic. It begins... Sir, Got witches? Are you and your staff...

Matthew 4 describes the temptation of Christ, and Matthew 4:8 describes how Satan took Jesus to the top of an "exceedingly high mountain" and "showed him all the kingdoms of the world". Under a "plain reading", this would seem to depict a flat earth. Otherwise, why point out that the mountain...

Roanoke, Roanoke County schools end Christian ministry to football players Good call. Nice to see school officials taking appropriate action once they realized what had been going on. :up:

Remember the Kleins, the Christian owners of the bakery in Oregon who were found guilty of illegally discriminating against a same sex couple and fined $135,000? Well.... Sweet Cakes owners who refused to make same-sex wedding cake now refuse to pay $135,000 damages Now, before anyone argues...

Why I had an abortion after 20 weeks I watched a family member go through something very similar, except they decided not to abort. I saw them experience months of depression and anxiety, and when the baby was born it was in constant pain and died in less than 2 days. I also know it ruined...

Even though there haven't been any threads on it here at ToL, I'm sure most everyone has at least heard about the hominid fossils discovered deep in a South African cave. If not, National Geographic has a very good article...

At Connellsville Junior High East in Pennsylvania, there is a 10 Commandments monument in front of the school. A few years ago, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote the school and asked them to take it down. The school boarded up...

Earlier this year, Arkansas passed a law authorizing a 10 Commandments display at the state capitol. Later, a Hindu group sent in a request to have a statue of the Hindu Lord Hanuman also put up at the capitol, but were denied and told they had to go through a different application process...

FFRF demands removal of Jesus portrait from Kan. school Here's the picture.... Really? What is it with some of these school officials that they think this sort of thing is legal and acceptable? Are they that clueless about the law, or are they Christian theocrats who don't care about the...